Photographers and planners: we take real wedding submissions through Two Bright Lights. Send the full gallery and the full vendor list, and tell us what made the day theirs.
What kind of weddings does Modern Weddings publish?
Real weddings and elopements from across the U.S. Recent features include a blue and white wedding with a 39-person wedding party at Sea Cliff Manor, rainy vows at an alpine lake in Crested Butte, a South Asian wedding at Flowerfield in St. James, New York and a disco-ball wedding at 74Wythe in Brooklyn.
We look for weddings with a point of view. A palette worth saving, a venue that shapes the day, a detail other couples will want to copy. Guest count doesn’t matter. A ballroom for 200 and two people on a mountain both make the cut.
What to include in your submission
Complete submissions are easier to say yes to. Send:
- The full gallery, from getting ready through the send-off
- The venue name, city and state, and the wedding date
- Your business name exactly as you want it credited
- Every vendor, with their website (or Instagram if they don’t have one)
- Your story of the day, including what made it theirs
- Quotes or planning advice from the couple, if they shared any
- Any other publications you’ve sent the wedding to
Do you need an exclusive?
No. If you’ve sent the wedding to another publication, tell us where and whether it was accepted or declined.
What happens after you submit?
We write every feature from scratch in our own voice. We don’t reuse your blog post, so your post and ours don’t compete in search.
Your photos run as you sent them, with no cropping or filters. You’re credited and linked near the top of the post and again in the credits. Every vendor is credited in the role you gave them and linked to their own website.
When we schedule your wedding, we mark it in Two Bright Lights with the publish date.
Are you the couple?
Send this page to your photographer or planner. Submissions come through their Two Bright Lights account, with their photos and their vendor credits.
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Questions about a submission? Email submissions@modernweddings.com.