ModernMom is built around real voices, useful ideas, and stories that help women and families feel more informed, understood, and connected. We’re looking for thoughtful contributors who can bring experience, expertise, perspective, and personality to the topics our readers care about most. You don’t need to be famous. You do need to have something worthwhile to say — and be able to say it well.

What We’re Looking For

ModernMom covers a wide range of parenting and lifestyle topics, including:

• Parenting
• Pregnancy
• Relationships
• Family life
• Health and wellness
• Food
• Education
• Work and career
• Money
• Travel
• Technology
• Entertainment
• Shopping
• Personal essays
• Life after the little-kid years

We’re especially interested in pieces that are: Original Bring us a fresh perspective, a strong personal story, a useful idea, or a new way of looking at a familiar topic. Useful Our readers are busy. Give them something they can think about, act on, save, share, or use in real life. Well informed If you’re making factual claims, support them with credible sources, research, examples, or relevant professional experience. Personal and authentic We want your voice. Write like a real person, not a brochure, press release, or marketing department. Engaging Strong writing matters. Your submission should be clear, polished, easy to follow, and worth reading to the end.

What We Don’t Publish

ModernMom is an editorial platform, not a free advertising channel. We generally do not accept:

• Promotional articles
• Advertorials submitted as editorial content
• Articles designed primarily to promote a business, product, service, book, course, app, or brand
• Press releases
• Repurposed company content, whitepapers, or marketing materials
• Previously published articles
• Plagiarized material
• AI-generated articles
• Content that makes unsupported factual, medical, financial, or other expert claims

You may mention relevant professional experience in your bio, and we may link to your website or social channels there. But the article itself should stand on its own as useful editorial content, not as a sales pitch.

Are You Representing a Brand or Company?

If you are submitting on behalf of a business, brand, PR agency, client, product, or commercial campaign, please do not use the contributor form. ModernMom offers separate opportunities for sponsored content, native content, advertising, product features, and brand partnerships. Visit our Advertising & Partnerships page to learn more.

Submission Guidelines

For most articles, aim for approximately 800–1,500 words unless otherwise discussed with an editor. Your submission should include:

• A proposed article title
• A short pitch or summary
• Your completed article, if available
• A brief author bio
• Relevant website or social links
• Any relevant expertise or personal experience
• Sources for factual claims where appropriate

You may submit either a strong pitch or a completed draft. ModernMom may review the idea first and request a full article before making a final publication decision.

Originality and Exclusivity

Your submission must be your own original work. Please do not submit an article that has already been published elsewhere. If your article is accepted, please keep it exclusive for at least 90 days before republishing it elsewhere.

AI Policy

We want human voices. You may use AI tools for limited research, brainstorming, organization, or proofreading, but the article itself must be written by you. Do not submit AI-generated articles or passages as your own work. You are responsible for the accuracy, originality, sourcing, and integrity of everything you submit.

Editorial Review

We receive more submissions than we can publish, so acceptance is not guaranteed. We may decline a piece because:

• It isn’t the right fit for our audience
• We’ve recently covered the topic
• The idea is too similar to existing content
• The piece feels overly promotional
• The writing requires more development than we can reasonably provide
• We simply don’t have room in the editorial calendar

If we like your idea but think it needs work, we may ask for revisions. Our editors may also edit accepted submissions for:

• Grammar
• Clarity
• Length
• Structure
• Style
• SEO
• Headlines
• Formatting

We will not intentionally change the fundamental meaning of your work. ModernMom retains final editorial control over headlines and presentation.

Compensation

Standard ModernMom contributor submissions are unpaid. From time to time, we may separately offer paid assignments, sponsored opportunities, or other collaborations. We offer those opportunities at ModernMom’s discretion, and becoming a contributor does not guarantee them.

Before You Submit

Please make sure:

1. The work is original
2. You have permission to share any personal information or stories involving other people
3. Identifying information about children or third parties has been handled carefully
4. Factual claims can be supported
5. You have disclosed any relevant financial or commercial relationships
6. The submission is not promotional
7. The article was written by you

Ready to Share Your Story?

We’d love to hear what you have to say. Use the submission form below to tell us about yourself, your idea, and the story you’d like to share with the ModernMom community.