Write for ShareLove Letters
We're looking for a handful of writers with something real to say about letters, relationships and the way people stay close to each other.
An honest note before you pitch: this is a small independent site, not a publication with a masthead. We publish a few guest pieces a month and turn down most of what arrives. If you want a fast link, this is the wrong door. If you want a well-edited piece read by people who actually write letters, keep reading.
Send a pitchWhat we're looking for
Everything we publish sits somewhere near the act of writing to another person. If your idea would feel at home beside the guides on our blog, it's in range.
Letter-writing craft
Structure, openings, endings, tone — how a letter is actually built.
Relationships & communication
Repair, honesty, the conversations people put off having.
Family & parenting letters
Letters to children, to parents, to the people we grew up beside.
Friendship
Long friendships, drifting ones, and the letters that hold them.
Grief & remembrance
Writing to someone who has died, and writing for those left behind.
Long distance
Distance, time zones, deployment, and staying close on paper.
Gratitude practice
Saying thank you properly, and what it changes for the writer.
Journaling & self-reflection
Unsent letters, letters to your future self, writing to think.
Letters in history & culture
Correspondence that mattered, and what it can still teach us.
Example angles
These are the shape of thing that gets a yes — specific, first-hand, and impossible to write without having lived or reported it. Don't pitch these exact titles; pitch the one only you could write.
- ✦What a hospice volunteer learns about the letters people leave behind
- ✦The apology letter I sent ten years too late — and what I got wrong in it
- ✦How to write to a friend you have not spoken to since the fallout
- ✦Why "I hope you are well" is the worst opening line in letter writing
- ✦Writing to a parent with dementia: what still lands
- ✦The military spouse letter routine that survived three deployments
- ✦What 200 unsent letters in my notes app taught me about resentment
- ✦How Victorian letter etiquette quietly still governs the way we write
- ✦A therapist on the difference between a letter that heals and one that reopens
What we don't publish
Said politely, but we do mean all of it. Most pitches we receive fail on this list alone.
- ✗AI-generated or spun drafts. We can tell, and it is an instant no.
- ✗Keyword-stuffed writing, or anything built backwards from a search phrase.
- ✗Casino, crypto, pharma, adult, loans, essay mills, or anything adjacent.
- ✗Posts written mainly to place a link. If the link is the point, skip us.
- ✗Previously published work, including on your own blog, Medium or LinkedIn.
- ✗Affiliate links, tracking parameters, or product placements of any kind.
- ✗Invented statistics, or "studies show" with nothing to show for it.
- ✗Paid placements and link exchanges — we do not sell links, at any price.
Submission guidelines
Length. 900 words minimum, and no upper limit that matters — say the whole thing, then cut what isn't doing work. A tight 1,100 words beats a padded 2,000 every time.
Voice. First person is welcome and usually better. We would rather read what happened to you than a survey of what is generally believed.
Sources. Every factual claim gets a link to a primary source — the study, the archive, the original reporting, not a listicle citing a listicle. No invented statistics, and no numbers you cannot point at. If you are not sure a claim holds, cut it.
Structure. Break the piece with real H2s that describe what follows. One clear takeaway the reader can act on. Skip the throat-clearing intro — start at the moment something happened, not at “in today's fast-paced world”.
Formatting. Plain text or a Google Doc link is perfect. No HTML, no inline styling, no embedded images we don't have rights to.
Pitch first. Send a suggested title and two or three sentences on the angle before you write anything. We will almost always shape the idea with you, and a finished draft sent cold is much more likely to be declined.
Ownership. You keep the copyright to your work. By publishing with us you grant us the right to publish and edit it — we edit for clarity and length and will show you anything substantive before it goes live. Your piece must be original and stay exclusive to ShareLove Letters.
To calibrate, read a few of the pieces we publish: unsent letters to someone you love, letters to your future self, and apology letters. Then look at our occasion pages and about page so your pitch doesn't duplicate something already here.
How to submit
Email hello@shareloveletters.com with the subject line:
Guest post pitch: <topic>
- 1.Your suggested title and a two-to-three sentence pitch.
- 2.Two links to things you have written before.
- 3.One line about who you are and why this subject is yours.
We read everything and reply only if it's a fit, usually within two weeks. No reply after that means it wasn't one — please don't follow up more than once.
Email your pitchGuest post FAQ
Do you pay contributors?
No. We are a small, free site with no advertising budget behind it, and we would rather say that plainly than dress up an unpaid pitch as an opportunity. People write for us because they have something specific to say about letters and want it read by people who care about that.
Can I include a link to my site?
You get a byline with one link to your own site or portfolio. Links inside the body are added only where they genuinely help the reader, at our editorial discretion, and any link may be nofollow. We do not guarantee link placement or link attributes to anyone.
Do you accept AI-written drafts?
No. We publish first-person experience and specific detail, which is exactly what generated drafts do not have. If a submission reads as machine-written we decline it and do not respond to follow-ups.
How long until I hear back?
If your pitch is a fit you will usually hear from us within two weeks. Because of the volume of unsuitable pitches we receive, we reply only when we are interested — no reply after two weeks means no.
Can I republish the piece elsewhere?
No. Published pieces are exclusive to ShareLove Letters. You keep the copyright to your work and grant us the right to publish and edit it; in return we ask that it does not appear anywhere else, including your own blog.
Do you accept sponsored posts?
No. We do not publish sponsored, paid or client-placed content, and we do not take part in link exchanges. Pitches offering money for a post are deleted unread.
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