Submit to the Latest Issue! (Deadline: 31st March)

[Prof. Sky Alton]

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

The theme for our upcoming issue is: The joy of creating.
Deadline for submissions: 11:59 PM HOL time on the 31st of March, 2025

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 ‘The Joy of Creating’ so we’re hoping to hear about all things that need a touch of creativity, whether that’s crafting, art, writing, music or any number of other joyful things. So whether you want to tell us about a particular creative hobby or career of yours, a famous creative (or one who should be more famous) or the science of creativity, we’re here for it.

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

We’ve also clarified our guidelines a little for this issue (including updates on submission length and illustrations), so please check the section down below for information on that!

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.

Rule Clarifications
We’ve made a couple of clarifications to our guidelines :
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.

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 stepped back to get a better look at what I’d worked so hard to create…” (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
The Ancient Greek muses + graphic (Janne Halla)
Famous people with creative hobbies they do just for fun + graphic (Janne Halla)
Profile about Manju Malhi (Sita Raan)
Magical Culinary Delights & Recipes (Emily Spencer)

Biographies
Abraham Lincoln (River Fenwick)
George Washington (River Fenwick)

News from the Wizarding World
An Interview with the Weird Sisters (Emily Spencer)

HOL Ads
Book Club ad (Sita Raan)
Art Department Ad (Emily Spencer)
Library Ad (Emily Spencer)

Wizarding Ads
Spring Bouquets from Freya's Fantastical Flowers (Sita Raan)

Puzzles (6/8 filled)
Word Search (River Fenwick)
Fallen Letters (River Fenwick)
Maze (Janne Halla)
Hashi (Janne Halla)
Visual Sudoku (Sita Raan)
Logic Puzzle (Sita Raan)

[River Fenwick]

I’d like to do:

Biographies
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington

Puzzles
Word Search
Fallen Letters

[Galena May]

Thank you so much for detailing the spruce-up and new rules.

I'd like to do the following, please:
News from the Wizarding World
Gilderoy Lockhart releases poetry collection + graphic

HOL Ads
Write for the Howler ad

Wizarding Ads
Prismatic's Legendary Colour-Changing Ink

Puzzles
Nurikabe
Letter Tiles

and the two columns (and their corresponding graphics)

[Janne Halla]

Hello!

I'd like to take the following please:

The Ancient Greek muses + graphic
Famous people with creative hobbies they do just for fun + graphic
maze
hashi

[Sita Raan]

May I please make a Book Club ad, sudoku puzzle, but with pictures, a thematic logic puzzle, Spring Bouquets from Freya's Fantastical Flowers, and I'd like to do a profile about Manju Malhi, a chef!

[Prof. Maxim Trevelyan]

I’d like to do:

Biographies
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington

Puzzles
Word Search
Fallen Letters

Thank you so much for detailing the spruce-up and new rules.

I'd like to do the following, please:
News from the Wizarding World
Gilderoy Lockhart releases poetry collection + graphic

HOL Ads
Write for the Howler ad

Wizarding Ads
Prismatic's Legendary Colour-Changing Ink

Puzzles
Nurikabe
Letter Tiles

and the two columns (and their corresponding graphics)

Hello!

I'd like to take the following please:

The Ancient Greek muses + graphic
Famous people with creative hobbies they do just for fun + graphic
maze
hashi

May I please make a Book Club ad, sudoku puzzle, but with pictures, a thematic logic puzzle, Spring Bouquets from Freya's Fantastical Flowers, and I'd like to do a profile about Manju Malhi, a chef!

All ideas are approved!

[Emily Spencer]

I would like to do the following:

News From the Wizarding World:
An Interview with the Weird Sisters

HOL Ad
Art Department Ad
Library Ad

Informative Article
Magical Culinary Delights & Recipes

[Prof. Maxim Trevelyan]

I would like to do the following:

News From the Wizarding World:
An Interview with the Weird Sisters

HOL Ad
Art Department Ad
Library Ad

Informative Article
Magical Culinary Delights & Recipes

All approved!

[Emily Spencer]

Thanks, Max!