HEAL•THY•HABITS Submission Requirements and Style Guide

Share your valuable insights and expertise with our audience

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Are you a womxn of color who wants to help others by sharing the lessons you’ve learned during your health journey? Are you a subject matter expert in the field of health and wellness? Then we want to feature your story on HEAL•THY•HABITS!

What we’re looking for

• In-depth research, advice, and unique perspectives on topics related to functional fitness, mental health, nutrition, and the wellness industry, particularly as it relates to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• First-person account of what it is like to be a professional working in the health and wellness field.
• Reviews and experience with wellness products or services, including but not limited to wellness apps, weight loss programs, gym memberships, wellness challenges, and medical services.
• Summaries and reviews of books related to the health and wellness field.
• Personal stories about your wellness journey, struggles, and tips that you can share that would help others like you build healthy habits.
• Recipes and tutorials on cooking and exercise routines.

Rules for Submission

1. All submissions must adhere to the policies of the platform Medium. Please carefully review Medium’s Rules, Ad-Free Policy, Content Guidelines, and Curation Guidelines.
2. All submissions must include at least one unique image (the featured image of your article or story) with a citation.
3. All submissions must be original content. Please review Medium’s rules on duplicate content.
4. All submissions must be non-fiction and all claims should include citations from well-known and credible sources, such as the NIH, CDC, or some government entity or large publication outlet such as Time Magazine, The New York Times, Vox, Blavity, etc. We reserve the right to reject sources that do not meet to our standards.
5. All submissions must be Family-friendly — i.e., no sexually explicit or violent content. We reserve the right to reject content deemed offensive or inappropriate for our audience.
6. All submissions must be inclusive. We will reject content that is disparaging of other groups or individuals.
7. All submissions must appropriately disclose any affiliate links. Failure to disclose affiliate links or products for promotional purposes is a violation of the law. We recommend limiting the number of affiliate links in your post to less than 5.

Style Guide

• We closely adhere to the Content Guidelines and Curation Guidelines provided by Medium.
• Tutorials with ordered steps and lists with specific requirements should use a numbered list.
• Gifs, tik tok embeds, and other forms of media are permissible and encouraged, so long as they do not overpower your writing. Sources of the embedded media should be cited.
• Titles should be a maximum length of 50–60 characters and accurately indicate the topic of your story or article. Read these tips if you need advice or inspiration.
• Subtitles should be a maximum length of 160 characters and provide an enticing or descriptive synopsis to captivate the reader. Read these tips if you need advice or inspiration.
• The featured image — the first image in your story or article — should immediately follow the title and subtitle. Please select an image that is landscape or horizontal orientation.

Use the out-set option for featured images. Screenshot by the author.

Portrait vs landscape orientation. Photo on the left was taken by Charles from Pexels. Photo on the right was taken by Chevanon Photography from Pexels.

Review and Approval Process

• To submit a story, leave a comment letting us know that you would like to be a writer. You will be added as a writer within the next 7 days.
• Once you have been added as a writer, please allow at least 7 days for review.
• If a submission is not yet ready for publication, we will provide a note briefly explaining why the submission was rejected. You are welcome to resubmit after addressing the indicated issues.
• If a submission is accepted for publication, it will be published within the next 2–3 days between 7:00am and 7:00pm EST.

Please note that we reserve the right to make changes to the submission without any notice. Possible changes include revising titles, reformatting, changing a featured image, removing undisclosed affiliate links, and removing visual media entirely. Minor changes will be made instead of rejecting a submission to save time.

If you prefer that our editorial team makes no changes, please add the following note in bold text after the title and subtitle: Author’s Note: Please do not revise my writing.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at pr@fitandnu.com with subject line: HEAL•THY•HABITS Submission Questions.