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Want to contribute your thoughts or creativity and become part of the mindshare community?

mindshare welcomes all original creative work, as long as it is yours. You can be someone living with a mental illness, a relative, friend, carer or someone who is working in the mental health sector.

We are actively seeking the following original works for the site:

music recordings
short stories or poetry
photographs
photos of your art work
blogs about whatever takes your fancy
podcasts
short documentaries or films

What & How to Submit Content

WRITTEN TEXT for blogs, short stories or poems may be sent in by email. You can directly copy the text into the email body, or attach it as a word document. Please provide a royalty-free image to accompany your piece, unless you're happy for us to do so, and let us know which categories to file under: prose, poetry, non-fiction.

IMAGES of artwork may be emailed in, preferably in a jpg, png, pdf or gif format. The size should be no larger than 1MB. You may also post them to us via mail on a USB stick. Please let us know which categories to file under: painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, sculpture and installation.

FILM needs to be loaded on either Vimeo or YouTube and we ask you to send us the URL for your uploaded video so we can embed it on our site. If your film is not already on the internet please post it in on a USB and we can upload it for you. Please let us know which categories to file under: creative, narrative, documentary.

AUDIO may be sent via email or on a USB. Files should be no larger than 1MB and most formats are acceptable. If your work is available on SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Triple J Unearthed, or a separate site, please simply send us the URL for embedding. If you are contributing a song with a video clip, we can embed it under both audio and video. Please provide a royalty-free image to accompany your post, unless you're happy for us to do so, and let us know which categories to file under: music, podcasts, storytelling, soundscapes.

We ask that you provide us with the piece’s title and the artist’s full name, along with personal contact details of a phone number, your website and an email address. Artist biographies and statements about the work may also be included. If you wish for your work to be published under a pseudonym please let us know.

You can send your material or get in touch with us by emailing mindshare@mhcsa.org.au.

If this is your first time contributing to mindshare, please fill out the registration form below.

For any questions regarding content, please contact us.

Contributor Registration

mindshare requires you to fill in a one-off registration form to take part in the site. Once submitted, this form will be sent to our editorial team for filing.

Name*
Pseudonym

If you prefer to publish under a pseudonym, please enter it here.
Email address*
Artist biography*
Are you at least 18 years old?*
- No
- Yes
If you are younger than 18, we will need details for your parent or guardian.
Guardian's name
Guardian's phone number
Relationship to you
Guidelines
1. All Copyright and ownership over work submitted remains the property of the artist or contributor who has created the work (the contributor).
2. All texts must be the original work of the contributor whose name appears on this form. If they are the work of someone else the contributor, along with a reason and the full names of the participants, must declare it.
3. The contributor gives permission for material to be promoted on mindshare and MHCSA social media channels.
4. The contributor has the right to ask their material to be removed at any time from the mindshare website or social media, allowing a reasonable time frame (up to 3 weeks) for this to be completed by mindshare staff.
5. mindshare assumes your work may continue to be a part of the website on an ongoing rotation unless you provide a date for the removal of your work.
6. mindshare staff members have the right to reject materials submitted for the site. Feedback will be provided within a reasonable time frame (up to 3 weeks).
If you are the responsible person signing for a group entry, please provide the details of all involved below.
Consent to share content
If you are not comfortable with your work being shared beyond the mindshare website (e.g. on mindshare and the MHCSA's social media channels), please check the box below.
- I do not want my content to be shared beyond the mindshare website
Consent to mindshare subscription
We would love to keep you up to date on what we're planning in future.
- I do not want mindshare to send me info on competitions, news and events
Confirm your application*
- I confirm that I understand and accept the above guidelines, and that all the details I have provided are correct.

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