What do we publish?

We publish the following types of articles;

• Christianity — We love to read about what God is teaching you. Share your Bible studies, reflections on biblical passages or sermon notes, personal testimonies, etc.
• Devotions— We publish short and medium style daily devotions. Devotions should challenge the reader to go deeper in their daily study time with God
• Life Lessons— Do you have a practical life lesson God has been teaching you? Please share it with us. Often, we are drawn to other people’s stories because they resonate with our own life story. If God is teaching you a lesson, share it with others.
• Faith/Love/Christianity/Missions — If it has to do with spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ, submit it. We’ll review it and see if it fits.

Submission Rules — boring stuff, but it’s important

By submitting to Devotable, you agree to comply with ALL our rules and requirements. Writers whose submissions are repeatedly rejected for rule violations may be removed from the publication.

Contribution Guidelines

1. Your writing should be original to you (no plagiarism). In other words, you need to be the original author of what you plan to publish.
2. Your writing needs to be fresh, not something you have taken from others or reposted. The only exception to this is if you have a devotion you’ve obtained permission from us to repost on our site from your own site or project.
3. Your writing must be about a relevant Christian topic and not too “preachy”; meaning we’re not here to get on a soap box about politics, gun control, murder, drugs etc.. Although sometimes those topics are addressed in a well written manner, you should choose your topic carefully.
4. You must be willing to engage with the readers who post comments after your article. Building and sustaining an active and productive online community is very important in order to be considered as a Devotable Author.
5. You must be willing to tweet about, Facebook, Pin, (etc.) and use the social sharers to get the word out about the other writer’s articles that are posted on the site, not just your own! Sharing is caring…
6. You must be willing to share the Gospel. In everything we do, our main goal is to show people who Jesus Christ is and how to accept him as their savior. You writing must reflect this in word and principal.
7. All submissions must be family friendly. This means no detailed descriptions of sex, drug usage, or criminal activity. You can mention it if it’s critical to the story (some of the stories of our lives before Christ had some very dark moments), but you don’t have to dwell on it. No swearing — not even “light” swearing. Some of us have found out the hard way that even words WE don’t consider to be swearing can be considered by OTHERS to be swearing. So, we want to avoid offending people. When in doubt, go ahead and submit, but please note the editors reserve the right to change any such language however we deem appropriate for our audience.
8. We do not allow submissions whose sole intent is to sell or promote a book, blog, service, or product.
9. We do not publish any posts that are heavily political in nature. As a publication, we acknowledge Jesus as our King and ruler. More often than not, man-made politics cause division and harm.
10. All submissions must be in English. You are expected to fully edit any story before submitting to ensure it is as free from error as possible. Grammarly and Hemingway are excellent free tools you can use to help with this. Please, if English is not your first language, have a native English speaker read over your story before submitting.
11. You retain all rights to your story and can remove it from Devotable if you choose. However, we ask that you keep your submission with us for at least 30 days.
12. Submissions must follow our Style Guidelines, which you will find below.

Style guidelines — how we want your story to look

These style guidelines are meant to ensure consistency of appearance, so Devotable looks like any other high-quality publication online or off.

1. Word Count — We publish stories with a minimum of 400 words. There is no ceiling to the word count.
2. Headings — Please include some headings to break up your work. Try to avoid adding punctuation (except for question marks) to the end of headings. Use single quotes when relevant.
3. Quotes — All quotes, both scripture and otherwise, must be cited.
4. No Fancy Styling - Please avoid fancy styling in your work. This includes thinks like strikethroughs, underlines, bold, italics, ellipses, fonts, colors, and more. Sometimes, these things are needed for clarity or emphasis, but only include them if absolutely necessary.  If your work includes these things, expect them to be edited out.
5. Links - You are encouraged to add links to relevant material outside this website, but please make sure they're high quality, relevant links to cite sources or include resources.

How do you submit a draft?

1. Go to the shared Google Sheet where we list all our topic ideas.
   • Please keep this sheet private!
2. Pick a topic that you want to write on that isn't already claimed by another writer.
3. Put your name under the "Author Name" column to claim it.
4. Select your due date in the drop down list.
   • You can sign up for multiple pieces if you want. Just make sure to select different due dates.
5. Got to the submission page and publish your writing.
   • You have to be logged into the site to view this page.
   • Please make sure to edit your devotion thoroughly on your own first. There can be technical glitches and if you're writing your submission right in the editor, there is a slim chance it could get lost. So please make sure to write it on your own word processor and then copy and past it in.

Do you have questions?

If you have any questions about anything, please feel free to reach out to us. We will get back to you as soon as we can.

Thank you so much for your interest in writing for Devotable. We look forward to being in fellowship with you!