Calling all over 60s with a strong opinion to share

We’re looking for people with a definitive opinion on life, politics, entertainment, nostalgia, the arts and world happenings to contribute to Starts at 60.  We want you to consider becoming a roving community contributer, writing opinion pieces that get everyone talking.    

Whether your stories are of tenacity, travel, or accomplishment, or of opinion, insight or lifestyle, they are all important. We need to hear them and discuss the things that matter to you.  

Our team and voice has grown over recent months and years to reach more than 1.2 million people worldwide per month and close on 5 million pageviews. And we want to grow your voice with it. So today we invite you stand up and contribute to Starts at 60 as a ‘Community Correspondent’ or as a ‘Casual Opinion Writing Contributor’ or maybe ‘A Columnist’. You can be regular and rhythmic with your articles or columns, or occasional or even one off.

The types of content you might like to submit:

Letters to the Editor: Just like in the old days of the newspaper, you can send in your bite sized contributions and our team will aggregate and publish the best of the week, each week.

What pisses me off: We’re looking for a moment in time that really drove you wild. Tell us and a million other over 60s the story in a timely manner.

Opinion Pieces: Got an opinion on a public matter? We’d love you to use our soapbox to stand on and share it with others.

Columnists: Do you have funny views, love cars or craft? or perhaps have always fancied writing a column. Well, it’s never too late! We’re looking for columnists with a passion.

Reviewers and Commentators: Do you find yourself regularly enjoying the arts or the theatre or trying out new gadgets? Perhaps you are an avid sports lover and want to become our commentator on a subject matter area? Contact us and tell us your interests. We’ll be sure to be able to weave you in somehow.

Travel and nomadding bloggers: Do you love to travel, or find yourself on a grand nomadic adventure and want to write about it so others can see the world from your view point? We want the funny tales from your big adventures told week by week. You might be surprised just how many people will hang onto your moments.

Tips and teaching articles: Do you know how to do something and could you contemplate teaching others in story form, or even in video? We love to learn from those with experience and we’ll help you put it all together.

Funny Grandparenting: Tell everyone your funny grandkid stories, share the romance of a recent moment that made you laugh… or a video that drove you crazy.

Healthy and happy: We’d like to hear about your diet and fitness regimes inspiring others to get and stay fit.

I’m excited to share that Dymocks will be behind you all the way, and will be providing the best two Starts at 60 published blogs EACH DAY with a $20 voucher to spend instore at Dymocks Stores across Australia, (and online for New Zealanders). If you’re outside Australia we ask you to write for the love of it for now. It’s worth it!

Each day we’ll publish the most compelling submissions. What a wonderful way to inspire others!

To find out more about what we are looking for, please read on, below.

If you have a story to share, you can submit it online. Fill out the form below to let us know who you are and what you want to write about and we’ll be in touch.

If you would rather you can email it to [email protected] and put “Community story” in the subject line along with the date.

Please include your:

• Story – about 400-500 words is just fine! We love original images too. (We can provide legally sourced stock photos if you don’t have an image).
• Set up a user profile on Starts at 60 and fill out your simple blurb and upload a headshot to your profile
• Fill out the form attached to let us know what you want to blog about – we’ll need to get to know you, and your address to which we can send a voucher if you are the best of the day!
• If you have pictures of your own to accompany your story please send them to us (or you will be able to attach them from next week). You can even send in a video via our Facebook messaging system if you want and we’ll edit.

Please note that your submissions are subject to Starts at 60s standard terms and conditions, and please, no music if you submit a video, unless it’s an original work you composed and are playing. Thanks!  We have an editing team inhouse who will put a little polish on, so don’t worry – we’ll always make you look your best.  

Thank you for helping us to bring to life the voice of the over 60s. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Thanks

Rebecca

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