Submission terms
Draft for review before launch.
These terms apply when you send Joylet a story or a nomination through our submission form. If anything here is unclear, ask us before you send.
Who can send
You must be 16 or over.
What you promise
- What you send is true, as far as you know.
- It is your own writing, or you have the right to share it.
- If you tell us about a photo, you tell us honestly who took it.
- You tell us honestly whether the people in the story know about it and agree.
What you let us do
You keep the rights to what you write. By sending it, you give Joylet permission to edit it for length, clarity and accuracy, to publish it on joylet.com and in our newsletter, and to share it on Joylet’s own social media accounts. This permission is not exclusive, so you are free to tell your story anywhere else too.
Photos
Please do not send photos yet. If we would like to use one, we will ask you for it, and we will need permission from whoever took it.
The people in your story
- We ask the people in a story before we publish anything about them.
- A child under 18 in a story or a photo needs a parent or guardian’s consent, and we keep a record of it.
- A story that involves someone’s health needs that person’s consent.
How we review
Nothing you send is published automatically. An editor reads every submission and checks the facts. Nothing appears on Joylet unless an editor approves it, and if we would like to publish yours, we will email you first. We cannot publish every story we receive.
Credit
A published reader story carries the label “A reader story, reviewed by our editors” and is credited to you by name, or to “From a reader” if you asked for that. We still need your real name and email address to check the story, and we never publish your email address.
Changing your mind
Before we publish, you can withdraw your story at any time. Write to hello@joylet.com with your reference, which starts with JL. After we publish, write to us and we will talk it through with you.
Your information
Our privacy notice explains what we keep from your submission and why. Our standards explain how we handle reader stories.