800-1200 word blog posts about your FIRST HAND ACCOUNT of living with a mental illness or neurodivergence and/or how those struggles affect your faith. Exceptions are made on a case by case basis for those who are allies to someone living with a mental illness wishing to share their story of how to support someone while caring for yourself or mental health professionals wanting to write about certain skillsets.

400-800 word reviews of books that are written about mental illness, neurodivergence, or healing/ self-help.

Written in English.

Articles need to be well written with a beginning middle and end. A pitch must share the full scope of what you wish to communicate in the article and the take away of your post should be clear.

Book reviews share: a bit about the author, about the book content/format. If you felt the book was helpful/informative/ how it impacted you as a person living with mental illness/ neurodivergence. Also share whether or not you would recommend this book to others and why.

Your post doesn’t have to be triumphant in nature. Sometimes this stuff just sucks and sharing the struggles you face can help another feel less alone HOWEVER we have a diverse readership and never want to negatively affect anyone’s mental health so anything with a tone of hopelessness will not be chosen for publication.

Email your pitch to mentalhealthtingskbc@gmail.com or fill out the form below.

If you are not already familiar with Mental Health Tings, please spend some time reading different articles to get a feel for the kind of work we share before pitching.

If you are submitting a complete post that has already been written, please share the link to the Google doc or written in the body of the email. If accepted all editing will take place using Google docs.

WORD DOCUMENTS OR OTHER ATTACHMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Pitches should be specific in nature. Ex: “I learned how to manage my mental illness with healthy coping mechanisms“ will be passed up in favor of a pitch that says “by skipping outside for an hour every day, watching the sunset every night and blowing bubbles during my lunch break, I learned how to manage my rage that stems from my BPD.” The more detailed your pitch, the greater the chances are that it will be published.

If you’ve been published before you may include links to other pieces you’ve written. It is by no means a necessity.

Blog posts are paid $50 USD and any book reviews are paid $30 USD. These funds are sent through Venmo, Paypal or World Remit. If not based in the United States please make sure you have an account that can send or be sent money internationally BEFORE submitting.

I will suggest edits in the Google doc. When I email you that I am finished editing, please accept and correct all the edits. Please do not begin the second round of edits until I have notified you that I am done with the first round. If you object to an editing suggestion, please state your reasoning and we can revisit it.

All blogs are posted with 4-6 pictures. If you would like to use your personal photos, please let me know and I will send you the link to upload them to Google drive. If you do not want to use your photos, please send me links to the photos of your choosing that you find on Unsplash

DO NOT INSERT IMAGES DIRECTLY INTO THE GOOGLE DOC.

Posts can be completely anonymous if you so choose. You can also use a pen name. An author’s bio is placed at the end of each post. Bios are 3-5 sentences long and 2-3 links are posted at the end of each post. These links can be to the author’s website or socials, a link to support their works on other platforms, or a donation link specifically for the author or a charity of their choice.

Please allow up to a month from the time to submitted to receive a response before checking in on the status of your submission. I am ONE person running this blog who also works a full time job. Thank you.