Policy for Story Images on ILLUMINATION-Curated
Guidance to new writers
Dear Writers,
We created a policy to help and protect our writers from copyright infringements.
Please note that to comply with the laws of the United States and Medium’s rules and guidelines (“Laws and Rules”), my publications have strict rules about the use of “Images” of any kind (photos, graphics, vectors, graphic designs, GIFs, etc.) in submitted stories.
All contributors need to adhere to these rules.
Please check the policy before submitting your stories to ILLUMINATION-Curated.
Images accepted in our publications
1 — Copyright free stock Images
2 — Copyright-free Images for public use like Wikimedia commons
3 — Personally owned Images
4 — Images from subscription services providing evidence to the subscription ownership
5 — Images that have been created or significantly customized with tools like Canva and Photoshop. Please see samples below.
Images NOT accepted in these publications
1 — Copyrighted Images from any source for which permission to use has not been obtained. Please do not make “fair-use” exception arguments. Most of us are not lawyers and I will not risk allowing my editors to make decisions that require such specialized knowledge
2 — Screen captures from commercial websites, videos, and films
3 — Images downloaded or captured that have been uploaded by other people to social networks or online platforms, publications, magazines, books, etc. This prohibited items “3” does not include the capture of the text, and only the text posted to social media platforms, i.e., the image of a typed tweet, which would be a compliant image.
4 — GIFS and animated GIFS — For the protection of all readers’ computers, GIF’s of any type are not permitted. If you have created your own GIF, you may include a static .jpg or .png of it as an image.
5 — Any Image listed in Medium’s rules as otherwise unacceptable, e.g., “Nudity that is not content-supportive; nudity must be appropriate to the story and is not allowed in the feature image; Violent, graphic, or offensive images or videos.”
ILLUMINATION explained the reasons Why Image Copyrights Matter for Writers, Bloggers, and Editors
2022 Update
Illumination-Curated is for experienced writers. We select them based on their performance. You can directly write for Illumination-Curated, but you need to follow Medium’s distribution rules, as I explained in the attached story.
You might use the attached checklist to improve the quality of your content.
Asking the following five questions can also increase the curation chance.
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Helpful References for New Writers
New writers might check out these stories as they are designed to guide them.
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
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