A step-by-step process guide for submitting to Illumination Curated

Submission Process and FAQs — For Illumination-Curated

You can read the answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) as well

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How to Join Illumination-Curated

We are inviting you to submit your curated stories whenever you wish to. You have to follow these five easy steps.

Once we add you as an approved writer, you can submit your first draft. But you cannot send a second draft until the editors decide the fate of the first one. It takes almost seven working days to process the new drafts because of the heavy burden of new submissions as the visitors and writers of the publication are doubling in number with every passing day.

Dr Mehmet Yildiz— the owner of Illumination — has done it again. Illumination-Curated is going to be an even bigger success story.

Many writers are getting a strong second wave of views. There is a lot of valuable guidance about the new publication.

Curation is the focus of the new publication. Follow these steps, and it should be a piece of cake to submit your masterpiece to Illumination-Curated:

Step 1: Apply as a writer

Apply to become an approved writer. This process can take up to three working days.

When Illumination adds you as a writer, you’ll see Illumination-curated in your list of publications:

You can also apply to be a writer with a draft link of using this form. If the editors like the quality of your work, you’ll be added as a writer.

Step 2: Find your curated stories

Find a curated story in your stories. It is usually easy to spot the curated ones as they have this additional ‘topic tag’ on top of your story stats.

Click on View story here to open the article to proceed.

Step 3: Remove the curated story from the publication

If your story is already published in Illumination publication, remove it from there. While editing the article, click on the three dots ‘…’ and select Remove from publication.

Step 4: Add your story to Illumination-Curated

Now, you have to add your story to Illumination-Curated. In the edit mode, click on the three dots ‘…’ and select Add to publication.

Choose Illumination-Curated from the drop-down menu, and click ‘Select and continue.’

Step 5: Wait — for the story to get published

Now the hard part: wait.

For curated stories

Curated stories are generally accepted and added to the publication within 24 hours. Please don’t forget to provide the link to your curated pieces on the Slack channel for curated stories.

For drafts

However, the procedure takes more time for drafts. It can take up to seven days. As soon as the voting process — on the Slack channel for polls — is complete, we add your story to the publication.

It is a transparent process. Nobody is allowed to go against the high editorial standard required for inclusion in the Illumination-Curated.

But if Medium does not curate your story, the story remains published on the Illumination-Curated despite the decision of the Medium curators. Generally, the articles accepted by the editors are also curated by Medium curators.

Story resubmission after curation

If the majority of editors vote against your story, but it gets curated by Medium — it can happen at times — you can resubmit the article. This time the editors are bound to accept your story.

If we like your story

Sometimes, one of our editors may read your story and like it so much that they wish to publish it in Illumination-Curated. In such a case, they’ll leave this kind of private note on your story. It can happen in the case of your curated stories as well.

Frequently Asked Questions

Here is a list of frequently asked questions. Please don’t hesitate to ask your questions in the comments sections of this article:

Question: What happens when I submit my previously published story that is not curated?

Answer: We accept only drafts, and previously published uncurated stories are not accepted.

Question: I have a lot of curated stories in other publications; can I submit them to Illumination-Curated?

Answer: We do not encourage it. But if you choose to move your curated stories to the new publication, we’ll not stop you. This publication is for the curated stories currently published on Illumination — if the writers want to move their stories to this publication, they can easily do that.

Question: How long should I wait after submitting my draft story?

Answer: If seven working days pass, it means we passed on your story this time.

Question: What happens if I send more than one draft?

Answer: At Illumination-Curated, we are looking for high-quality stories. We do not accept more than one draft at one time. If you try to spam our draft queue, it can result in your removal from the writer’s list.

Question: Should I write stories specifically crafted for Illumination-Curated?

Answer: That is the whole idea. We don’t want your journal entries. We want your masterpieces. We want your best work that you have edited mercilessly until your words express your meanings with vigor and brevity.

Question: What are the preferred topics in Illumination-Curated?

Answer: We accept a good story about any topic. However, we prefer these tags: self-improvement, science, technology, philosophy, psychology, business, poetry, and politics.

Question: Why was this new publication created?

Answer: The publication owners felt the best stories published on Illumination needed a new life and a new home to get more views and better reading times.

The new publication focuses on high quality and readability. Its a paradigm shift. This publication is aiming for a very high curation rate — trying to become a Medium partner publication.

“The primary purpose of the new publication is to amplify messages of advanced writers to an extended audience.

The secondary purpose is to set a benchmark for the writers of ILLUMINATION and provide a purposeful goal for improving their writing skills and being recognized as an advanced writer.” ~ Tree Langdon

Question: Is there a limit to how many drafts I can send in one day?

Answer: You can send one draft at one time to Illumination-Curated. You cannot send another draft until the editors have decided the fate of the first one.

Question: How can I get curated more frequently?

Answer: Dr Mehmet Yildiz advised the editors to come up with ideas to increase the curation rate of the Illumination writers. These curation guidelines are pretty comprehensive and allow you to have a 99% chance to get curated if you follow all the techniques described here:

Curation Guidelines for Illumination Writers — In Simple Words

If you are serious about improving your writing, I highly recommend you study these guidelines and follow her instructions. Take the time to apply her principles to something you’re working on. ~ Tree Langdon

Question: Where can I find all the resources related to Illumination-Curated?

Answer: You can search Illumination publication. On slack, you can visit this channel #illumination-curated-resources.

Question: Will I lose my claps and comments when I add my story to the new publication?

Answer: No. Your claps and comments go with the story.

Question: During the time that my articles are waiting to be republished, will they become, “dead-links” on the topic pages?

Answer: No. They remain active during the transition.

Question: What happens if I am not included as a writer after three days?

Answer: Generally, you’ll be added as a new writer within three days. If you do not see Illumination in your list of publications, you can contact us again.