Thank you for your interest in having your wedding featured in the New York Times. We are actively looking for couples with interesting, inspiring and diverse love stories that represent and reflect the world around us.
Wedding announcements are now known as mini vows and include a detailed account of your love story and wedding.
To provide news about your wedding, please follow these instructions carefully. Click here to submit your wedding for review.
When should I send my mini vow submission?
Ideally, we will receive your submission for review at least six weeks before the planned legal wedding ceremony.
When will my wedding item be published?
Weddings are featured online every Friday at nytimes.com/weddings and the wedding pages in the Sunday Styles print area every weekend. Mini vows are usually posted online and in print within two weeks of your legal ceremony.
Does it cost money to be featured?
The Times does not charge any fees for the publication of these reports. When your mini-vow is published, the report will become a permanent part of the Times archive on and off the internet. (We don’t remove editorial content once it’s published.)
What information do I need to complete my submission?
You will need to provide your full name, the date of your official ceremony (this will be the day you sign your marriage certificate) and the exact location of the ceremony. We’ll also need details about your love story including: how you met, how your relationship developed, and how you came to the decision to get married.
Accepted submissions become reported news articles that are fact checked and edited in accordance with the Times’ standards.
We must have the name, title, and religious and / or legal affiliation of the person legally signing the official marriage certificate. For an interfaith event, you can provide the name and affiliation of another celebrant who will attend with the minister.
All announcements must include the couple’s day, evening and cell phone numbers. We also need the phone numbers of those performing the ceremony. Submissions without a telephone number cannot be considered.
Important photo information
What are the photo requirements?
The wedding pages historically published formal portraits of couples and individual brides. We are happy to announce that this has changed.
We invite couples to send fun, candid photos that best reflect their relationship.
If you are selected for the wedding pages, we ask that you send two to three high resolution JPEG files as an attachment in an email to the reporter assigned to your feature. (Photos should be sent two to five days after the wedding; please let your photographer know that you will need a selection of photos shortly after the event.)
Examples of honest wedding portraits can be found here, here, here and here.
Image requirements
Image requirements: JPEG file format, width and height of at least 3,000 pixels. Maximum file size of 12 MB. Minimum file size of 3 MB.
Note: Photos that have been digitally or otherwise altered will not be accepted.
Vow Column Considerations
Occasionally, some mini vow submissions are considered for our longer vow column. If your post is selected for a longer post, the reporter assigned to conduct your interview will explain the additional requirements for a vow feature.
If you have any questions, please email the Weddings Desk at Society@nytimes.com.
Due to the high volume of submissions, we are unfortunately unable to inform couples about their submission status.
Thank you again for your interest and we wish you all long, happy marriages.