YOU WANT TO WRITE FOR US?

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Thank you for your interest in writing for IAMWHATSHOT. We are happy to accept queries from beginner to advanced writers. When proposing ideas please keep in mind the iamwhatshot.com platform caters to women of colour in all shapes and sizes.

Articles should uplift and teach our readers!  We share personal stories, business advice, give healthy food ideas and fashion tips. Through this portal, our readers will have access to the latest news in culture and community. We promote positive images of women of colour to empower, educate and inspire them.

 

Think trendy, stylish, educated, professional, creative and most of all a belief in sisterhood!

 

SUBMITTING YOUR QUERY: 

To submit your ideas, please write a short query letter that explains your idea, proposed story length and why this idea would appeal to our readers. Query letters should be no more than one page in length (but even shorter works.)!

•Keep your stories light and inspirational in some way.

•We prefer 250-500 words for pitches or a maximum of 900 words for personal stories.

•Send your submissions to submissions@iamwhatshot.com

•Put your proposed title in the subject line of the email and try to make it catchy.

•Include published samples of your writing to showcase your writing style.

•Please do not send attachments with your pitches/queries. Send your request in the body of an email.

•Upon approval of the idea/pitch please use edit your work prior to submitting the final article.  Try not to rely on your personal computer editing software, use something like Grammarly or any other editing program. Try printing your article and reading it out loud! It helps. This will help us cut down on the editing time.

•Content must be original and not previously published. Contributors can repost any published content that was submitted as long as you include a link back to the original post.

TOPICS OF INTEREST:

Arts: This section accepts ideas that focus on the arts, culture, music, photography, community anything artistic.

Wellness: This section accepts ideas for beauty, health, recipe ideas.

Lifestyle: This section accepts ideas for style, fashion tips and trends.

Business: The section accepts queries for business, career, entrepreneurship and personal development advice and tips.

News: Profiles of people in the news and reported stories on current events as it relates to the modern women. We try to keep celebrity news to a minimum and no gossip.

WRITER CREDIT:

At this time we do not pay for contributor submissions.  We will give author credit and a link to your website, blog or social media profile. And a big ole’ shout out on all of our social media channels! This is an opportunity to gain credibility as a writer and help you build a portfolio.

Let’s get it started!

 

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