Adulting Submissions Guidelines

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Submission Guidelines

Pre-modern societies knew nothing of “adolescence” and established the age of adulthood somewhere near puberty. Today, brain imaging studies demonstrate that the human brain is in growth-mode until at least age twenty five.

On the “nurture” side of things, in our ultra-modern 21st century, I believe that we stop far short of teaching our offspring the actual skills they need to build healthy, happy and meaningful lives. We teach so many other things, but not these essential things. This blog is about those skills.

What We Publish

Adulting publishes detailed, first-hand accounts of your personal process of growing up. Whether you are 22 or 102, growing up is a life-long journey. At Adulting, we want to hear about it.

Ready to be added as a writer to Adulting? If you have a story to share, we want to hear it.

1. Submissions are accepted only via the publication, within Medium, not via email.
2. To be added as a writer, comment on this story telling us a sentence or two about you you, including your age and stage in life.
3. Once you’ve been added as a writer, to submit:
4. Click the “…” button near the top-right corner of the page
5. Select “Add to publication”
6. Choose “Adulting” from the list of pubs
7. Click “Add draft” to submit your story for review
8. Wait patiently for your draft to be reviewed (we’ll try our best to get to it quickly)
9. Depending on your settings, you should receive an email from Medium once your story is accepted or rejected.

Writing Guidelines

1. At this time we accept both published and unpublished drafts.
2. Titles must be title-case, and subtitles must be sentence-case — with a featured image below it. If you are not sure about the format of your title, you can use a Title Case Converter.
3. Please edit before submitting your piece Read your story out loud before you hit publish. Write short and clear sentences, let the reader breathe. We will reject submissions with too many grammar mistakes.
4. Image: Your submission must have an image with a horizontal aspect ratio (not square, not vertical). Use high-quality images in your posts. Remember to credit properly the images you use. You must have the legal right and permission to use it. Failing to do this is a cause of rejection of your piece. If it’s your own picture, add a credit like this “Image courtesy of the Author”.

Thank you for sharing your stories with us!