We reply within 1–2 weeks. Nothing runs without your OK. Questions: editor@morninmass.com
The ground rules
True and local. Real places, real people, real cars in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine or Vermont.
Everybody's okay with it. Anyone named or pictured knows and says yes. Kids go by first name only, with a parent's OK.
Your own words. You write it, start to finish. Spell-check is fine, and so is our optional Polish button: it only fixes spelling, grammar, sentence flow and structure. It doesn't add facts, opinions, jokes or style, and nothing changes unless you tap "Use this." Already ran somewhere else? That's OK if it's still yours to share. Tell us where.
Real photos, originals only. Straight from your camera or phone: yours, or ones you have the photographer's OK to use. No screenshots, nothing saved off social media, no AI images, no heavy filters. We check every photo before it runs, and every photo gets a credit.
Keep it kind. No crime, crashes or politics, and no knocking a person, a shop or a club. Everybody gets the same fair shake here.
Nothing private. No home addresses, phone numbers or readable license plates.
Owners welcome. Nominate your own shop or show if you want. Just know it's not an ad: we write it straight, and running it doesn't make anyone a sponsor or partner.
The fine print, in plain English
You keep it. Your words and photos stay yours. We don't buy them, and we don't own them.
We can use it. By sending it in, you give Plymouth St, LLC, the company behind Mornin' Mass, a free, non-exclusive, worldwide, permanent and irrevocable license to publish, edit, shorten, excerpt and share your words and photos on our website, in our emails and on our social pages, as often as we like and whenever we choose.
You get credit. Your byline and every photographer's credit run with it, every time.
No promise to run it. We read everything and pick what fits. If we pick it, you see our edits and give the final OK before it runs. If we pass, we'll tell you by email.
It's yours to give. You promise you wrote it, you took the photos or have permission to share them, it's true to the best of your knowledge, and everyone named or pictured said OK.
The Polish button. It's optional. If you tap it, the words in that box go to our editing tool for a spelling, grammar and flow check, and are used only for that. You see the cleaned-up version next to yours and pick which one to send. Either way, it's still your work and your facts, and the promises above still apply.
Changed your mind? Before it runs, email us and we'll drop it. After it runs, email us and we'll do our best to update it or take it down.
Submissions aren't paid. This is the community's page, and we keep it free.