Write a Post

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Interested in contributing a post to the Envato Notes blog? Well it is a community blog!

While we can’t compensate you financially for your contribution, you will get some recognition and exposure, help out the community, get a nice warm and fuzzy feeling, and make Envato Notes a nicer place to visit. Thanks!

Still interested? Read on.

What Should I Write?

Here is the sort of material we are after:

  • Marketplace author interviews
  • Featured workspace photos (with optional description)
  • Featured desktop photos (with optional description)
  • Something that inspires you, for example websites with some great artwork
  • Conference reports
  • Commentary on industry news.

We’re also open to accepting other types of articles. Of course we can’t guarantee to publish everything you send us. But this is a community blog, and we’ll do our best. If you like, pitch your idea to us first to make sure it’s something we’re likely to publish.

How Do I Submit My Post?

In summary, there are three ways to submit your post, depending on its content.

  1. To submit a Marketplace Author Interview, use this form. You can type your answers to the questions straight into the form, and you’ll be asked to attach some zipped photos.
  2. To submit Featured Workspace or Featured Desktop photos, use the form below, or tag them on Flickr with #envatonotesworkspaces or #envatonotesdesktops.
  3. To submit anything else, use the form below. And make sure you read the next section, “Some Notes About Formatting.”

If we decide to use your post, you’ll normally hear from us within a week.

Some Notes About Formatting

Here are four things to keep in mind about how to format your post:

  1. Keep it simple, Stanley!
  2. Check your post before you submit it. Read it through carefully checking for spelling and grammar mistakes.
  3. Use plain text or HTML. You’ll find a list of allowable HTML tags on the form.
  4. If you’d like to include images, you’ll need to host them somewhere yourself. Make sure it is somewhere we can access. Some suggestions are Flickr, Imgur, or a public Dropbox folder, but just about anywhere is OK. We’ll copy the images to our blog before we publish. You can insert them into your post using <img> tags, or just write a clear note explaining where they can be found.
  5. You verify that any external content included with your submission is owned by you, or properly licensed. Previews of marketplace items may be used as long as they are watermarked, and credit is given to the original author.

As always, your work may be edited and tweaked before publication, but the substance of your post will remain the same.

Submission Forms

To make your submission, head over to one of the following forms: