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Summary

Thoughts and Ideas, a prominent Medium publication with over 23,000 followers, invites writers to contribute, offering guidelines and benefits to reach a wide audience and potentially earn more through reader engagement.

Abstract

The "Thoughts and Ideas" publication on Medium, co-founded by Krishna Prakash Jena and co-edited by Michael Patanella, is seeking submissions from writers. With a substantial following and significant monthly views and reading time, the publication offers a platform for writers to gain visibility and potentially higher earnings through engagement with paid Medium members. The publication's ethos is to provide quality, valuable content to its readers, and it commits to a swift curation process for articles that meet its standards. Submission guidelines are strict to maintain a safe and inclusive environment, excluding content that is erotic, promotional, hateful, or plagiarized, among other criteria. Articles must be well-written, metered for those in the Medium Partner Program, and contain an attractive title, subtitle, and featured image.

Opinions

  • The publication values creativity and the sharing of valuable insights but has established rules to ensure a safe and healthy reading environment on Medium.
  • Emphasis is placed on the importance of quality and value in the articles, ensuring that readers feel their time is well spent.
  • The editors are open to publishing a variety of content, with a promise to provide feedback and guidance if an article is rejected.
  • There is a clear preference for articles that are broadly appealing and not limited to niche interests, ensuring that the content matters to the publication's diverse readership.
  • The publication holds a strong stance against content that promotes hatred or immoral messages, and it encourages writers to use tools like Grammarly to ensure grammatical accuracy.
  • "Thoughts and Ideas" prioritizes reader satisfaction, considering them the core of the publication's survival and success.

I Invite You to Write in Thoughts and Ideas

I would love to invite Illumination writers to write in Thoughts and Ideas which has 23k+ followers

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Here are our submission guidelines. Please read it carefully to become a writer at Thoughts and Ideas.

Thoughts and Ideas is one of the most famous and well-known publications on Medium which has over 23 thousand followers. Our publication is made by the contributions of writers like you who work hard day and night to prepare valuable and interesting content for Medium readers. It is true that writing is not quite easy job for everyone especially for those who are new to this field and are little known. This is why we welcome everyone to write for us and get published in our publication to reach a broader audience.

Why should you write for Thoughts and Ideas?

  • Thoughts and Ideas was founded by Krishna Prakash Jena in 2016 with a vision to serve the medium readers with quality and valuable content. Michael Patanella, who is a prolific writer, is also a co-editor of our publication. Till now, we are doing the same and serving readers with great quality articles and have achieved more than 23 thousand medium followers. Getting published in Thoughts and Ideas means you could really reach a large audience.
  • Our Most of the followers are paid members of Medium. It means that your article will get a lot of engagement from paid members which will result in higher earnings.
  • Our publication gets 70k+ views per month and has a reading time of 150k+ minutes per month.
  • Did you know that story published in our publication gets curated in just 8–24 hours(if it’s meet the curation requirements)?
  • We try to publish each article as we believe that some valuable content and thought is being shared by each author, rather than rejecting any content. If we reject any article, we do not leave its writer in confusion. We always leave a private note containing the reason for rejection or suggestions to improve.

These were the reasons why you should write for our publications. Now, let’s move to our submission requirements.

Read all the rules mentioned below properly before submitting any story. Each draft submitted to Thoughts and Ideas must adhere to these rules and regulations.

We have made some rules and regulations for the submissions, though, we do not have any intentions to limit your creativity. It is done to ensure a safer and healthier environment on medium.

What do we publish?

We do not publish any articles based on their theme rather, we look for the quality and value in the article. But, for maintaining a safe environment, we do not publish the stories based on the themes which include (but not limited to):

  • Stories that contain erotic images.
  • Stories that are written to just advertise a product or a blog.
  • Stories that promote hatred against any religion, community, or nationality.
  • Stories giving a wrong and immoral message to readers.
  • Copied contents
  • Articles that are full of grammatical mistakes. We strongly recommend you run a grammar check on your story with Grammarly.
  • Stories that matter to only a small group of people. For example, articles on coding matter only to coders. Your story should be interesting to each of our readers.
  • At last, stories that fail to meet Medium guidelines.

We would love to publish all articles which adhere to medium rules and are not based on the above-mentioned topics. The only thing which is required is quality and value. Readers should feel that they have utilized their time by reading your article not wasted.

Other Requirements

  • The story must be unpublished or in the form of a draft. But, we may accept published ones also. But, you are suggested to submit drafts.
  • The story should be metered if you have joined Medium Partner Program.
  • The title should be interesting and attractive.
  • The subtitle should contain a brief description of your whole article so that readers could know what they are going to read.
  • The story must have a featured image that should not be erotic and disturbing.
  • The story should have 2–5 tags.
  • The story should be well organized into paragraphs and must be easy to read.
  • The story should not contain irrelevant links.

If you think that you are ready to be a writer in Thoughts and Ideas and would follow all rules honestly, then, please contact us in the following way.

Please email your request of being added as a writer in Thoughts and Ideas with your medium username or profile link to any one of the following addresses: [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected].

You may share your username via the response section also. We typically get back to writers within 24 hours. Sometimes, it may delay and takes up to 48 hours. After being added as a writer, you can directly submit your article through your story edit section.

Our Motto: Readers are the sole essence of every publication: they are the reason and sole means of a publication’s survival. We value our readers more than anything.

Thank You!

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