How to Submit a Local Voices Blog Post
Submission Process
Complete the form at the bottom of this page to pitch a summarized version of your post. An MHA staff member will connect with you via email after you’ve sent out your form.
Once a staff member has connected with you, you will be asked to share photos, an “About” blurb to include in your post, and a completed draft of your post. For details on what all is needed, please read the Submission Guidelines below.
Upon receiving these, MHA will review your draft and will let you know if your post has been approved for the bog.
After approval, MHA will be in contact with you to begin the editing process. Some submissions will be edited for clarity.
You will receive an edited version of your draft for your review. This will include comments and suggestions for major edits. Minor edits (such as grammatical errors) will be fixed by MHA staff.
We will share a final draft with you for your approval to ensure that any edits made on our end are representative of your thoughts, feelings, or expertise.
Any edits that go uncorrected will be published to the blog, so be sure to double check that all information is accurate; we are not responsible for uncorrected information in a post.
Blogs can be edited post-publication, so if you see an error once your post is live on the website, we will go back and change it.
Submission Guidelines
Once a member of our staff has contacted you via email you will be able to submit your full draft for the blog. Please include the following information with it:
Include a title with your submission. Please be clear and concise.
Include pictures with your submission.
Please include a picture to use in the thumbnail. Thumbnails show up next to the blog post on the blog’s main navigation page. Thumbnails should be related to the post in some way. For examples, please visit our blog.
Though not required, you can also include an author photo with your submission.
Please include any pictures that you’d like to include in your post.
Include a brief “About” blurb.
Approximately 50 - 100 words.
These will be included at the bottom of your blog post to introduce yourself to readers.
If a picture of yourself is provided, it will be included next to the “About” section.
Describe your role in the community (what larger initiatives you’re a part of, what work you do, volunteer or community involvement, issues you care about, etc.).
You may include links to other organizations’ profiles if necessary; if you do not provide links, we may provide them instead.