Guest Writing
Be the Vanguard for those a few steps behind you.
Every issue of the Thrive Remotely newsletter runs first-person stories from Allies who already worked through a problem the rest of us are still in the middle of. We call those writers Vanguards: leaders who are simply a few steps ahead on the trail. If that sounds like you, come talk to us.
2
Vanguard stories in every weekly issue
~650
Words per story, on its own page
4800
Active email subscribers
Vanguard stories are the strongest-performing writing in the newsletter. Each issue runs two, so we plan our slots ahead of time. Subscriber count is from September 2026.
What a Vanguard story is
First person. Your own account, in your own voice. You tell it as it happened.
Specific. A real situation, a real decision, and what came of it. Numbers and names help.
About 650 words. Long enough to carry a full arc, short enough to read in one sitting.
Written for a peer. You are talking to someone a few steps behind you, not lecturing from a stage.
What we do not publish
Generic advice. Productivity tips and life-balance lists that could run anywhere.
Escapism. Digital nomad travel hacks and the highlight reel of working from a beach.
Pitches in disguise. Stories whose real job is to sell a product or service
Hustle talk. We treat remote work as a serious, disciplined craft.
Pick a Pillar your story closes.
Everything we publish helps close the Gap: the distance between the freedom remote work gives you and the systems you need to use it well. Each story lives in one of three Pillars. Your story decides the final fit, so choose the closest and we will work it out together.
Somatic Sovereignty
Protect your energy, not just your calendar. Boundaries, rituals, and recovery that a real office used to hand you for free.
Self-Leadership
Build the discipline nobody is enforcing. Focus, confidence, and follow-through you generate yourself.
Sovereign Career
Stay visible when no one is watching. The network, the reputation, and the income streams that keep an independent career resilient.
See what is coming up.
We plan each Thursday issue around a theme and post them a month ahead on our content calendar. Read it to see where your experience could fit. Your own ideas count too, and new writers can shape the themes we run next.
What you get
Guest writing is unpaid. Here is what you get in return.
Your story in the weekly newsletter, plus its own page on this site
An editor who works with you before it runs
Promotion on our social channels
A place in the Vanguard community, alongside other writers
A published piece you can point to when people ask what you know
How it works
Start a conversation
Use the form below. Tell us who you are and what you like to write about. You receive our writing and brand voice guide.
Find the fit
We talk through the calendar and your ideas, then agree an angle. A good idea can become a future theme.
Write and review
You draft, we edit with you, and we agree a publish date.
Your story runs
It goes out to the newsletter and lives on the site.
Start a conversation.
Tell us who you are and what you would like to write about. You do not need a finished idea, a draft, or a pitch. Signing up gets you our writing and brand voice guide.
Write once or often. Some Vanguards write monthly, some quarterly, and some once. All of those work.
Ideas shape the calendar. Your story may become a theme for other writers.
