Here at Ministry of Testing, we’re looking for writers to write articles for The Dojo.
The Joy of Sharing Stories
We love to hear from and learn from testers actively working in the field. What difficulties you’re coming up against, what revelations you’re having, how you’re solving problems, what useful tools you’ve built or discovered, what innovations you’ve thought up, and all the interesting stories in between that make being a tester such a challenging and rewarding job.
What we love even more than this is to share what we’ve learnt with the testing community. That’s why we invest so much time and effort into publishing open articles for the whole community to learn from, to discuss, and to continue to advance the testing craft.
The more perspectives and stories heard and shared, the better. This is where you come in, we want to hear from you! We want to help you get your story heard by the tens of thousands of testers in our community by publishing an article on The Dojo. Even if you’ve never written before, it doesn’t matter, we want to work with you to find your voice and tell your story. We’ve all got something to share.
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
– Maya Angelou
Become A MoT Author
If you are passionate about testing and have something to say, then come and write with us! We work closely with our authors to co-create original, authentic and relevant software testing articles that the whole testing community can benefit from.
All our authors get compensated for their published work. There are 4 standard remuneration options available:
- MoT Pro Membership to our site (6 months)
- 50% discount code to TestBash (1 day)
- ÂŁ150 payment directly to the author
- £150 to MoT’s scholarship fund
The method of compensation is chosen by our authors before our collaboration begins.
If you are interested in writing with us, you can read more about becoming a MoT author in our handbook.
"You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say."
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
The MoT Writer’s Guide
The article writing process is not easy. It takes a lot of time, work and commitment to get from a topic idea to an article outline, to a first draft, and finally to the published article. We have developed the MoT Writer’s Guide to help you throughout this process: from finding your topic angle, through submitting your article us.
"You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."
– Jack London
Publishing Policy
The quality of the articles published on the Dojo is important to us. Every article goes through a rigorous editorial review process, with several rounds of editing and revision, before being published.
To find out about the principles we follow for every article published on The Dojo please look at our Publishing Policy.
"Revision is one of the true pleasures of writing. I love the flowers of afterthought."
– Bernard Malamud
Share Your Story Now!
If you have an idea, an outline or a draft article that you’d like to be published on The Dojo then email it to dojocontent@ministryoftesting.com.
"Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on."
– Louis L’Amour
