Who can submit?

Contribution is open to anyone who registers as a Vivanista member.

What can I submit?

You can submit anything – from a fundraising tip to a blog post to a video to a favorite book, hotel or restaurant – but not everything will get published. Articles should be informative and unique. Your own tips, techniques, strategies, opinions and commentary are valuable.

Vivanista is filtered, which means an Editorial Team of real people review each submission and decide which submissions to publish to the front. We will filter out profanity, spam, porn or anything else that is just not nice. You can submit it, but it will not get published.

Miscellaneous Notes and Tips on Submissions.

  • Articles must be original works created by the author that have not been published or submitted for publication in any form, format or media, elsewhere.
  • If referencing an idea or quoting others, be sure to provide link and/or footnote of source(s).
  • Headings and Titles should be catchy, less than 8 words, with capitalization of all words, except for internal articles, prepositions, and conjunctions. Example: The Vitamins Are in My Fresh California Raisins
  • Articles cannot be advertisements, promotional copy or blatant or excessive self-promotion or hype. Authors are NOT permitted to accept anything worth more than $50 – whether it be trips, hotel stays, gifts, clothes, accessories or any other “perk” in exchange for writing/submitting an article.
  • Proofread and fact check your article before submitting. Make sure addresses; phone numbers, times and days are accurate. Check spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization and sentence structure.
  • Articles must not contain any content that is a violation of any law, be considered defamatory, libelous or infringes on the legal rights of others.
  • Include a visual or image to upload with your article. The first image should be at least 300×300 pixels to appear in the featured sections of our website. If you need to fix colors, contrast, or resize, please do that before uploading with Photoshop, or a free online program like snipshot.
  • If using images off the web, make sure you can legally reproduce it. Reference the image at the bottom of the article with a hyperlink when possibly.
  • [Photos from ‘name’ via ‘location’] -> [Photo from Jane Doe via Flickr]
  • If including addresses, phone numbers and/or website, please provide at end of article in italics. Include country and area codes. Domestic numbers: +1-214-559-4510. International numbers: +33-1-55-35-33-90. Web addresses begin with http://. For example:

Moderation – All in good time

Submitted articles/stories are subject to edits by a proofreader. Vivanista also reserves the right to delete any article.