Collaboration
New Writers’ Onboarding to ILLUMINATION’s Family of Publications
Welcome writers joining ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, Technology Hits, ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR

Dear new writers,
Thank you for your joining ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR, and Technology Hits. We are excited to meet you.
Welcome to our publications.
ILLUMINATION is a unique and significant publication with many writers and readers. Our uniqueness may be one of the reasons you choose us. ILLUMINATION is a diverse and inclusive publication covering 100 plus topics across several disciplines.
ILLUMINATION is now 87th biggest publication on Medium, out of 14,883 publications.
You can write about almost anything as long as your stories meet Medium rules.
There is a new issue on Medium. The platform cannot support more than 30 editors per publications. We have 57 editors but not all of them have access to ILLUMINATION due to constraints of Medium. To cover our extensive workload, we had to create a mirror version of ILLUMINATION and allocated new editors to support the workload.
Please see details in this story about ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR.
We recommend submitting only one article to ILLUMINATION or ILLUMINATION-Curated per day and the rest of your articles need to be submitted to the mirror copy of ILLUMINATION, if you are a prolific writer. You have access to both publications now. We will inform the older writers to do the same.
We value your contributions because each new writer brings new perspectives and contributes to enhancing the breadth and depth of our publications. This diversity and variety delight our readers. Many readers made ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION-Curated as their front page. These two publications now followed by around 80,000 readers registered to Medium and many thousands from our external sources. We have just started a new publication called Technology Hits for a specific audience interested in technology matters.
The purpose of this post is to notify new contributors joined ILLUMINATION ILLUMINATION-Curated, Technology Hits and new ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR. Your account should have the publications you entered. If you don’t see the publication in your profile, please leave a comment so that we can add your account again.
Our goal is to help you succeed in Medium. You joined a significant group of publications making a noticeable impact on Medium. ILLUMINATION and sister publications growing rapidly and supporting 7,300+contributing writers . We grow rapidly with contributions from inspiring and engaging writers like you.
We are proud to support different level of writers — aspiring, experienced, accomplished, and influential. You all play an important role in this platform.
The strength of ILLUMINATION relates to cross-pollinating all types of writers from different professional backgrounds, skill levels, and writing goals. This unique mix of writers is an attractive value preposition to our readers, enjoying our stories covering multiple topics.
Thank you for choosing our publications to host your stories. We’d appreciate your contributions to our readers. Our publications operate with an abundance mentality. We don’t compete with other publication. We collaborate with them.
We don’t limit our writers. We give them flexible options to be successful. You are not exclusive to us. We encourage you to try other publications too. We also encourage our writers to create their own publications. If you have your special publication, we can help you promote them. We support your writing goals and show flexibility in raising your voice.New Writers for ILLUMINATION
New writers joined ILLUMINATION. Welcome: Jonica Bradley, Simona Hos, Rajesh Tamanara, Hilda Carroll, JoyShulianaSophiaSharanam, Ellie Jackson, Alsie Gray,Cody James Howell PhD (Raiden), Valentina Eve, Y.M. Saegusa, Adam Ross Nelson, Caitlin Hawekotte, Rabinder Kumar, Francesco Joseph, Tiffany, Lisa Richards, David (UsuallyDave) Szweduik, Lynn Yuan, Ashish Juneja, Claudia Lopez, Deante L. Young, Chris Dungan, Armahn Rassuli, Daniel Rebhorn, Edgar Navarrete, Sarosh T, Minty Horseradish, Steve Beller, PhD, Raj Bhatia, Dr. Divya Kannan, Terry Mansfield, Bageshree, Antoine Apla, Madeline Phang, One Breath at a Time, Jue F. Olbrich, MJE Brown, Jennifer Rice, Maria Guanzon, Don Franke, Barnhill,Turnstone Think Tank, Raquel May, Soulpiration Copy, Morten Jensen, Tülay Circir, Lindsay Soberano-Wilson, Clarisse Hernandez, Susan Poole, Kitty Singh, Malini Ghosal, Shakil B., Matthew B. Johnson, ANIKET PANDEY, Adam J. Cheshier, Josie Klakström, Brooklyn Chastain, Derviş Tekdemir, Eloosh, Gaby Spadaro, David L, Kristin Cheah,Trademan iq, Jake Lautner, Lo Madden, Kevin Ha, Leo Hynett, Bradon Matthews, Veronika Kabarguina, Anisa Nasir,Hugo Bertrand, James L. Watanabe, Catarina Pedreira, Tucker Warner, Hyder Yahya, Bradley Sachse, Verity Partington,Ishani Srivastava, Atul Jha, Lisa Kalkes, Bryce Adams, Ashley Ashbee, C. Harkreader, L.C. Bird, The Basic Coffee,Fatimah Alayafi, Phil Wall | noeXcuses.PRO, Annie, Giuseppe Gurrieri, Nicole Martensen, Inci Jones, John C H Perry,Medium, Danish Chaglani, Inês Bernardino, Shoba Singh, David Nienow, Ken M. Middleton, Kaitlyn Wessels, Rucha Bhide, Barbara King, Christopher Branan, Y.M. Saegusa, Aila Oakes, Mak The Messenger, Nasia Tarn, Laura Nostadt, MSc., Nida Khansa Nazihah, Terrinia Tells, LUCID MIND, Shilpa Gadhok, Conquering Cognitions, David Nienow, Josh Beno, Loren A Olson MD, One Breath at a Time, Kele Mogotsi, Taryn Watson, Hope to share, Nimish, Andrew Barbot,Hayatun And The Cats, Heba A, Alberto Romero, Lance Einerson, W. Cahraman, Geoffrey Leong, Ilias Zografos, The Abundance Coach | Joyce Ling, Olivia Petris, Dr. Mike Salame, Caroline de Braganza, Aitor Alonso, Giulia Penni, James L. Watanabe, Pix’elle, Aakash Bindal, Brian Polanco, Dylan, David Nienow, Iyiola S., Lucy Claire Curran, Kristina H,Olivia Dunn, Kamay Williams, Anas Bettar, Jake Lautner, khayyami, Rachel Greenberg, Dominik Sievert,CryptoQuestion, Lily Colman-Goff, Carrie Killian, Cristovao Cordeiro, Lori Miranda, Tia Wheeler, LCSW, Sylvia L. InThoughtful, Sadia Kabir, Rachit Jain, Khalil Ahmad kakar, Frances Woodhams, The Technologenius, RubenBaz, Einar Trosdal, Mr. Smith, Dylan Deckard, Juliano Righetto, Ahmed khan, John Rising, Matthew Kupferschmidt, Alexandra Walker-Jones, Shweta, Bharat Kumar, Sarah Fan, John Fáwọlé, Aparna Das Sadhukhan, Unassigned Female, Simon Dillon
Welcome new writers joined ILLUMINATION-Curated:
Biswanath Datta, Rabinder Kumar, Lynn Yuan, Ashish Juneja, Barnhill, Francesco Joseph, Caroline de Braganza, Lucy Claire Curran, keypressingmonkey, Carlyn Beccia, Emmanuel Yerumoh, Mohammad Hassan, Shaun Rohrich,Muhammad Sakhawat, Sadia Kabir, Sarah Fan,
Welcome new writers joined Technology Hits:
Shubham Kumar, Rabinder Kumar, Hugo Bertrand, Francesco Joseph, Jessi Cottrell, Dominik Sievert, The Technologenius, Sarah Fan,
How to benefit our publications and become successful on Medium
We want to provide you with the essential guides so you can produce joyfully.
Our readers expect quality materials. Meeting this expectation is the critical success factor for you.
Submit only your best work for our readers.
Your stories must be the type of content that you want to read.
Caption your [copyright-free photos] with source links.
This is one of the most time consuming and stressful situation for our publication. Our editors are tired of writing a myriad of comments and wait for responses from writers. All photos must be caption with source links. We recommend using stock photos such as from unsplash.com.
Do not submit plagiarized material.
We only accept stories written by you. Medium does not accept plagiarism, and it is illegal in the industry. ILLUMINATION has zero-tolerance for plagiarized submissions. Our editors have expertise in detecting plagiarism by using different methods and various tools.
Please see the attached article for our position and details.
Initially, please submit only one story a day.
Considering contributions from thousands of writers, it is not possible to cater to multiple submissions from each writer.
We allow our prolific and experienced writers to submit up to three drafts within 24 hours. Since they submit high-quality materials, we don’t have to spend too much time on these types of submissions.
Until new writers improve their writing skills and gain acceptance by readers, we recommend them to submit only one story a day. This restriction is for writers who cannot handle the fundamentals.
The good new is that we are now using short-form stories. We allow additional three short-form stories per publication. Details are in this story.
Please respond to your private messages.
Medium allows communication between publications and writers only via private messages. If your private messages were turned off, you would not receive a notification. Please check your story for * sign, which indicates a private message. This sign can usually be on the upper part of your story. Editors may request you to fix an issue in your story. Please acknowledge and address the issue in a timely manner. We cannot hold stories for more than 24 hours in our queue. If no response is provided, we will return the story.
Learn about the platform rules and expectations of your audience.
We are working on a large and complex platform. I touched on the publication rules, but the platform rules are critical too. All writers must learn the rules of the platform and get to know their audience.
You can find the details for these six items in the attached article.
Publication Conduct Guidelines
Please check these simplified the rules for new writers.
In terms of platform rules, many new writers benefited from this story. This story focuses on fundamentals and some advanced topics for writers.
Please review this quality checklist
Please use this checklist before submitting your stories to ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION-Curated.
When you submit quality content, your stories can be published faster and you can gain more readers.
How to amplify your stories
Writers need to take personal responsibility to create visibility for their content. One way of increasing visibility and reading times of your stories is to reach out to a broader audience by amplifying your stories meaningfully.
We help you share your stories by creating collaborative tools and platforms.
Collaboration is a critical success factor for Medium writers. Here are the simple guides to get you started.
Amplify Your Medium Stories with Facebook Pages and Groups
How to Get Started with Quora and Amplify Your Medium Stories
How to Get Started with Pinterest and Amplify Your Medium Stories
Amplify Your Medium Stories with YouTube
Amplify Your Medium Stories with LinkedIn Groups
You can join ILLUMINATION LinkedIn group from this link.
Details for each item can be found in this story.
Grow your network on Goodreads collaboring with 20 million members
If you authored books, Goodreads can be an ideal place to create visibility.
Technology Hits
We have a new publication to extend our services and reach out broader audience. Writers have flexibility to share their stories among three publications to gain maximum visibility and readibility.
Here is the initial invitation by Dr Mehmet Yildiz -Founder
Featured stories on Technology Hits by Editor of Technology Hits
Weekly editorial review by Karen Madej
Reading list on Technology Hits
Value propositions were articulated by three senior editors.
The one by Tree Langdon
By Liam Ireland
How we help writers to amplify their stories
We use various platforms and tools to amplify your stories.
Daily Digest
One way of sharing your stories with Medium readers is daily digest.
Here is a sample to our latest daily digest. This daily digest can also be useful for writers to explore the stories of other writers in our publication. We recommend you share daily digest in your social media tools.
For ILLUMINATION-Curated we create daily volumes. Here is one of the latest posts.
Outstanding Stories — Volume 80
Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
medium.com
We keep a link to all volumes in this story.
Blogs
We blog the daily digests and also replicate all stories to our blog site using Medium RSS service.
Social Media
We tweet your stories automatically and manually by several editors.
Our Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/illum_official
We have two Facebook pages and a Facebook group. We automatically post your stories. However, you can supplement with your posts. Instructions to participate are in this story.
https://readmedium.com/amplify-your-medium-stories-with-facebook-pages-and-groups-606fdb4f7c85
Quora
Quora is important for our writers. We share your stories but you can also share your stories in two Quora spaces. Details in this story: https://readmedium.com/how-to-get-started-with-quora-and-amplify-your-medium-stories-969f309b0967
We automatically post your stories to our Linked page and groups. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13914581/
Another creative distribution is using Pinterest. https://readmedium.com/how-to-get-started-with-pinterest-and-amplify-your-medium-stories-94435d586d51
Esential References for Writers
The following stories can provide guidance on use of publication and interacting with others.
Process and Procedures for ILLUMINATION
A Practical Guide for Writers
About ILLUMINATION-Curated
References about ILLUMINATION-Curated can be accessed from this single story.
Writer bios from their pen
We recommend you submit a story about yourself.
You can find samples from this story.
Six Reasons Writers Need Bios
Interviews with writers
Invitation to ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel
Meet Top Writers on ILLUMINATION
Meet Editors of ILLUMINATION
Link Your Twitter Handle to Your Medium Account
How to earn good money on Medium
How to create viral stories on Medium
Can you make $10,000 on Medium in a month?
Writers Invited to Promote Their Publications
Publications Owned by Illumination Writers
Testimonials about ILLUMINATION
Do you enjoy collaborating with others?
Then we have three virtual clubs for your engagement. These clubs are fun and run on our Slack Workspace. 5,400 Medium Writers are collaborating in our Slack group.
Here is essential information about our Slack Workspace
ILLUMINATION Fiction Club
ILLUMINATION Poetry Club
Technology Hits — The TSEE Club
Fiction and Poetry Bios of ILLUMINATION Writers
Meet our current editors
Our editors work hard to help our writers succeed. They invest their precious time volunteering for smooth publishing of your stories. ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION, Dr Mehmet Yildiz, Tree Langdon, Brian E. Wish, PhD, Dr Ron Pol, Dr Michael Heng, Dr John Rose, Paul Myers MBA, Karen Madej, Joe Luca, Dipti Pande, Kevin Buddaeus, Kate Maxwell, Arthur G. Hernandez, Bill Abbate, Michael Patanella, Aurora Eliam, CMP, René Junge, Geetika Sethi, Ahmed Jamal, Britni Pepper, Selma, Earnest Painter, Dew Langrial, B. A. Cumberlidge. Lanu Pitan, Agnes Laurens, EP McKnight, MEd, CR Mandler MAT, The Maverick Files, Sumera Rizwan, Liam Ireland, Tony Young, Jr., Neha Sandhir S, Desiree Driesenaar, Stuart Englander, Ntathu Allen, Thewriteyard, Haimish Mead, Maria Rattray, Cristo Lopez, PhD, Dr. Preeti Singh, Holly Kellums, Kristina Segarra, Yohanan Gregorius, The Dozen, Audrey Malone,janny’s heart, Sabana Grande, Jennifer Friebely, Zen Chan, Aamir Kamal 🚀🚀🚀, John Cunningham, [arlie] PEYTON
You can find their profiles from this new story published today.
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