Submission guidelines
5 For The Fight On Medium
Inviting YOU to Share Life Lessons From Cancer
What is 5 For The Fight?
5 For The Fight invites everyone to give $5 for the fight against cancer. Now, we are inviting everyone to share the stories behind those 5s.
What is 5 For The Fight on Medium?
5 For The Fight on Medium crowdsources the wisdom from those affected by cancer. We would like to gather enough stories to start featuring them at a regular cadence and share them on 5 For The Fight’s social channels weekly.
Who can submit a story?
Anyone. 5 For The Fight is a global campaign and we are looking at representing a wide selection of wisdom from the ones too special to let go… from the lives cut short or forever changed by cancer.
How do I submit?
You can submit a favorite story behind your 5 For The Fight dedication by adding it to our publication in the publish drop-down menu (email hello@5forthefight.org to ask to be added as a writer). Donate $5 online or by texting future to 50555, write their name on your hand and share on social.
Medium? What’s that?
Medium taps into the brains of the world’s most insightful writers, thinkers, and storytellers to bring you the smartest takes on topics that matter. So whatever your interest, you can always find fresh thinking and unique perspectives. It’s easy! If you aren’t already on Medium and don’t want to join we can also publish it for you! Just let us know in your email and we’ll walk you through it, but it’s easy. We promise.
How to use Medium
Submission guidelines:
We have two forms of 5 For The Fight stories — long form and short form.
SHORT FORM — Answer the following questions with a sentence or two:
- Who is Your 5 For The Fight in honor or memory of?
- What role did they play in your life?
- What lesson did the person you want to honor impart on you?
- Please share a specific story explaining how they shared this lesson with you?
- What gives you hope in the fight against cancer?
Please include a photo of you with the person’s name written on your hand and tag it #5ForTheFight #My5isFor
LONG FORM — Please submit an essay about who your 5 is for.
- Please write from the heart — tell a story that can be everlasting.
- We publish stories between 500–3,000 words.
- Educate and inspire — get deep into life lessons that have stuck with you.
- Please include at least two photos — one of you with the person’s name written on your hand and another of the person you are writing about.
- Please use Grammarly or an editing friend to take the first pass.
- We encourage you to organize your thoughts through Medium’s formatting features for headlines, quotes, and italics.
- Headline: Write a headline that you think would be compelling about the lesson your person taught you
- 5 For The Fight reserves the right to edit your piece for formatting and grammar. We will work with you to make sure we have not lost the essence of the piece and edits are usually minimal.
- Byline: Please include an author byline with a little about you.
We look forward to receiving your submission!
Email hello@5forthefight.org to be asked to be added as a writer. Thank you for sharing your heart.
