Backports are about additional features that are only offered in a new version, not a replacement for getting fixes into stable - use stable-updates for that. Backports tracks testing and only package versions included in testing are allowed in it, subject to a few expedient exceptions.
Before uploading please think about how useful the package is for stable users and if it is sensible to support the package for the full supported lifetime of a release cycle (stable and oldstable).
Don’t backport minor version changes without user visible changes or bugfixes.
To guarantee an upgrade path from stable+backports to the next stable, the package needs to be in testing. Security updates may be uploaded before the testing migration completes. Other short-term exceptions can be granted for e.g. library transitions, critical bugs on request from the Backports Team.
Please only upload package with a notable userbase. Backports is not a maintainer’s PPA; a user request for the package may be an indicator. Use common sense and if in doubt, ask about the package on the mailing list.