PERMISSION

AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT

Completing and submitting this form grants Chronic Joy Ministry, Inc. the right to use, edit, publish, and/or distribute the posts, digital photography, video, or other content provided or authorized for use on its website, in its print and/or electronic materials, and social media.

I understand that I retain first rights to my submitted work and may publish it at my discretion at any future date. It is my responsibility to notify future publishers that the work appeared with Chronic Joy® and that Chronic Joy maintains the right to publish it again in the future. I acknowledge that the submitted work is original to me and has not been accepted by a publisher that precludes its use and/or publication by Chronic Joy. I verify that I own the rights to have the submitted work published, distributed, or otherwise promoted by Chronic Joy. I further certify that the submitted work is not plagiarized from another source.

I understand that I will not be paid, reimbursed, compensated, or given royalties by Chronic Joy now or at any time in the future.

*Please upload your submission, including a brief biography (not to exceed 85 words) and links to your blog, website, books, and/or social media as desired. Additionally, upload your headshot (square is preferable or horizontal works well).

RELEASE FORM

If you receive an error message when trying to submit, please insure the file size of the picture does not exceed 1MB. If you are unable to resize your photo, insert your photo in your document, then submit.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES (BY INVITATION)

• POSTS should:

• • include one of our free printables or website content.
  • be approximately 750 words.
  • include three reflection questions.
  • conclude with a short memorable prayer.
  • be grammatically correct and spell-checked. (We recommend using Grammarly.)
  • include the reference and translation for Scripture quotes.
  • be compassionate, kind, tender-hearted, and hopeful.

• POSTS should not include:
  • information on specific medical treatments.
  • medications.
  • healthcare providers.
  • clinics.
  • hospitals products.
  • services.
  • apps.

Click here for post guidelines. Click here to review our editorial guidelines.

• DEVOTIONALS:
  • Should be approximately 650 words.
  • Click here for guidelines.

• POETRY should include:
  • an introductory lead-in paragraph to the poem.
  • three reflection questions.
  • a short memorable prayer.

• SUBMIT:
  • a Word document, using Open Sans font, size 11 (Click here to download Open Sans.). Do not indent paragraphs.
  • our Release Form. (Contributing writers may type General Consent in the title field encompassing all posts submitted.)
  • a headshot (.jpg).
  • a brief biography (85-word maximum).
  • links to your blog, website, and/or books.

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• • We reserve the right to edit accepted submissions.
  • We do accept excerpts from your published books.
  • We do not accept:
    • book reviews
    • manuscripts.
    • political or controversial submissions.

We do not offer compensation.

If accepted, we will notify you via email.

(Book publishers may submit book excerpts.)

CHRONIC JOY RESOURCES • PERMISSIONS AND AUTHORIZATION

CAN YOU PRINT OUR RESOURCES?

As a global resource ministry, we are delighted for you to print and distribute our online resources in their entirety or in unaltered excerpts, as long as you do not charge a fee.

CAN YOU SHARE OUR RESOURCES ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB?

You are invited to repost unaltered articles from our online resources on a website with the following statement included: [Post Title with specific link URL] previously published at chronic-joy.org. (Include website link.) No fee may be charged.

You are welcome to embed publicized videos on your website provided that you include a backlink to the original Chronic Joy® video or content source. You are welcome to download content from our website or YouTube. No fee may be charged.

We’d be honored if you’d leave a Testimonial about how Chronic Joy® has blessed you.

CAN YOU SHARE OUR IMAGES?

Yes, as long as you do not charge a fee. Discover 1000s of inspiring, faith-based photos available at Flickr for immediate, high-res download for your ministry, organization, or social media, or to simply encourage friends and loved ones with a beautiful photo in a text or email. (Attribution-NonCommercial Creative Commons)

EVEN MORE

Chronic Joy is a global resource ministry dedicated to compassionately serving all those affected by chronic illness, chronic pain, mental illness, and disability by providing accessible, easy-to-use, faith-based educational resources and publications.