Contribute An Original Article Below

Due to a little internal restructuring, we are NOT accepting any new submissions for payment at this time, but you are ALWAYS welcome to donate an article via a guest post.

We welcome contributions from freelance writers, and experts in their field.

If you want to get paid for your writing, please make sure you read our Writers' Guidelines very carefully and follow our instructions to the tee.

If you'd like to sumbit a how-to article, step-by-step craft tutorial, creative writing tip, business coaching article, and/or motivational essay, please follow the submission instructions below.

Article Submission Form

Make sure you copy and paste, and answer, ALL the bullets below. They should appear before your submission. If they do not, we will not look at your submission.

Your full name:
Your email address:
Your complete street address:
How did you find us?
Do you own the copyrights to submission and can you legally sell it for publication?
Do you own the copyrights to the photograph you are submitting and can you legally distribute it for publication?
Is this article an original or a reprint?

(If it's on your personal blog or website, in a church bulletin, or in a small group newsletter, it's still a reprint.)
Which rights are you selling?

A: first electronic rights with indefinite online exclusivity and indefinite exclusive online archival rights

B: exclusive electronic reprint rights with indefinite online archival rights
Do you understand that we archive online indefinitely and without further monetary compensation?
Do you agree to our publication and payment terms?

(See payment terms for more details.)
Do you understand that we do not pay for articles you've distributed for free―past, present, or future?

(Including, but not limited to, places like eHow, Hubpages, Examiner, Ezine Articles, or your own site. Click here to donate your article.)
Do you understand that we may feature your submission in our newsletter and/or on our social media sites?

Paste Submission In The Format Below (no attachments) :

What center does your article fit?
Word Count:
Article Title:
Body of Article:
(Either your prewritten article or a query with a sample of your writing)
Your Byline:
(Name, 2-3 sentence description with mention of published book & website.)
Headshot:
Provide a link or let us know you can provide one on publication (gif or jpeg).
Supporting Photos:
Craft, photography, and graphic design DIY tutorials require photos. Other areas are optional.
Supporting Video:
If you have a video tutorial that matches the content of your article, or enhances it, we'll be happy to include a link to it, or embed a YouTube video at the bottom of the article.

Include The Following Information Based On Article Type:

DIY Tutorials:

Is the design and/or pattern from the tutorial your original?
Did you receive any of the items in your craft project as a review or for a design team? Please specify when, where, how.
Did you include a completed project photo?
Did you include step-by-step photos for difficult craft projects?
Is your image at least 500 pixels wide? We can resize ourselves, but this is the minimum size required.
Is your image a close-up?
Does your image use proper lighting?
Is your image in focus?
Did you remember to remove any background noise from your image?

Book Reviews:

Did you receive the book as a free sample (and from whom), did you purchase it, borrow it, or was it a gift from a friend/family? Please specify when, where, how.

Deliver Submission

Send your email to: * subs {at} thedabblingmum.com *

Subject line: Writers Submission

If you don't hear from us within 8 weeks, please email us to make sure we've received your submission.

All attachments will be DELETED without being read unless we specifically requested them from you.

Important Submission Fact

We DO NOT pay to use the same articles you've distributed for free, or may later plan to distribute for free, online or in print publications.

If you plan to distribute your article, or have offered it for free in the past, use our article donation form.

Bylines

Please note the format of our bylines. We have a strict format in which we give bylines. We pride ourselves on not being a "content farm" and building trust by being open about who wrote each article; therefore we link websites via the author's name.

We require a headshot of the author of the article. And because we create an image file using your byline information and headshot, we canNOT hyperlink to specific words in the text of the byline. Instead, we hyperlink the name of the author, and the bylined image.

Worried the way we link won't result in clicks to your blog or website? You have nothing to worry about! Since we've redone the way we link, we've actually noticed an increase in clicks from readers leaving our publication to check out the writers' sites.

Links

Please be advised that we reserve the right to refuse links that we feel are not in cooperation with the philosophy of The Dabbling Mum.

While we may allow a link to be placed within the body of the article (provided the link is relevant to the topic at hand), we will not publish your affiliate links, link to a sales page, or link to the homepage of your blog, website, or online store within the body of the article.

In other words, if the link is in the body of the article, it MUST be an additional resource. For example, an article about putting together a baby shower may mention the idea of creating a baby mobile. A link to a page on your site that tells our readers how to create a baby mobile would be acceptable, provided we don't already have that article on our own site.