1) No submission should have been published hitherto
2) All submissions must be original piece of writing (the writer's own work) & not plagiarised
3) This website publishes articles in both versions of English - UK & US
4) Writers should ensure that articles/blogposts are written in grammatically correct English, in an easy-to-understand manner
5) No payment shall be made now or in the future for the article/blogpost...& so on
6) At the risk of repeating, writers should not submit any article/blog of theirs that has been published before
7) For the 1st 48 hours after the publication of the article/blog on this website, the concerned writer shall not re-publish the same from any kind of publishing platform online or offline. After that, he/she is free to do so
9) Except for submissions that are classified as News, the copyright of all other work shall remain with the writer & not this website
10) News story length should not exceed 300 words
11) Opinion pieces should not be over 500 words
12) In-depth analysis should not exceed 600 words
13) Blogposts should not go over 400 words
14) This website has zero tolerance for copyright violations, plagiarism & for articles that have the sole purpose of SEO or building links
15) Each article, irrespective of its form or nature, will have not more than 6 links
16) One of these can be a hotlink from the writer's byline to the writer's personal credentials' webpage or personal blog but not to any other 3rd party commercial or non-commercial website. No exception will be made to this. The writer is even allowed to link the byline to any social network account he/she holds. If the writer does not have a personal page nor a social media account, he/she may either create one or instead will be allowed to link his/her byline to the About Us Page of a website or blog he/she owns, where a profile of the Guest Writer already exists. The underlying thought is simple - the byline is to highlight the identity/credentials of the Guest writer & not of his/her own website/blog
17) Editors of this website retain the right to edit the submitted articles/blogs but utmost care shall be taken to ensure that the individual style/spirit of the article is retained. Our editors reserve the right to accept/reject the articles/blogposts, without any explanation
18) The Guest Writer, may or may not use images/graphics in his submission
19) It shall be legally binding on the Guest Writer to ensure that all licences/permits for all visual imagery is obtained by him/her & is in his/her possession, before submission. This website's administration retains the right to call for/cross check these with the Guest Writer as & when it feels the need
20) Every writer shall be asked to submit his personal contact details like Real Name, address, email & social networking ID, telephone number and sometimes even a photograph for our records only. These will not be given out to anybody else
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