Submission Guidelines

Jared Brock
Sep 4, 2018 · 4 min read

Want to write for Bearded Gospel Men? Here’s how it happens.

Bearded Gospel Men reaches tens of thousands of the beardliest readers in the world each month. We want to publish as many evergreen articles as possible — stories that will matter today, next year, and for decades to come. Accordingly, we have a few well-trimmed editorial standards for the submissions we accept, and will only consider those that fit the criteria below.

Align With Our Themes

Each story must align with one or more of our themes: manliness, faith, health, stewardship, theology, practical wisdom, and/or being a husband/father/friend. We love promoting uplifting stories about people who are elevating humanity and creating a better world.

Tell a Story

Each submission should include a story, no matter how brief, to draw the readers into your story. At present we’re looking to publish stories between 300–1,200 words. The types and format of stories we publish include: Op-Eds, in-depth how-to pieces, interesting musings, essays, high quality listicles, journalistic pieces, narrative nonfiction, manifestos, and fascinating interviews.

Make a Point

Just one. If you want to make another point, write another article. Brevity is beautiful. Please don’t word-vomit.

Entertain & Educate

Each story should try to tie into an important topic (whether its importance was lost in the past, exists now, or will be vital in the future). Our stories seek to explore, entertain, and spark conversation.

Architecturally, Stylistically, and Visually Appealing

We’re looking for stories which have been carefully structured, and edited for grammar, spelling, readability, and cohesiveness. We highly suggest that writers download Hemingway and Grammarly, and find friends who can provide critical feedback (prior to submitting your piece.)

All submissions should have a featured image above or below the title. Two great stock photo sites: Twenty20 or Pexels. Bonus points for articles with beautiful, rich media (video, data, charts, or even GIFs) throughout the story. All images must be owned by you or include a cited source. We retain the right to remove images from submissions and replace them with those our editors pick.

Please make use of Medium’s elegant formatting features. Headers, quotes, italics, etc. A careful use of formatting is what helps make an article easy to read and share.

Things to Remember

We Reserve the Right to Alter and Edit Your Story

The Bearded Gospel Men team can edit the content of your story if grammatical errors are found, along with adding logos, bylines, ads, images, etc. to your story. If you remove this content after your story is published, it will be removed from Bearded Gospel Men, and you will be removed from our list of contributors.

We’re Looking For Long-Term Relationships

Once we’ve published your story on Bearded Gospel Men, we ask that it remain in our publication. We will not be accepting articles from writers who publish with Bearded Gospel Men and then publish the same stories elsewhere on Medium.

Don’t Be a Self Promoter

We will only publish author bylines that are 1–2 sentences long. Please feel free to include 1–2 links. Anything longer will be removed (including author photos, newsletter forms, excessive links, etc). These shorter bylines and a single sentence CTA to recommend and share will help increase the amount of people your story reaches.

What to avoid

Final Notes

Writer Request Form

Writers who have not been previously published by Bearded Gospel Men will need to request to be a contributor by filling out the Writer Request Form. By requesting to become a contributor, you agree to Bearded Gospel Men’s Submission Requirements. New writers are added manually every few weeks. Notification will come from Medium confirming addition to the Bearded Gospel Men publication.

Due to a limitation on the number of writer slots available, writers who do not produce content within 90-days may be removed to provide space for new writers. Incorrectly typed usernames are ignored.

Request to be a writer using our Writing Request Form.

Submit a Draft

Once accepted as a writer for Bearded Gospel Men, please follow Medium’s process for adding a draft to a publication.

We’re looking forward to your submission!


Many thanks to The Mission, The Startup, and The Writing Cooperative, from whom we cribbed much of this page.

Bearded Gospel Men

One lord, one face, one baptism.

Jared Brock

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Jared Brock is the author of Bearded Gospel Men and A Year of Living Prayerfully. Download 3 free chapters of both at www.jaredbrock.com

Bearded Gospel Men

One lord, one face, one baptism.

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