We’re always looking for new authors. If you’re interested in submitting a story or becoming a regular contributor, please review this page for guidelines and information.

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Advantages:

We’re Legit – This site has a commitment to no pop-up ads or flashing banners, and how we intend to keep it. They annoy us to no end, and we trust that, no matter how well they may pay us, they surely annoy you too, so we won’t show them.

We’re in the process of becoming a Google News accredited agency, which will mean that, when we run a story, it will immediately appear in the searchable news database. This isn’t just a sign of professional credibility, but it speaks to the readership available to your article from the minute it’s published.

Experience & Exposure – Establish yourself as an expert in your field. If you’re looking to fill out your résumé to become a travel, parenting, business, entertainment or other genre writer in the future, this is a great opportunity to get the exposure you need to advance your career. You won’t just be “published online”, because anyone with a computer can be published at some random site. Instead you will be published by a known, accredited news site.

Author Page Credit – Contributors will be listed on our author page, as well as your own author profile page.

Links to Your Sites – If you’re looking to promote yourself, or your website, your articles appearing on US Daily Mirror can be an easy way to drive relevant, targeted traffic. There are two ways you can do it:

1. You can post a “Appears courtesy of YOUR NAME.” with a link to your site at the bottom.
2. You can post text links within the body of the story with keywords pointing back to relevant pages on your site(s), like Brendan Alexander does. (Items in Bold/Underline are these types of links, like the words “nouns” and “love”.)

You Still Own Your Work – Although we do ask for irrevocable publication rights (meaning once submitted, we can’t be required to go back and delete your stories), we do not assume any ownership rights over your material. If you want to republish them on other sites, or your blog, you are always free to do so. If we’re contacted about reprints of your stories, we will forward the request to you for your consideration. We will not request or accept any commission on such reprints, but we will offer industry insider advice if you request.

Submission Guidelines

Originality – Your story must be original, and not plagiarized. Any author found submitting a stolen story will be banned immediately, and your contact email, IP address and other relevant info will be shared with appropriate parties. It’s really easy to make a story your own, and if you want to submit to us, we hope you’ll do at least as much, but it has to be a legal story.

Honesty – Tell an honest story. You can’t use our publication as a forum for hate speech or half-truths.

Spell Check – You MUST spell check your stories before submission. Perfection is not required, but excessive errors cannot consistently be corrected. We do reserve the right to edit stories for length, format and content, though we try to avoid this whenever possible.

Style – Look at the general layout of articles on this and other news sites, and try to conform to the existing style. Headlines should not be in ALL CAPS, and paragraphs should be short.

Get Started

Send Your Sample Story – If you’re already ready to go, please send your story for publication. If you have a blog or personal web site with your stories on it, just pick the best one and send it over. The editor will personally review it and get back in touch with you (make sure to include your email address!) If there are pictures with your story, use the email address listed below and include them as attachments. You can use the submission form below, or you can email us at:

Publish Your Way – Once accepted as a writer, you can choose how you’d like to submit your work. You can email stories to the editor, who can put them in the system, if you like, or you can be given a login to the admin system to submit them directly. Submitting them directly will allow you the flexibility to see how they look before they are published, and also get your stories published more quickly. Ultimately, it’s up to you.

No Publishing Limits – If you have a hundred stories you want to submit, you can submit that many. If you want to run a story two or three times a week, as long as they pass editorial muster, we have room for you to do that. If you’ve spent the last three years writing 100 great stories, and want to submit them all today, we can dole them out periodically over the next year, if you like. We have the flexibility to accommodate prolific authors, and will gladly make that concession.

Contact Web Form

Use this form to contact us directly, or you can use the following email address: