Welcome and information pack for new contributors of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium — Dear New Writers, Please note that writers added to our publications this week are listed at the end of this post. Every New Writer Must Read Photo Policy Before Starting WARNING: Writers failing to meet our photo handling policy will be removed from publications. …

Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers — Dear Readers and Writers, Here we have chosen a small number of interesting stories that cover a range of topics from the thousands of submissions (written by 15K writers) published on Illumination to make your reading experience as enjoyable as possible. We appreciated your feedback on the stories of previous collections. …

Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers — Dear Readers and Writers, We are sorry for not posting curated collections for a few weeks due to a busy workload. Our priority is reviewing and publishing stories as fast as possible so that our writers start earning and readers enjoy their stories. These collections are a bonus for our writers to reach out…

Illumination’s 100-day challenge can increase visibility and might make you a top writer on Medium — Dear Writers and Readers, We are delighted to read a story from Alex Philippe recently informing his readers about the completion of the 100-day challenge. Alex is relatively a new writer and participated in this challenge when he joined our publications. He has now more than 400 followers. You may…

If writers, after rejection, continue breaking photo handing rules, we will remove them from our publications. — New Policy for Image Handling in Stories Dear Writers, We are delighted to support all levels of writers as diverse and inclusive publications on Medium. However, we need the support of our contributors to meet our publishing goals and serve all writers fairly. One of our biggest problems causing publishing delays is not captioning photos and using…

Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers — Dear Readers and Writers, Today, we selected a small number of interesting stories from many submissions (contributed by 15K writers) published on Illumination to give you a pleasant reading experience. These engaging, educative, and informative pieces in the collection include multiple topics for your enjoyment. We appreciated your feedback on the stories of previous…

Retired educator, speech therapist, English teacher, and writer — Dear Readers and Writers, In this post, we introduce Joan Gershman, a retired educator, speech therapist, English teacher, and writer with many years of experience. Our goal is to introduce engaging stories of this experienced writer. Joan is a new writer on Medium but she is not new to writing. …

Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers — Dear Readers and Writers, Today, we selected a small number of interesting stories from many submissions published on Illumination to give you a pleasant reading experience. These engaging and informative pieces in the collection include multiple topics for your interest and enjoyment. We appreciated your feedback on the stories of previous collection #126.

Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers — Dear Readers and Writers, We are sorry for not being able to post our curated collections during the week. Due to a heavy workload and growing backlog, our editors had to focus on publishing duties. Our chief editor had to juggle daily to shift our 93 volunteer editors. We are trying to address the…