ILLUMINATION Community
Welcome New Writers
Onboarding new writers joining ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR, SYNERGY, Technology Hits
Dear new writers,
Welcome!
We are delighted to add you to our publications as contributing writers.
Thank you for joining our publications: ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION’ S MIRROR, Technology Hits, and SYNERGY.
We hope you will enjoy networking with our large writing and reading community on Medium. Our publications run on Medium and comply with the rules and policies of Medium. All writers must follow the rules of Medium to remain contributing writers of our publications.
We introduced a new policy for handling photos as it is the most common issue for new writers. Please review this policy and submit your stories accordingly. Governing copyright rules are critical for the success of our writers.
We don’t accept plagiarized content or stories with copyrighted photos.
ILLUMINATION is a significant, unique, diverse, and inclusive publication covering almost all topics across several disciplines. 8,500 writers contribute to this publication.
ILLUMINATION is currently among the top 70 most followed publications on Medium, out of 15,440 publications.
82,125 Medium members follow ILLUMINATION now. We completed our 8th milestone recently and heading towards the 9th milestone.
ILLUMINATION-Curated is followed by 29,000 readers.
A combination of our publications now serve 110,000+ readers on Medium.
You will receive an invitation from Dr Mehmet Yildiz to our Slack workspace shortly. It is optional to join Slack. But we don’t want you to miss this wonderful opportunity. It is a free networking and collaboration service to our contributing writers. Besides, you can easily access editors and share your concerns. Networking on Slack help you build sustainable and meaningful relationships with fellow writers and editors.
This virtual workspace is our primary communication and collaboration platform. We have around 6,500 members. You can learn about Slack in this story.
For ILLUMINATION, you can write about many topics as long as your stories meet Medium rules and policies.
Medium currently support only 30 editors per publications. We have 66 editors however not all of them have access to ILLUMINATION due to the constraints of Medium. To cover our large workload, we created a mirror version of ILLUMINATION and allocated new editors to support the workload. You can submit your additional stories to this new publication.
Please see details in this story about ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR.
We recommend submitting only one story to ILLUMINATION or ILLUMINATION-Curated per day. The rest of your stories can be submitted to ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR. We created the mirror version for our prolific writers. We provided you with access to both publications in case you want to submit more than a story a day.
Your contributions are important. The diversity and variety you bring delight to our valued readers. Our discerning readers use ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION-Curated as their front page.
These two large publications are now followed by a large group of readers registered to Medium. We also have many readers from external sources.
We have established two new publications.
Technology Hits
The first one is Technology Hits for a specific audience interested in technology matters.
SYNERGY
We created SYNERGY for specific requirements of writers. The purpose of SYNERGY is to bring many Medium writers, editors, and bloggers who also publish on other platforms such as Vocal Media, NewsBreak, Hub Pages, Patreon, Substack, and other freelancing platforms.
SYNERGY hosts stories related to writing, editing, blogging, and freelancing.
Details are in this story.
SYNERGY has outstanding contributors. Many articles have already been curated by Medium. The curation success rate for SYNERGY is very high.
Please enjoy some recent articles from SYNERGY.
Purpose of onboarding pack
The purpose of this post is to notify new contributors joined our publications ILLUMINATION ILLUMINATION-Curated, Technology Hits, SYNERGY, and ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR.
Please check your account for the publications you applied. If you don’t see the publication in your Medium profile, please leave a comment on this post so that we can add your account again. You can also contact Dr Mehmet Yildiz on Slack.
Our goal is to help you succeed in Medium.
You joined a significant group of publications making a great impact on Medium. ILLUMINATION and its sister publications are growing rapidly and supporting 8,600+contributing writers.
We are happy to support different level of writers including aspiring, experienced, accomplished, and influential writers. All contributors play a significant role.
We aim to cross-pollinate all types of writers. They come from different professional backgrounds, skill levels, and writing goals. This unique combination of writers is attractive to our readers because they enjoy many stories covering multiple topics.
Our publications operate with an abundance mentality. Rather than competing with other publications, we see them as collaborators.
We don’t put any constraints on our contributing writers. As a contributor, you are not exclusive to us. You can publish in other publications. We recommend you to create your own publications. We can help you get started. If you have a publication now, we can help you promote it.
Let’s meet new writers joining our publications today.
Welcome new writers joined ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION'S MIRROR:
More Than Our Crimes, Mariojose Palma, Eryn Devitt, Sapient Prince, Sree Sreenivasan, Jielynne Barao, Frankie Calkins, Shawn Ingram, Heather Beatty, Indra Asserfea, Recep Suluker, Gary Buzzard, Angela Phan, Leroy Welwood Jones, Mary Kate Hurlbutt, Michelle Bonfils, Farukh Naeem, Ani Fuller, Maddie McGuire, Sheila Mae Sese, Marcus Young, MBA, Expat, Writer, Charlie Lukas, Cosmic, Sandi Parsons, Ashley Carino, Alexandra Protsenko, Steph Up, Mary S., Jason Pineau, Hammad Khalid, Ilham Esse, ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE, Angelina Der Arakelian, Alexa Baczak, Fernando Doglio, Elizabeth Gordon, Marlyn Rodriguez, Blaze, Göktuğ Okumuş, Banjo Alfred, João Gonçalves, Julia Blum, Caroline Warner, Linda Hanstra, Rina Zhubi, Luke Gloege, Tavian Jean-Pierre, Freestone Wilson, Sri Devi Om, Karyn S, Kevin Erazo Castillo, Michael Robert, Isaiah R. Hicks, Andrea Cherkerzian, Aleena Nadeem, Claire Kelly, Kishan Prajapati, Alina Sileanu, Sumaira_Yaseen, Cheryl, Shiho Amster, James Martin, Valeria Andreevna, Sophie Jones, Alak Abdulsatar Abduljabar, Life is Amazing with Books and Writers, Sakshi Dwivedi, Anna, Douglas Perkins, Semida Silveira, Vanessa Harrill, Pratiksharegmi, Briar Stone, Martha | Blue Pen Media LLC, Yosef Andreas, Yuchae Moon, Sebastian LaMontagne, Mandy Capehart, bakagaijin, Lauren Kim, Helen Rivero, Sanjam Singh, Emily Hsu, Adriana, Anshari Hasanbasri, HalcyonG, Jonathan Bateman, Courtney K, LSW, Kai Taraporevala, OKAMURA, Hasan ÇETİN, Ayush, Sakshi Dwivedi, Helena Salazar,
Welcome new writers joined SYNERGY:
Debika Kumari, More Than Our Crimes, Mariojose Palma, Eryn Devitt, Brinda Koushik, Sree Sreenivasan, helenaknows, Frankie Calkins, Shawn Ingram, Heather Beatty, Indra Asserfea, Gary Buzzard, Rakshit shah, Angela Phan, Leroy Welwood Jones, Michelle Bonfils, Maddie McGuire, Marcus Young, MBA, Expat, Writer, Charlie Lukas, Sandi Parsons, Ashley Carino, Steph Up, Sumaira_Yaseen, Jason Pineau, Hammad Khalid, Ilham Esse, ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE, Angelina Der Arakelian, Alexa Baczak, Fernando Doglio, Elizabeth Gordon, Göktuğ Okumuş, Harshit Makhija, João Gonçalves, Linda Hanstra, Rina Zhubi, Luke Gloege, Tavian Jean-Pierre, Freestone Wilson, Sri Devi Om, Libbie Allyson, Karyn S, Kevin Erazo Castillo, Michael Robert, Isaiah R. Hicks, Andrea Cherkerzian, Aleena Nadeem, Claire Kelly, Kishan Prajapati, Alina Sileanu, Cheryl, Martha Manning, Ph.D., Adelgundo A. Agaloos Jr., Douglas Perkins, Semida Silveira, Vanessa Harrill, Martha | Blue Pen Media LLC, Sana Hashmi, Mandy Capehart, bakagaijin, Lauren Kim, Emily Hsu, Kai Taraporevala, Ayush, Helena Salazar,
Welcome new writers joined ILLUMINATION-Curated:
Indra Asserfea, Debbie Schallock, Raktim Gogoi, Alexander Bird, Life is Amazing with Books and Writers,
Welcome new writers joined Technology Hits:
Indra Asserfea, Recep Suluker, Rakshit shah, João Gonçalves, Sapient Prince, Pratiksharegmi, Hemanth sagar J C, James Woods
Recommendations to new writers
Our readers expect quality content.
We strive to meet readers’ expectation thus we encourage our writers to submit quality content.
Please check our resources. You can find ILLUMINATION related articles and writer resources on ILLUMINATION Blog publication. Please bookmark and follow this new publication designed to address your publishing needs.
We redesigned the ILLUMINATION front page. We removed all publication related articles and hosted them in a blog publication. Our goal is to give more space to the stories of our writers. Details of the update can be found in this post.
Specific Actions
1 — Please submit your best work for readers.
Your stories must be the type of content that you want to read.
2 — Caption [copyright-free photos] with source links.
This is a common concern. In fact, it is one of the most time consuming and stressful situation for our editors. Editors are tired of leaving comments and waiting for responses from writers who neglect captioning photos.
All photos must be caption with source links.
We recommend using copyright-free photos e.g. stock photos from unsplash.com or pixabay.com. If you add your own photos please clearly explain the copyright status.
Please review our new policy for guidance.
This policy is now implemented.
3 — Our publications don’t accept plagiarized content.
We only accept stories written by you.
Medium does not accept plagiarism and duplication. Plagiarism is an illegal act and duplication is against Medium rules.
Our publications have zero-tolerance for plagiarized materials. Our editors diligently monitor and detect plagiarism and duplication by using different methods and various tools.
Our position is detailed in this article. In a nutshell, we remove writers submitting plagiarized content.
4 — [As a new writer], please submit one or two stories a day.
Considering contributions from thousands of writers, it is not possible to cater to multiple submissions from each writer.
However, our experienced and prolific and experienced writers can submit up to three drafts within 24 hours to ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION-Curated. Since they submit high-quality materials, we don’t have to spend too much time on these types of submissions. We are grateful.
Due to current editorial limitations by Medium, we created a new publication to load balance ILLUMINATION. If you write multiple stories, you can submit one to ILLUMINATION and the rest to ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR.
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 are not familiar with the fundamentals yet.
We are accepting short-form stories. We allow additional three short-form stories per publication. Details are in this story.
5 — Please check and 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.
6 — Platform rules and expectations of your audience.
We are working on a large and complex platform.
It will be useful to learn the rules of the platform and get to know your audience.
Please check the conduct guidelines in the attached article.
7 — Review Publication Conduct Guidelines before submitting your story
Here is the simplified rules for new writers.
This story focuses on fundamentals and some advanced topics for writers. Many new writers found this story useful.
8 — Review the quality checklist
Please use this checklist before submitting your stories to our publications.
When you submit acceptable content, your stories can be published faster. You can reach out to your audience quicker and gain more readers. This checklist cover all our publishing requirements.
9 — Amplify your stories
Writers need to take personal responsibility to create visibility.
One way of increasing the visibility and reading times of your stories is to amplify them meaningfully.
We created collaborative tools and platforms. Collaboration is crucial for Medium writers. Please review these guides to get you started with our social media tools.
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 the ILLUMINATION LinkedIn group from this link.
Details for each item can be found in this story.
Grow your network on Goodreads
Collaborate on Goodreads. It is a large platform with 20 million members.
If you authored books, Goodreads can be an ideal place to create visibility.
Introduction to new publications
Technology Hits
We have a new publication to extend our services and reach our broader audience. Writers have the flexibility to share their stories among three publications to gain maximum visibility and readability.
Here is the initial invitation by Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Featured stories on Technology Hits by Editor of Technology Hits
SYNERGY
SYNERGY a strategic initiative to empower writers and create synergy with collaboration. This new publication has the same values as ILLUMINATION. But it is a specialized publication.
ILLUMINATION is a broad publication covering hundreds of topics, whereas SYNERGY is dedicated to freelance writers, editors, and bloggers.
SYNERGY is powered by ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION-Curated.
How we create more visibility for your stories
We use various platforms and tools to amplify your stories.
Daily Digest
One way of sharing your stories with Medium readers is a daily digest.
Here is a sample of 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 the daily digest in your social media tools.
Recently featured stories
For ILLUMINATION-Curated we create daily volumes.
Here is one of the latest post.
Outstanding Stories — Volume 83
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
Editor tweet your stories after reviewing and publishing them.
https://twitter.com/illum_official
We have two Facebook pages and a Facebook group. We automatically post your stories. However, you can supplement your posts. Instructions to participate are in this story.
We have a new private FaceBook group just for our writers. It is called SYNERGY. This will be our main external social network.
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
We automatically post your stories to Flipboard magazines.
We have just started replicating stories of SYNERGY.
Other Useful Resources for Writers
The stories listed below can provide guidance on the use of publication and interact with others.
Please start with our blog where we keep all our resources.
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?
How To Make Six-Figure Income On Medium
Writers Invited to Promote Their Publications
Publications Owned by Illumination Writers
Testimonials about ILLUMINATION
Storybooks and publication indexing
Collaboration With Other Writers
Then we have three virtual clubs for your engagement. These clubs are fun and run on our Slack Workspace. 6,500+ 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 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, Terry L. Cooper, Georgia Dimitrious, Kim Petersen, Josh Balerite Acol, Noorain Hassan, BMS, Mallika Vasak, Ikram Al Mouaswas, Linda Kowalchek, George Blue Kelly, Scott Hughey (TheWriteScott).
You can find editor profiles in this story.
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