**Updated Submission Guidelines**

How and what to submit

❗THE GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN CHANGED IN JULY 2021. PLEASE REFER TO THE LINK BELOW FOR SUBMISSIONS ⬇️❗

Know Thyself…But also Know-Thy-Medium-Rules 🦋

KTHT was long due for updating its submission guidelines, given the immense growth experienced over the last few weeks. There are many new writers on the platform that are not familiar with the most essential steps when it comes to submitting to publications, so let’s make sure we thoroughly cover them before all else:

Part 1: How To Submit

1. Contributing to this publication:

If you wish to contribute to Know Thyself, please leave a response to this piece stating that you’d like to be added (just scroll down on this article until you find the response section as shown in the example below):

2. Adding a picture and citing the source:

Always include a picture in your article to make it more appealing to your readers and to increase your chances of having your piece chosen for further distribution (curated). Always cite the source, even if you are using free stock images.

Don’t use photos you don’t legally have the right to use.

Click here to learn more about using images on Medium

3. Adding proper tags

Add proper tags to your article so that other writers can find your work inside and outside the publication. Please use 5 tags that fit in with the theme of your content.

At KTHT, here are the tags we use most often: Poetry, Spirituality, Life Lessons, Love, Self-Awareness

Click here to find out more about adding tags

4. Submitting an article to this publication:

If you wish to submit your piece to KTHT, here’s a link that contains useful information on how to do so:

Click here to learn how to add a draft or post to publication

• PLEASE submit drafts or articles published within the last few hours (not days, weeks or months ago) in order to receive exposure and readership.
• Please have a title & subtitle.
• PLEASE check your spelling as well as any potential grammar mistakes before submitting. Make sure your article flows, is easy to read & understand.

5. Making money through the Medium Partner Program (MPP):

Know Thyself, Heal Thyself does not and will not ever make money off your articles or have access to your earnings. Owning a publication and editing articles doesn’t get paid.

The only way you can monetize your content on Medium is by joining the Medium Partner Program.

Click here to learn how to join the program and start earning

6. Receiving views & readership:

In order to receive more views & readership, please interact as much as possible with the other writers of the pub by following, clapping, highlighting, responding and tagging one another. In short words, be as active as possible, else you will not be able to fully enjoy the benefits of this platform. This brings me to the next point which is:

7. Inactive writers

As editor of Know Thyself, I reserve the right to remove writers who have been inactive for longer than 3 months (no publishing, no interaction, no nothing).

8. Removing your story from KTHT

Please do not remove your stories without letting me know in advance and stating the reason. It’s not fair on either publication to have you moving your-already-submitted articles around the whole platform without saying a word.

9. Inquiries, questions, etc.

For any inquiries, questions regarding the publication and/or its writers/content, etc, please email me at [email protected] or join our publication’s Slack Group.

Part 2: What To Submit

Accepted themes:

1. Spirituality
2. Philosophy
3. Metaphysics
4. Holism
5. Life Lessons (based on personal experiences)
6. Mindfulness
7. Self-Awareness/Improvement/Growth
8. Love

Types of writing styles/formats:

1. Essays
2. Poetry (tankas, haikus)
3. Fiction
4. Non fiction
5. Storytelling (parables, tales, etc.)
6. Journal entries
7. How-To Articles

Other things to keep in mind:

• Only one article per day/per contributor is accepted. Anything that exceeds this number will be published the following day.
• Please make sure your private notes are open so we can communicate if there are any issues to resolve.
• Please note it may take longer than a few hours to publish your submissions on certain days such as Saturday/Sunday and during holidays.

Thank you for taking the time to read this! Looking forward to further expanding this community of lovely people. Sending you positive vibes & warm hugs!