Summary

The Honest Perspective is a Medium publication seeking personal, story-driven articles on a variety of topics, including family life, relationships, feminine experiences, creativity, and societal issues, with guidelines on submission, formatting, and the process of becoming a contributing writer.

Abstract

The Honest Perspective invites writers to share their personal stories and experiences on a range of subjects, emphasizing authenticity over opinion. It welcomes both poetry and prose, with a preference for original, unpublished work that engages readers on topics such as family, relationships, femininity, creativity, and societal matters. To contribute, writers must request addition as a writer, adhere to formatting guidelines, and ensure their submissions are exclusive to Medium for one month. The publication provides potential for earnings through Medium's Partner Program and offers editorial support for accepted drafts. Writers are encouraged to use descriptive titles, high-quality images, and appropriate tags, and to keep articles concise for reader engagement.

Opinions

The publication values personal narratives and insights over direct opinion pieces.
It encourages creativity and diversity in topics, suggesting an inclusive editorial stance.
The Honest Perspective supports writers by providing guidance on formatting and tagging to enhance the visibility and readability of their work.
The publication recognizes the importance of reader engagement and recommends article lengths that align with typical Medium reader preferences.
It emphasizes the importance of quality writing, suggesting the use of tools like Grammarly or peer review to minimize errors.
The Honest Perspective respects the ownership of writers' content but discourages frequent removal of published stories.
The publication fosters a collaborative environment, with editors providing feedback and support to writers through private notes.
It promotes the potential for writers to earn from their work through Medium's Partner Program by submitting metered or locked content.
The publication's editor, Adeola Sheehy, offers additional resources and engagement opportunities through a personal newsletter and website.

How to Write for the Honest Perspective

Guidelines and how to submit your work

About The Honest Perspective

At this publication, we are interested in hearing your perspective on the things that matter most to you. Rather than preach your opinions, share your story and personal experience. By doing this we not only offer genuine insight to others, but we also empower ourselves.

We are open to hearing your thoughts on a wide range of topics…

1. Family life in all its messy wonder.

2. Relationships, be they romantic or platonic.

3. All aspects of the feminine experience.

4. Creativity.

5. Race, politics, culture and society, and all aspects of daily life that are impacting you.

We welcome both poetry and prose, so follow your creative inspiration.

How to become a writer for this publication

If you would like to be a contributor for The Honest Perspective, just drop a response below with the words “Please add me as a writer I’d like to contribute” and leave your Medium @username. You should be added within 48 hours.

Once you have been accepted as a writer, you can add your Medium drafts to our publication and we will publish them for you, pending any changes you need to make or whether your piece is a fit for The Honest Perspective.

How to Submit Your Work

We only accept original and unpublished submissions. You may republish to your personal blog or other non-Medium publication after a month but will need to state that the piece was first published on The Honest Perspective.

Only one article per day/per contributor is accepted, and please make sure your private notes are open, so we can communicate if there are any issues to resolve.

All submissions must be ‘metered’ or locked content. By placing your piece behind Medium’s paywall you create the potential to earn money for your hard work through Medium’s Partner Program.

Formatting

1. Titles and Subtitles

Have a clear and descriptive title and subtitle at the top of the article. Use title case for the titles and sentence case for the subtitle. See the attached article on tips for new writers if you need help with this.

2. Pictures

Take some time to find a good picture to support your work. Where the eye goes the attention follows, and nowhere is that more clear than here. Use royalty-free images like those from Unsplash, or Pixabay, etc.

If you do want to source images elsewhere, please ensure they are high-resolution ones and always remember to credit the original source and where you got the image from.

All images should be cropped to horizontal or landscape size.

3. Tagging

One of your tags needs to be taken from the list below so it will appear on the correct page of our publication.

Life

Family

Womanhood

Poetry

Creativity

Dependent on your piece other good tags might be…

Life-lessons, spirituality, mindfulness Self, relationships, parenting Creativity, writing, productivity

If your piece is in response to the bi-weekly prompt, please include the tag Prompt.

4. Article Length

We would like you to keep the maximum length for an article below a 15-minute read. This is because most readers on Medium do not tend to spend more than 5–10 minutes reading an article.

We expect that you will submit well-written articles with limited spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. It’s easy to miss things so we recommend using Grammarly or a friendly pair of eyes to look over work before you hit the send button.

Please allow up to 48 hours for your draft to be published, pending any changes an editor asks you to make. If any changes need to be made to your draft, we will leave a private note to explain.

Once your stories have been published you retain ownership over them. You may remove stories at any time, however, writers who habitually remove stories will lose their writer status.

5. Poetry Spacing

If you hold Shift while hitting Enter, you can get single spacing for poetry which makes for a much better reading experience.

Most Important!

Get lost in the process, and be passionate about what you have to say.

Happy writing & reading!

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