Submissions
Make your voice heard. Add a quick comment or submit an essay — we can’t wait to hear from you.
1. Add a Comment
Simply click on the “comments” link (located at the bottom of every entry) to join the conversation, ask a question or engage in debate with writers and readers.
2. Write for WVFC
Share an experience. Interview an inspiring woman. Review a book or a movie. Write about women in politics. Critique or praise coverage of women in the media. View the submission guidelines below, then send it to us.
3. Become an Online Community Activist
Want to help share news and information about issues relevant to women over 40? In addition e-mailing entries or linking to them from your own blog, you can recommend what you read here to online communities like Eons, Digg, Del.icio.us or Facebook.
Registration takes just a minute, and once you’re a member you can start recommending articles and view what other members are reading.
And most of those communities are listed below each blog entry, so adding your voice is easy — just click on the relevant link to share or promote WVFC’s essays and articles.
4. Tell Us What You Think
What else would you like to see included at Women’s Voices For Change? Let us know by writing to suggestions@womensvoicesforchange.org.
Submission Guidelines
Women’s Voices for Change invites submissions of news commentaries, personal essays, expert analysis, reviews and poetry.
WVFC has published essays by novices as well as a National Book Award finalist. We’re happy to work with you to help you find your voice. We encourage all readers to take part in the ongoing conversation about the vitality, power and representations of women over 40.
Previously unpublished work is preferred, though we will make exceptions for published articles that are a particularly good fit. We’re also open to joint posts with already-established bloggers.
Please send submissions to our editors. You can paste them into the body of an e-mail or as an attachment in Word or Rich Text Format. If you don’t hear back from us within two weeks, please feel free to contact us again!
Departments
Experts: We’re looking for writers to share their knowledge and to discuss the story behind the story. In addition to covering current events, topics might include women in politics, women in the arts, trends in advertising and marketing to women, retirement planning, and other issues of interest to WVFC readers. View some examples here.
Perspectives: We consider personal essays about our lives, work, passions and history, including commentary on going against conventional wisdom, stories about triumphing over the unexpected, and essays about everyday life that reinforce the adage “the personal is political.”
Media: Book reviews, film write-ups and cultural critiques. We all know media coverage of women over 40 is sparse and the representations of women in and beyond menopause are often inaccurate or incomplete. Articles that identify the best and worst examples of media coverage, including television programs, advertisements, magazine articles — you name it — are especially encouraged. View examples: Film, Television, Books »
Voices in Verse: Original poetry and well-loved poems by celebrated writers.
Shorter Submissions: So essay writing isn’t your style, but you still want to sound off. Here’s your chance. Send comments. We will often highlight them on the main page.
Suggested length
Between 50 and 400 words for shorter blog entries; up to 800 words for essays. See list of departments below.
Required contact information
All submissions must include the author’s full name and a brief bio, along with a phone number and e-mail address (required for contact purposes only). A photo would also be helpful!
Authors of personal essays can request that their last names be withheld for privacy. This request must be made in advance.
Review process
Submissions will be edited for length and AP style consistency. All submissions become the property of WVFC.
