The Proverbs 31 Project, Inc Editorial Guidelines
The Proverbs 31 Project, Inc Editorial Guidelines
Overview
Welcome! Thank you for your interest in becoming a contributor to our platform! We’re so excited that you’re here!
Are you a Jesus fanatic, who wants to share your love for writing, testimonies, and/or revelations with a growing audience of women who are constantly working towards becoming a true reflection of Christ? That’s awesome!
We believe your insight is necessary, and we’re interested in having a variety of perspectives present on our platform. Before you submit your piece(s), please take some time to review the entire page. It should answer any questions you have about:
- Our principles
- The types of content we accept (and do not accept)
- How the submission process works
- Where to submit your piece
Important: While we value all of your submissions, we may not be able to respond to each one. Should your submission be aligned with our goals and we have availability in our editorial calendar, we will reach out to you.
Our Principles
The Proverbs 31 Project, Inc. cannot guarantee placement.
In our quest to publish the most relevant content for our audiences, we can’t guarantee the publication of your submission. We evaluate submissions based on fit for our audiences. We do not offer guaranteed publication to anyone, including our customers, donors, and authors who have been featured on our platform before.
Submissions must meet our standards in order to get published.
The Proverbs 31 Project, Inc. has specific guidelines around the types of submissions we accept and decline. Our editors reserve the right to pass on contributions that do not meet our standards.
Published submissions will live EXCLUSIVELY on The Proverbs 31 Project, Inc. platform.
If your submission is published on our platform, we encourage you to share it with your network and link back to it.
However, you cannot republish your submission on any other website — including your own website, or other blogging platforms like LinkedIn, Medium, etc. This also means that we cannot accept submissions that have already been published on other platforms.
All final content decisions are at our team’s discretion.
The Proverbs 31 Project, Inc. reserves the right to:
- Edit and adapt your submission for search optimization, accuracy, soundness, and comprehensiveness. If information within the submission becomes outdated or requires reevaluation, we may edit the content. ( For edits that exceed the aforementioned, and require complete re-writes, we will contact you.)
- Include references or calls-to-action to The Proverbs 31 Project, Inc. content and offers (i.e. downloadable resources).
- Use your guest author photo across our content (i.e. on The Proverbs 31 Project, Inc.’s social media channels, website, and email marketing).
- Remove the submission from our platform.
Essentials for Content We Publish
The Proverbs 31 Project, Inc. has five core categories of content: Foundational Relationship with Jesus Christ, Home & Family Life, Community Influence & Involvement, The Whole Woman, and Business Acumen & Career Development. Learn more about our pillars and what they entail.
We look for:
- Content that reflects our style and tone of voice. We aim to be casual, friendly, and relatable; writing for that of a fifth grader to accommodate readers of all levels.
- Proper attribution of any outside content that is referenced.
- No more than one link to your brand’s website in the piece.
- Links to at least 2 relevant The Proverbs 31 Project pieces in your content (if applicable).
Types of Content We Accept
- Bible Studies & Breakdowns – In becoming Proverbs 31 women, we need to understand who God is. We encourage pieces that help us understand the Word of God, with actionable steps of implementation.
- Testimonies – Have you experienced something tough that has God used in your favor? We love personal accounts of testimonies and how God showed Himself strong through your situation. We do ask that you share your own testimony and not someone else’s.
- How To’s – Do you have tips or suggestions on a specific topic related to faith?
- Content that directly coincides with or falls within our organization’s pillars.
- All in all, we want each piece of content to direct our readers back to God, and strengthen their faith.
Types of Content We DO NOT Accept
- Content that contradicts or goes against the Bible, the infallible word of God. Neither do we accept content that is offensive or inaccurate.
- Content that has been covered before. While topics may be similar, we prefer that they are not the same. Please search our database to ensure that the topic has not been covered.
- Content that contains too many links.
- Overly promotional content.
- This is not a site to air grievances. We do not accept content that tears down or provides an opinion on any church, and/or clergy.
Formatting Tips
- When writing, please utilize H2, H3, and H4 headings to organize your content. Please use them in the correct order, as necessary.
- Keep paragraphs short, no more than 5 sentences.
- Add bulleted and/or numbered lists whenever possible.
- If you use a numbered list, please format it as number + period (1.)
- ALWAYS include an introduction and conclusion in your piece.
- When images are included from other publications, please cite the image source as: “Image source” and hyperlink that text with the page you found the image on.
- Please spell/grammar check your work by using tools like Grammarly or Microsoft Word.
- Consider using the Hemingway Editor to check for difficult sentence structures and readability.
Ready to submit your work?
Amazing work! Please submit your content here.
If your content meets our editorial standards and aligns with our values and content strategy, we will respond to let you know that your article has been published. We are so grateful! Remember that whatever is published on our platform CANNOT be published elsewhere.
God bless you!
