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Submission Form for Real Weddings & Styled Shoots

We’re currently taking real wedding and styled shoot submissions for Chicago Style Weddings!

To submit your recent (less than one year old) real wedding or styled shoot for editorial consideration, please follow the instructions below.

Before you submit, read our Editorial Submission Guidelines here.

IMAGE GUIDELINES
Please submit photos as noted below:

  • Send the photographer’s gallery link to your images with password OR 75 to 100 images that showcase all the details and style of the event (i.e., cake, favors, fashion, invitations, tablescapes, the guests of honor and the bridal party)
  • All images must be high resolution (300 dpi).
  • Remove all company branding or watermarks. The photographer will be credited separately.
  • Images must be separated individually – no collages are permitted.
  • All images for consideration must be attached to your submission. We cannot review slideshows or blog posts.
  • DO NOT email photos or submit photos outside of this form. We’d hate for them to get lost! The best way to submit photos through this form is to upload them to Dropbox and include the link (please be sure to create a sharable link, not a shared folder) below. If you choose to submit a Pixieset link, please include the gallery password and/or download PIN in the description box.

SUBMIT INFORMATION & IMAGES BELOW

All submissions will also be considered for web features. If you have any questions about submitting, please contact Alexandra Dillard.

Real Wedding & Styled Shoot Submissions

  • Please select the region you're submitting to.
  • Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • We publish two issues a year, one in January and the other in July. However, we publish real weddings and styled shoots on our blog all throughout the year! Please select which option you'd like to be considered for:
  • Contact Information

    No contact information will be published, but we will use it for internal record-keeping and connecting with you about the submission.
  • Whose wedding was this? If submitting a styled shoot, write N/A.
  • Required field if submission is a styled shoot or a real wedding completed on behalf of the married couple.
  • Required field if submission is a styled shoot or a real wedding completed on behalf of the married couple.
  • Required field if submission is a styled shoot or a real wedding completed on behalf of the married couple.
  • Vendor Credits

    Please list business name and websites along with all Instagram handles if applicable.
  • If there was a video of this event, please share the YouTube or Vimeo link here.
  • The Details

  • Please write at least one to two detailed paragraphs covering the overall theme, ambiance and experience of the event – the more detail the better!
  • Tell us a bit about you/the couple! This can include how you met, your job, hobbies, cultural background, upbringing, etc. Feel free to include anything that will add to the story of your wedding.
  • What was your venue(s)? Why did you choose it?
  • (Other than your own blog/website)
  • If no, please write N/A.
  • Please place the shared link to your images on Dropbox here.
  • By clicking the button below, I agree to the following: I, the undersigned, declare that the event described above and submitted for publication on Chicago Style Weddings will not infringe any copyright, invade any right of privacy or publicity, contain any libelous material, nor infringe or violate any other right of any other person or entity. I, as the author/event contact person hold the entire exclusive copyright of the material. I hereby grant Chicago Style Weddings (Nei-Turner Media Group, Inc.) an irrevocable worldwide license to use, reproduce, distribute or modify the contents submitted in its entirety or portions thereof for free with no monetary exchange. I also declare that, if any items within my submission are copyrighted, I have sought and received permission to use those items for this purpose. Furthermore, I agree that Chicago Style Weddings (Nei-Turner Media Group, Inc.) may post any/all of the details of my event listed above together with my name, and city and state of residence in Chicago Style Weddings magazines and/or ChicagoStyleWeddings.com (which is available worldwide to anyone with internet access). Chicago Style Weddings (Nei-Turner Media Group, Inc.) will not use any work that contains any unlawful, harmful, abusive, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, indecent, racially, ethically or otherwise objectionable material.