At Stars and Stripes Europe, we want to encourage new and seasoned writers from our military communities to submit stories for the StripesEurope.com website. Variety in perspective and voice is always at the top of our list.

We understand that many prospective writers affiliated with the military can use our platform as a jumping-off point for future development, and we want to help you! Our incentive program can give your writing exposure while also providing tangible achievements that can be used for career development on resumes or websites. It is also our way of acknowledging the incredible work of our contributing writers.

All contributing writers will be automatically entered into the program with their first accepted piece.

Writers are awarded based on the number of accepted and published articles. New awards will be announced and sent to contributors semi-annually with the email Contributing Writer Newsletter.

All awards come with a digital certificate honoring your achievement.

• Bronze: Received after 5 articles are published. Contributing writer gets a personalized #Tag on StripesEurope.com that allows you to easily share your list of articles with others.

• Silver: Received after 10 articles are published. Contributing writer gets the Stars and Stripes Europe logo and badge for use on your website, blog or social media; we suggest linking it to your hashtag!

• Gold: Received after 15 articles are published. Contributing writer gets a shout-out on our social media with a link to your tagged articles on the StripesEurope.com website.

• Platinum: Received after 20 articles are published. Contributing writers gets the opportunity to be interviewed by Stripes Europe staff. This is your chance to share your story in a featured article and video on our website.