Call for articles

What we publish. Whether it’s academics, college applications, campus life, or any part of your own experience, we’d love for you to write it down and share it. Articles can be written in English, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese.

How to contribute. Visit the Contributor Portal to submit your article. You can write directly in Markdown. If you aren’t familiar with Markdown, you can upload a file for automatic conversion, but please review the result carefully. After submission, an editor will review your draft and provide feedback. You can also choose to submit anonymously when you submit your draft.

Don’t worry about categories. Start with your idea and write the article first — you can decide which category it belongs to afterward. If none of the existing categories fit, that is perfectly fine. Contact the Editors-in-Chief and we will create a new one for you.

Questions? If you have any questions about the submission process, formatting, or anything else, feel free to contact the Editors-in-Chief through the About page.

Co-authorship. You can add up to 10 co-authors when submitting an article. Co-authors must have a Contributor Portal account so they can be linked by their profile. The first author listed is treated as the primary author; the order of the remaining co-authors is preserved as you set it. All listed co-authors can view the submission status and resubmit revisions on behalf of the group. Every co-author receives their own author page and contributor credit upon publication. If a co-author would rather not be named, you can add an anonymous author as a co-author: it links to no account, appears as an anonymous credit in the byline, and you can add as many as you like up to the author limit. Even when you submit anonymously, you can still add co-authors — anonymity applies only to you, and your co-authors are credited as usual. We encourage authors to follow the Vancouver Convention on Authorship when deciding who should be listed as a co-author.

Automatic translation. When an editor approves your article, it is automatically translated into the other two languages so every reader can access it. You only need to write in whichever language you are most comfortable with. If you would like to refine the auto-translated version or provide your own translation, contact the Editors-in-Chief through the About page.

What happens next. Approved articles are published on the site under your name, with a permanent author page linking to all your work. You will be listed as a contributor on this page.

Updated: 2026-07-01