Submit an article

Sunbury Life welcomes stories that celebrate our diverse community, local creatives, social enterprises, not-for-profit groups, and community events.

We offer a platform to emerging and experienced writers, story tellers, culture keepers, and citizen journalists.

We encourage submissions from across the Sunbury community, particularly stories about:

You can send your story as an email or in any text document – never a PDF (they are a pain to work with)
Attach any images as file attachments – not in the body of your text document. Include a caption for each photo (who, when, where) – and include details of the photographer

Click here if you have an event to promote.

We appreciate your contributions and look forward to hearing your unique stories and experiences from Sunbury.

All content should be your own with no copyright infringement
Include the author’s mobile phone number in case the editor needs to check anything
The content should be of interest to the people of Sunbury
The author or the content should have some connection to Sunbury
Any claims should include a reference to the fact (ideally a website link)
Is it easy to read? Write for someone with Year Ten comprehension skills
Use UK English grammar using free programs like Grammarly to spell check
All articles must have an author byline. You can use an alias only after discussing with the editor
Length – 200 – 500 words for shorter articles or 750-1000 for feature articles
Provide a headline for your story (even if it’s only a starting point for us)
We don’t publish nasty opinion pieces, clickbait, or articles that have already been published elsewhere
No text PDFs

Include high-resolution JPG images with your article – landscape format preferred
Images must have the photographer’s name and contact details, and captions so readers know who or what they are looking at
Send photos as attachments to your email