Submit to the Latest Issue! (Deadline: 31 Oct)

[Prof. Sky Alton]

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

The theme for our upcoming issue is: Unexpected Sunshine
Deadline for submissions: 11:59 PM HOL time on the 31st of October, 2022

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 'unexpected sunshine' and you can interpret that however you'd like, so actual sunshine and figurative sunshine (like unexpected happiness) 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. For this issue, that prompt is: "The sun broke through the clouds and revealed..." (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
Solar Eclipses (Aura Nightmoon)
Mythology and traditions concerning Halloween from around the world (Pezzie Wolfe)
Sun motifs in vexillology and heraldry + graphic (Janne Halla)
Origins of sayings related to the sun or unexpected happiness + graphic (Janne Halla)
The sun's effects on plants and animals (Beezus Maloy)
Biography of Christa McAuliffe + graphic (February Fortescue)
The sunflower and its cultural importance (Astor Arensin)
The concept of serendipity (Astor Arensin)
Magical creatures that can control weather (Astor Arensin)
Upcoming Movies (Maeve Madden)
The History of Solar Energy (Skylar Peyton)
Biography of Roald Dahl (Skylar Peyton)
News from the Wizarding World
Sunlight Influenced Magic at Hogwarts (Nyx Blue)
Concerning Dragons and Sunlight (Rhaneyra Black)
Opinion/Personal
What brings you random happiness (Pezzie Wolfe)
Puzzles
Visual sudoku (Aura Nightmoon)
Sun themed wordsearch (Aura Nightmoon)
Fallen letters (Silvana Mandeville)
Tents and Trees (February Fortescue)
Crossword (February Fortescue)
Cryptogram (Prof. Sindor Aloyarc)
Jigsaw (Maeve Madden)
Logic Puzzle (Maeve Madden)
Ads
Sunny spells (Aura Nightmoon)
Weather in a bottle (Aura Nightmoon)
Art Department (Silvana Mandeville)
Wizarding Comedy Club (Silvana Mandeville)
Farstrider Wizarding Travel Agents (Janne Halla)
Book Club (Janne Halla)
HOL Quidditch (February Fortescue)

[Aura Nightmoon]

This is the first time I'm doing this, so I hope I'm doing it correctly. I think this should come to around 40 points depending on article length.

I would like to seek approval for:

• an article about solar eclipses

• a visual sudoku

• a sun-themed wordsearch

• sunny spells graphic ad

• weather in a bottle graphic ad

[Silvana Mandeville]

I'd like to do:
- Art Dept. Ad
- Fallen Letters Puzzle
- Wizarding Comedy Club Ad

[Pezzie Wolfe]

I'd love to do the following two:

Mythology and traditions concerning Halloween from around the world
What Brings you Random Happiness

[Janne Halla]

For me, I'd like to do:

Informative Articles
Sun motifs in vexillology and heraldry
Explore the origins of sayings related to the sun or unexpected happiness, like ‘make hay while the sun shines’ or ‘a moment in the sun’

Graphics
Two graphics, each accompanying their own articles

Ads
Farstrider Wizarding Travel Agents Ad
Book Club ad

[Beezus Maloy]

Hello, could I possibly do about:

The sun and its effects it has on plants and animals?

[February Fortescue]

I'd like to submit:

Article:
Biography on Christa McAuliffe (born Sept.2)

Graphic:
Graphic to accompany the article

Ad:
Ad for HOL Quidditch

Puzzles:
Tents and Trees
Crosswords

[Prof. Sky Alton]

This is the first time I'm doing this, so I hope I'm doing it correctly. I think this should come to around 40 points depending on article length.

I would like to seek approval for:

• an article about solar eclipses

• a visual sudoku

• a sun-themed wordsearch

• sunny spells graphic ad

• weather in a bottle graphic ad

Hi Aura - all approved!

I'd like to do:
- Art Dept. Ad
- Fallen Letters Puzzle
- Wizarding Comedy Club Ad

Hi Silvana - all approved!

I'd love to do the following two:

Mythology and traditions concerning Halloween from around the world
What Brings you Random Happiness

Hi Pezzie - All approved!

For me, I'd like to do:

Informative Articles
Sun motifs in vexillology and heraldry
Explore the origins of sayings related to the sun or unexpected happiness, like ‘make hay while the sun shines’ or ‘a moment in the sun’

Graphics
Two graphics, each accompanying their own articles

Ads
Farstrider Wizarding Travel Agents Ad
Book Club ad

Hi Janne - all approved!

Hello, could I possibly do about:

The sun and its effects it has on plants and animals?

Hi Beezus - yep, that's approved!

I'd like to submit:

Article:
Biography on Christa McAuliffe (born Sept.2)

Graphic:
Graphic to accompany the article

Ad:
Ad for HOL Quidditch

Puzzles:
Tents and Trees
Crosswords

Hi February - all approved!

[Astor Arensin]

I would like to write about:

The sunflower and its cultural importance
Explore the concept of serendipity
Highlighting magical creatures that can control weather

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

I’d love to submit a Cryptogram puzzle in addition to my Sneakoscopes column.

[Aurelia West]

I would like to write about:

The sunflower and its cultural importance
Explore the concept of serendipity
Highlighting magical creatures that can control weather

Hi Astor - that's all approved!

I’d love to submit a Cryptogram puzzle in addition to my Sneakoscopes column.

Hi Sin - that's approved!

[Maeve Madden]

I'd really like to submit the following:

Information about upcoming movies
A sun-themed logic puzzle
A sun-themed jigsaw

[Prof. Sky Alton]

I'd really like to submit the following:

Information about upcoming movies
A sun-themed logic puzzle
A sun-themed jigsaw

Hi Maeve - that's all approved!

[Chantel Poole]

I was wondering if I could do a recipe section? I have a couple different desserts I'd like to share. Perhaps I could do a dessert every issue? I can do it with a picture tutorial, or just with the recipe by itself - it would be up to the wizards of the Howler who determine how much space I have

[Prof. Sky Alton]

I was wondering if I could do a recipe section? I have a couple different desserts I'd like to share. Perhaps I could do a dessert every issue? I can do it with a picture tutorial, or just with the recipe by itself - it would be up to the wizards of the Howler who determine how much space I have

Hi Chantel - this sounds like a lovely idea in theory. Could you please drop us a message here on the forum (including me, Aurelia, and Maxim) so we can discuss the practicalities like length and format?

[Harry Walles]

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to ask if my columns (Top 10 songs and Top 5 books) are still approved, as they are not on the list I am going to submit them before the deadline of course!

[Prof. Sky Alton]

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to ask if my columns (Top 10 songs and Top 5 books) are still approved, as they are not on the list I am going to submit them before the deadline of course!

Hi Harry! Yep, you're still good to go. we don't keep a public list of approved columns at the minute but if you've had the go ahead from us in the past (which you have), it's always safe to assume that we're happy to receive your column.

[Nyx Blue]

I'd like to write a quirky article about magic gone wrong at Hogwarts (the effects being too much sunlight or something of that nature).

Thanks!

[Aurelia West]

I'd like to write a quirky article about magic gone wrong at Hogwarts (the effects being too much sunlight or something of that nature).

Thanks!

Sounds good, Nyx! That’s approved!

[Rhaneyra Black]

Hello, I would like to do some sort of story concerning the sunlight and dragons. A link of some sorts