Get Involved!
Do you have something to express? We want you to be heard!
We can't promote diversity without diverse participation! The success of CulturedExpressions lies in the hands of those willing to promote cultural awareness and contribute to the cause. Ideally, posts on the site will be representative of a wide range of cultures and opinions, which can only happen with a diverse group of writers. If you're willing to volunteer some time to contribute a post, or two, or three, or even more, we'd love to have you on board.
If you are a writer/poet, artist, etc. Feel free to submit your work to be showcased on our
Expressionists page. If you'd only like to post once or twice, you can post as guest author. If you'd you like to contribute more regularly, you can become a regular author on the blog.
Below are instructions on how to get involved with Cultured Expressions as a guest or regular author. If you wish to post more frequently and would like author posts other than (or in addition to) promotion of your own work, you should consider the Regular Blog Author option. However, if you only want to contribute one or two posts, you should consider the guest author option.
Express Yourself
Are you a writer? Poet? Artist? Maybe you do spoken word or music? We're here to showcase the art coming from every culture and that includes you! If you want your *original* work featured/promoted on the site, all you have to do is submit! You can submit your personal work as a guest or as a regular author.
Guest Author Instructions
Rules
- Any text you submit must be your own work (obviously).
- You must have permission to use any media you submit. If the work is not your own, please provide the name of the artist.
- Be respectful. Constructive criticism is welcome, but posts that promote behavior contrary to the mission of Cultured Expressions will not be posted.
- Please proofread before you submit.
How to Submit
- Choose a guest author avatar from the avatar page. Take note of the number under the avatar you would like to select.
- Decide to send the information by email or using the contact page. (NOTE: if you have media that you wish to go with your post (images, videos, or audio) that is not already hosted online, you will need to submit via email, so that you can attach that file).
- Include the following information: (i) your name (or pen name), (ii) your avatar selection, (iii) any social media handles you want linked to your post, (iv) the text for your post. If you use the contact form (which doesn't allow bold or italicized font, please use <b></b> or <i></i> around text you wish to bold or italicize and * to indicate header text. (v) any notes on where in the post you'd like the media or other comments.
- Once your post has been added to the blog, we will email you a link to your post.
Sample Submission
Name: John Doe
Avatar: M1
Social Media Links: www.twitter.com/JohnDoe, www.facebook.com/JohnDoe, www.plus.google.com/+JohnDoe,
www.instagram.com/JohnDoe
Media Link(s): www.yourdomain.com/yourimage.png (source)
Notes on photo placement: place the photo at the bottom center
Post Title: This is the Title of My Post
Post text goes here. I was <b>this</b> to be bold.
*Heading 1*
Here Goes the rest of the text.
Rules
- Posts must be your writing (obviously).
- You must have permission to use any media you add to your post. If the work is not your own, please credit the artist as a caption.
- If your post is a response to another post (or news article) please make note and add a link to the original post.
- Be respectful. Constructive criticism is welcome, but we want to promote healthy, productive, and purposeful dialogues. Writing posts that are unnecessarily negative and rude is not appropriate. If you post something that is deemed to promote behavior contrary to the mission of Cultured Expressions you will be notified of the problem. If it is a fixable problem (e.g. your point was misconstrued by poor wording choice), the post will be temporarily taken down so that you may fix it and republish it to the site. If it is not fixable (e.g. a post that's entire purpose is to promote bigotry), it will be deleted. Continued issues with respect will result in removal of author privileges.
- Before you publish your post please proofread and review the preview of your post to ensure everything looks correct.
How to Gain Author Access
- You will need a gmail account to gain author privileges (sorry!). Mouse over for a note on pen names.
- Send an email or use the contact page to let us know you want be an author. In this message, please let us know more about you, your interests, and what your vision for the site is.
- Once we've received your message, you will receive an email with a request for the information that will appear in your author bio and an invitation to join the site with author privileges.
- Once you have accepted the invitation, when you log in to blogger.com you will see the Cultured Expressions blog. From there you will be able create your posts.
