Write for Us

1. Come up with a unique and original idea that serves our audience.

Here’s a brief refresher on our intended audience.

Anglican Compass is your guide to Anglican life. We help you navigate the Anglican tradition with clarity and charity.

Our audience

1. people interested in learning more about following Jesus in the Anglican tradition (the “Angli-curious“), and
2. pastors and lay leaders interested in becoming better leaders. (Often, pastors seek accessible resources they can share with their people.)

Our readers are interested in clear and charitable Anglicanism for the sake of the Church. They are not interested in:

• undefined Anglican jargon (confusion, lack of clarity) and
• unnecessary controversy (contention, lack of charity)

Note: Anglican Compass does draw distinctions between the Church and the world. However, we do not focus on debates among Anglicans.

Three questions before continuing:

1. Does your idea help our readers follow Jesus better in some specific aspect of Anglican life or Anglican leadership? If not, revise the idea.
2. Does it do so without falling into esoteric Anglican debates? If not, revise the idea.
3. Has this piece been published elsewhere on the internet before? If so, please revise your idea.

We’re only interested in original, unique pieces, not reused content. Also, please do not reuse Anglican Compass content elsewhere online without our permission.

2. Check if we’ve already covered the idea/topic on Anglican Compass.

After you’ve developed a successful idea, please check whether we’ve already covered it.

Here’s the easiest way to do this:

• Go to our Resources page and search for words related to your topic.

Just because we’ve covered something before doesn’t mean we’re not interested in covering it again! However, your post must add something new to the discussion and link to previous discussions of that topic on Anglican Compass.

3. Pitch us your idea (preferably before you take the time to write a draft).

Now, if you want to send us a rough draft (that meets our writing guidelines below) before pitching me the idea, go right ahead! However, you risk us telling you, “I’m sorry, but this doesn’t serve our audience.”

If you want to play it safe and get initial feedback before you start writing, pitch your idea in the form below before writing. We’re looking for:

• A short summary of your idea (100 words or less)
• Your target audience and how they will benefit from your piece
• Why you’re qualified to write this piece

4. If we approve your idea, write a draft that follows our writing style guide.

• Click here for what to focus on when writing and for the format we prefer.

5. Submit the draft.

Once you’ve finished a draft, please send it to us as an attached Word document or via Google Drive. If using the latter, please give us editing privileges (not just “View” or “Comment”) so we can make changes to the document itself.

If you don’t already know how to do this, read Google’s instructions here.

6. Read and reply to our edits/comments.

Sometimes, we’ll make the necessary minor changes ourselves. Other times, we’ll suggest higher-level changes before it’s ready to go live. After we iron out the main content, we will give your article a final grammar, spelling, syntax, and formatting check.

All we ask is that you stay engaged throughout this process, especially if we have questions about what precisely you mean in your article. We want to make sure your content is as clear as possible for our readers and that the final product does not misrepresent you.

7. Share your post with others once it goes live!

After we publish the post, we’ll share its URL with you. Please share your post as widely as possible—it helps us at Anglican Compass and helps your piece reach the audience that would find it helpful.