Submit to the Latest Issue! (Deadline: 20 January)

[Prof. Sky Alton]

Welcome to HOL's very own newspaper, The HOwLer!

The theme for our upcoming issue is: A splash of colour.
Deadline for submissions: 11:59 PM HOL time on the 20th of January, 2026

So do you have an idea for an article, or maybe even a column? Perhaps you've got a concept for the perfect ad. Or maybe you are just itching to flex your creative muscles with a spot of writing or by creating a work of art. Well, you are in the right place!

Our theme is ‘a splash of colour' so we want to hear about every shade, tint and hue imaginable. So whether you want to tell us about the science of rainbows, what a particular colour means to you, or go more figurative and suggest ways people can brighten up their lives, we're all ears.

Remember that regular articles and submissions don’t need to fit the theme, though it’s great if they do!

Approval
All ideas for informative articles, Wizarding World News, opinion pieces, ads and puzzles must be approved before they are submitted. While illustrations don’t need to be approved, we would appreciate it if you could mention them as well as it makes it easier to plan out the layout in advance.

If what you want to write needs to be approved, all you have to do is post your idea(s) below and wait for one of the Howler's editors to approve it. It will then be added to the list below. Please be patient though. We will get to you as quickly as possible, but it may sometimes take a while.

Creative submissions do not need to be approved.

Reminders
Here are a few reminders of recent changes to the guidelines and things to remember.
1. The hard upper limit for written pieces is 2500 words. However, we would appreciate it if you could keep your submissions far below that as it makes them easier to read, edit and format.
2. While illustrations don’t need formal approval, we would appreciate it if you could mention them when you post here as it makes it easier for us to plan the layout in advance.
3. Please remember to keep images to 600x600 pixels or less.

Idea Bank
If you don't have any ideas, we have curated an Idea Bank where you can go to find ideas for articles and ads. Please remember that even idea bank ideas have to be presented here for approval though (so we don't suddenly have ten articles on the same topic!).

Creative Showcase
For our creative showcase, we invite you to submit artwork or creative writing that fits the theme somehow. You don’t need to get these ideas approved - you can just start working on them.
For every issue, we give you a prompt to help spark your imagination. You don't need to use it, it's just there to help with inspiration.
For this issue, that prompt is: "I pushed open the door and the colours took my breath away...." (you can use this as the starting point for a story or the inspiration for an artwork)

Requirements and Submitting
For more information and guidelines on our various sections, what types of submissions you might submit and what the requirements for each one are, please read through the overview thread and then head over to the Guidelines section to learn more.

Once your idea has been approved, you can send your submission through this form.

We are very excited to hear from you all!

Approved Ideas

Informative Articles
Science of the Northern Lights + graphic (Janne Halla)
Colour psychology in graphic designs (River Fenwick)
The history of colour cinematography (River Fenwick)
Color symbolism + graphic (Emily Spencer)
Colors in mythology (Emily Spencer)

Seasonal
Winter-related mythology + graphic (Janne Halla)

Ads
Ad for Art Dept. (Emily Spencer)
Ad for Flourish & Blotts (Emily Spencer)

Puzzles (6/8 filled)
Hashi (Janne Halla)
Maze (Janne Halla)
Word Search (River Fenwick)
Fallen Letters (River Fenwick)
Cryptogram (Emily Spencer)
Sudoku (Emily Spencer)

[Janne Halla]

I'd like to do:

hashi
maze
Science of the Northern Lights + graphic
Winter-related mythology + graphic

Thanks!

[River Fenwick]

I'd like to submit:
Colour psychology in graphic designs
The history of colour cinematography
Word search
Fallen letters

[Emily Spencer]

I would like to submit the following:
Color symbolism + graphic
Colors in mythology
Cryptogram
Sudoku
Ad for Art Dept.
Ad for Flourish & Blotts

[Prof. Maxim Trevelyan]

I'd like to do:

hashi
maze
Science of the Northern Lights + graphic
Winter-related mythology + graphic

Thanks!

I'd like to submit:
Colour psychology in graphic designs
The history of colour cinematography
Word search
Fallen letters

I would like to submit the following:
Color symbolism + graphic
Colors in mythology
Cryptogram
Sudoku
Ad for Art Dept.
Ad for Flourish & Blotts

All approved!

[Prof. Maxim Trevelyan]

You have got less than a week to dream up your submissions, get them approved, and turn them in. So let us go all out and make this issue a spectacular explosion of color!