These guidelines apply to anyone who pitches or contributes an article to The Vanilla Issue. By submitting a pitch, you confirm that you have read them.
1. Pitches
Pitches are reviewed by our editorial team. Sending a pitch does not guarantee publication. We will reply by email if we would like to take it forward, and we may decline any pitch without giving a reason.
2. Original work
Your article must be your own original writing. It must not be copied from another source, and it must not have been published elsewhere unless we have agreed to that in writing.
3. Accuracy and honesty
Please check your facts and quote sources fairly. Do not publish claims about real people or brands that you cannot support. Tell us if you have a personal or financial connection to anyone or anything you write about, including gifted products or paid collaborations.
4. Images
Only upload images you took yourself or have permission to use, and tell us who to credit. Do not upload images you do not have the rights to. Images should be uploaded at a maximum of 1500px wide.
5. Content standards
We do not publish content that is hateful, discriminatory, defamatory, misleading, or that promotes a product or brand without being clearly marked as such.
6. Editing and publishing
Contributors can write and submit drafts, but only The Vanilla Issue can publish. We may edit articles for clarity, length, style and headlines, and may ask you to make changes before publishing. We may decide not to publish a finished article.
7. Credit and rights
You keep the copyright in your work and will be credited by name. By submitting an article, you give The Vanilla Issue permission to publish it on our website and to share it on our social media channels. It may remain on our site after publication, and you can ask us to remove it at any time by emailing us.
8. Payment
Contributions are unpaid unless we agree otherwise with you in writing before publication.
9. Questions
If you have any questions, email us at contact@thevanillaissue.com.