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 description of your love and marriage story.
To submit news of your marriage, please follow these instructions carefully. Click here to submit your wedding for consideration.
When should I send the Mini-Vow submission?
Ideally, we would receive your submission for review at least six weeks before the scheduled legal wedding ceremony.
When will my wedding article be published?
Weddings are reported online at nytimes.com/weddings every Friday and on the Weddings pages of the Sunday Styles print section every weekend. Mini-Vows are usually published online and in print within two weeks of your legal ceremony.
Does it cost money to be viewed?
The Times does not charge for publishing these reports. If your Mini-Vow is published, the report will become a permanent part of The Times’ archives, on and off the web. (We do not remove editorial content after it is published.)
What information do I need to complete my submission?
You must include your full names, the date of your legal ceremony (this is the day you sign your marriage certificate) and the exact location of the ceremony. We also need details about your love story, such as: how you met, how your relationship progressed and how you came to the decision to get married.
Accepted submissions will become reportable news articles that are vetted and edited in accordance with Times standards.
We must have the name, title and religious and/or legal affiliation of the person who will legally sign the official marriage certificate. For an interfaith event, you may include the name and relationship of another celebrant who will be participating with the priest.
All announcements must include daytime, evening and cell phone numbers for the couple. We also need the phone numbers for those doing the ceremony. Submissions without phones cannot be considered.
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Important photo information
What photo requirements are there?
Weddings pages have historically published formal portraits of couples and individual brides. We are pleased to report that this has changed.
We invite couples to submit fun, candid photos that best reflect their relationship.
If you choose to be on the wedding pages, we’ll ask you to send two to three high-resolution JPEG files as attachments in an email to your assigned reporter. (Photos should be sent two to five days after the wedding. Please let your photographer know that a selection of photos will be needed immediately after the event.)
Examples of candid wedding portraits can be found here, here, here and here.
Image requirements
Image Requirements: JPEG file format, minimum width and height of 3,000 pixels. Maximum file size 12MB. Minimum file size 3MB.
Note: Photos that have been digitally or otherwise altered will not be accepted.
Examining oath column
Occasionally, some Mini-Vow submissions are considered for our longer Vows column. If your submission has been selected for a larger feature, the reporter assigned to conduct your interview will explain the additional requirements for a Vows feature.
If questions remain, you can contact the marriage bureau by email at social@nytimes.com.
Due to the high volume of submissions, we are unfortunately unable to notify couples of their submission status.
Thanks again for your interest and we wish you all long, happy marriages.