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

[Prof. Sky Alton]

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

The theme for our upcoming issue is: Dreams
Deadline for submissions: 11:59 PM HOL time on the 20th of January, 2023

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 'dreams' and you can interpret that however you'd like, so actual dreams had while sleeping and dreams/aspirations for the future are both fair game. 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.

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.

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: "Dreams and reality collide." (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.
These guidelines have been updated for the 2022/2023 school year:
1. you may now submit up to 30 points worth of graphics, but only 2 of those can be puzzles.
2. The Creative Contest has been retired and replaced with a simple creative prompt (found above)

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
Inventions inspired by dreams + graphic (Janne Halla)
Art inspired by dreams + graphic (Janne Halla)
Dream Symbolism & Interpretation + graphic (Prof. Sindor Aloyarc)
Recurring Dreams (Skylar Peyton)
Biography of Eddie Redmayne (Skylar Peyton)
Opinions/Reviews/Personal
Game Review of Stardew Valley (Anne-Marie Gagne)
Personal Dream Interpretation (Skylar Peyton)
Puzzles
Wordsearch (Emerald Wolvenhowl)
Fallen Letters (Prof. Sindor Aloyarc)
Ads
Write for the Howler ad (Janne Halla)
Art Department ad (Janne Halla)

[Janne Halla]

I'd like to write two articles plus accompanying graphics!

Inventions inspired by dreams
Art inspired by dreams

I'd also like to make two ads!

Write for the Howler ad
Art Department ad

[Aurelia West]

I'd like to write two articles plus accompanying graphics!

Inventions inspired by dreams
Art inspired by dreams

I'd also like to make two ads!

Write for the Howler ad
Art Department ad

Hi Janne - that’s all approved

[Emerald Wolvenhowl]

Hi, would it be okay to submit a word search?

[Prof. Sky Alton]

Hi, would it be okay to submit a word search?

Sure thing, Emerald.

[Anne-Marie Gagne]

Is it okay to do a game review for Stardew Valley? It is an older game and I don't know if you have a limit on age of games for the review column.

[Aurelia West]

Is it okay to do a game review for Stardew Valley? It is an older game and I don't know if you have a limit on age of games for the review column.

That sounds great, Anne-Marie! At the moment there are no restrictions on how long ago something was published.

[Prof. Sky Alton]

Bump!

Remember that the deadline for the latest issue is the 20th of January. We need your help to make it a great one! Get sending in those ideas.

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

Would love to write an article on Dream Symbolism & Interpretation, please, plus contribute a graphic to go along with it.

I’d also like to submit a Fallen Letters puzzle. Thanks!

[Aurelia West]

Would love to write an article on Dream Symbolism & Interpretation, please, plus contribute a graphic to go along with it.

I’d also like to submit a Fallen Letters puzzle. Thanks!

Hi Sin - that’s all approved!

[Skylar Peyton]

I hope this isn't too late for some last minute submissions. I can do:
An informative article on recurring dreams
Interesting dreams that I've had and what I think they mean
Biography pn Eddie Redmayne

[Prof. Sky Alton]

I hope this isn't too late for some last minute submissions. I can do:
An informative article on recurring dreams
Interesting dreams that I've had and what I think they mean
Biography pn Eddie Redmayne

Go for it, Skylar!