Article Submission Guidelines
The Gal Project is an online magazine built to elevate women’s voices through story-driven, useful, and human writing. We publish pieces that help our readers see themselves differently, lead with more clarity, and move through growth seasons with confidence.
We source stories through our community and bring on writers as Regular Contributors or Featured Monthly Contributors to we can maintain a consistent editorial experience for readers.
Who This Is For
We’re a strong fit for founders, leaders, community builders, coaches, creators, and women with lived experience and a point of view—especially those who can commit to contributing on an ongoing basis.
Contributor Tracks (Commitment + Visibility)
Regular Contributor: Commit to at least 6 articles per calendar year.
Featured Monthly Contributor: Commit to 12 articles per calendar year (1/month) and may be eligible for additional visibility on our Contributor page.
All contributors receive:
- A dedicated author profile + byline on the website
- Editorial support and publishing handled by our team (contributors do not draft directly in WordPress)
- Light optimization for clarity and readability as needed
Our Style + Tone
The Gal Project voice is best described as: honest, smart, and human.
We value writing that feels lived-in and specific. Strong pieces typically include real moments, clear takeaways, and a perspective that’s grounded in experience—not generic advice. We welcome both reflective personal essays and practical pieces, as long as they’re written with depth, care, and a clear point of view.
What We Publish
We publish story-driven, useful, and human writing that helps women lead, grow, and stay visible in real life—not just on paper. We welcome both reflective essays and practical pieces, as long as they have a clear point of view and real takeaways.
Current themes include leadership and visibility, identity shifts and reinvention, community building, ambition and sustainability, founder life behind the scenes, motherhood and ambition, career pivots, and travel as transformation.
We also publish thoughtfully reported and lived-experience-based pieces on the current policy landscape and cultural forces that are pushing women backwards—and the real, practical impact these shifts have on women’s autonomy, work, healthcare, safety, family life, and economic mobility.
Our editorial lens is pro-woman, pro-autonomy, and pro-equality. We don’t publish partisan rage-bait, personal attacks, or misinformation; we do publish clear, grounded writing that connects policy to lived reality and actionable insight.
How to Contribute (Process)
If you’d like to be considered as a contributor, start by contacting us here with:
- one article idea (working title + 2–3 sentences), and
- the date you’d ideally submit your first piece, and
- whether you’re committing to 6/year or 12/year
If it’s a fit, we’ll send you the Contributor Kit and our official submission link.
Please note: We do not review unsolicited full drafts sent via email. We only accept articles through our submission workflow once a contributor track is confirmed.
Editorial + Publishing
Once you submit through the contributor form, our editorial team typically publishes within 1–2 weeks.
Edits are generally light-touch and may include:
- title refinement
- section header adjustments
- formatting cleanup for readability
- basic SEO structure (while preserving your voice)
If anything is missing or unclear, we may follow up with a quick question before publishing.
