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If you want to write about anything in the Warriors universe, here’s the place to be! A Warriors article (also called a fan article) is a post on the blog that can be about anything related to Warriors, whether that’s your review of a certain book or an analysis of a certain character.
A very important distinction about articles is that they aren’t comments. Once you’ve written something you might want to send in as an article, ask yourself this: “is what I’ve written an article or a comment?” If your article is just a list of questions you’ve asked yourself about Warriors, you’ve written a comment and not an article.
So, what are the requirements for an article to be published?
- It must be AT LEAST 350 words long. This is for regular articles, song articles, and picture articles (aka all types of articles). Song article length will be judged based on the article length WITHOUT the song lyrics included.
- It CANNOT be fanfiction. This includes clear storytelling of events/characters that do not exist in the Warriors canon, skits (dialogue between characters that did not occur in the books), and descriptions of “What if?”. If the article editors think that an article resembles fanfiction, it will not be published.
- It must be engaging content for the blog. Because we want to encourage articles that are well-thought and well-researched (to elevate them beyond a regular comment), the article editors will only publish articles they think will be engaging for readers of the blog.
- It must be suitable for all ages, including children. While we want to be as flexible as we can on what we allow to be published, there are some topics that we’d like to avoid as much as possible, just to make sure that BlogClan remains safe and respectful on all fronts. For example, a topic that would not be published is defending/encouraging the relationship between Thistleclaw and Spottedleaf in the latter’s novella. If the article editors feel that an article is not suitable for the blog, it will not be published.
ARTICLE TYPES
You may be wondering what a song article or a picture article is, and here’s the answer! Click on the boxes below to read the descriptions and find some examples of each type of article. If an article doesn’t fit either of these categories, then it’s a general fan article.
A song article, as the name suggests, is an article that focuses on one or more songs. Typically, they relate a song’s lyrics to characters, scenes, or events in the Warriors series.
Song articles will only be accepted as valid content if they are transformative from the original song (i.e., the lyrics are noticeably changed (more than one or two lines are changed to better suit the theme/vision of the article writer)) OR if the article writer analyses why the song suits the theme(s)/character(s) mentioned by the article writer (more than one or two sentences). In addition, the word content outside of the lyrics must be 350 words or more.
A song article could also be sharing different songs, animations, or multi-animator projects (MAPs), and links to them. These songs must be child-friendly, and the word minimum applies as well.
Here’s an example of a song article that wouldn’t be published (16 words long, lyrics copied word-for-word, no analysis):
This song is by Marianas Trench and describes Crowfeather after he and Leafpool stopped being mates!
It’s the third of October
You should come over
Best laid plans are not sober
Maybe not the way we thought we’d planned
But both of us will take this hand
For a couple of days
Then we’ll disappear
We don’t have to talk
Of where we go from here
Oh, my dearly departed
My dearly departedOne final shoulder
Here before we’re none
And then there were none
This last call could be all we can do for each other
Embrace for a dear old friend
Bring wine to bed
We’ll toast what could have been
My dearly departed
To my dearly departedI don’t know how to mend it
But this chapter ended
When all of my plans have depended on you
But at least tonight we still pretend
Hold each other close like it’s not the end
And you can send me balloons
And we can laugh at the doom
We both thought of that
Doesn’t it say something too
Oh, my dearly departed
My dearly departedOne final shoulder
Here before we’re none
Until all are none
This last call could be all we can do for each other
Embrace for a dear old friend
Bring wine to bed
We’ll toast what could have been
My dearly departed
To my dearly departedEvery masterpiece I’d write again
You’ll always be my porcelain
I crossed my heart
But I stuttered too
So truth or dare
Was I good to you
Haven’t had enough of you all to myself
Still right beside you
In sickness and health
For ever after
You will be my home
And there’s no place like homeWe never sent the cards
They’re all still on the table
Wanna throw them out
But I’m just not able
My dearly departed
My dearly departedToast what could, what could have been
Toast what could, what could have been
Dear old friend
Toast what could, what could have been
Dear old friend
Toast what could, what could have been
My dearly departed
My dearly departed
My dearly departed
What could have been
My dearly departed
My dear old friend
Picture articles are articles primarily focusing around pictures/images that are inserted into the article. They make direct references to the pictures, either to demonstrate cat appearances or to show off art that the author has done. Some examples are Briarpaw’s “Comparing and Contrasting Different Depictions of Warrior Cats (part 2) and Shadowfate’s Complete Firestar Family.
REQUESTED EDITS
If you’re not so confident about your spelling and would like someone to read it over and make some minor edits, you can do so by putting “Request Edit” (request edit / REQUEST EDIT are also acceptable) in the title. For example, “How Tigerstar Changed the Clans (Request edit)” and “How Tigerstar Changed the Clans – REQUEST EDIT” are both valid titles that will make sure that the article editors edit your article.
Please note: the article editors will only correct GRAMMATICAL errors and will not change your article drastically, such as changing sentence structure or formatting.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
This page has a comment section where you can ask the article editors (Emberdawn and Birchfoot) questions relating to articles. Before you scroll down, though, please open the box below and see if your question is one of our frequently asked questions!
How do I write an article? Do you have any tips?
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When will my article be posted?
Short answer: we don’t know.
Long answer: Because we get a lot of articles, it’s hard to estimate when exactly articles will come out and our estimates are by no means accurate. Unless your article has already been scheduled for an exact day or does not meet our requirements, we will not give you a concrete answer as to when your article will come out.
Did you get my article?
Chances are, yes. There’s no harm in asking this below, since it is fairly common for articles to get lost between the (attempted) submission and our pending articles folder, but please include the TITLE of your article, just so we can easily find whether or not it was submitted properly.
How do I put an image in my article?
Post the image link (URL) at the end of your article! This line will be deleted when your article is scheduled and does not count towards your final word count.
I forgot an image link when I submitted my article. How do I send it in?
Post a comment below with the link to the image you’d like to be used in the article. We will keep it in moderation (aka it will not be modded) until we get to scheduling your article, just so we remember!
If I don’t put an image link, what happens?
We, the article moderators, will choose an image for you.
How do I put bold/italic/underline/block quote in my article?
As far as we can tell, you just have to write the code in like you would in a normal comment! If it doesn’t work, we will manually put it in wherever your code appears.
How many articles have I written/submitted?
Short answer: we don’t know.
Long answer: There is no reliable way for us to search through articles by author, especially because the name box in the submission section records and logs the author by their current nickname if they are signed in. Thus, we can’t give an accurate number.
Can I co-write an article with someone?
Of course! This is the only exception to the “no skits” rule since some authors would like to distinguish who is writing what, but it does walk a fine line.
How many articles can I submit?
In general, you can submit as many as you like! For scheduling purposes, though, we would greatly prefer if you only submit 2 articles per week. This is to help us make sure that there aren’t days where only your articles are coming out 😛
SUBMISSIONS
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STOP! Is your article 350 words long? If you’re unsure, here’s a handy-dandy word counter to make sure. Click here. A reminder that your article WILL NOT be published if it is under 350 words.
In order to make sure that this comment stays on this page for as long as possible, REPLY TO THIS COMMENT WITH YOUR ARTICLE QUESTION IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION. Thanks!
Hi, everyone! In the replies to this comment is the article schedule for the month of May!
Anything not on this list will not be published in May; it will come out in June and beyond. If you submitted an article and you know that you submitted it sometime between any of these articles, it’s very likely it did not meet the minimum word count or we felt that we didn’t feel comfortable publishing it for some reason.
If you have a comment that’s been pending for a very long time on this page, please be patient with us!
Again, REPLY TO THIS COMMENT WITH YOUR ARTICLE QUESTION IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION. Thanks!
MAY 1 TO MAY 31 (blog time)
1. Giving Star Trek: Strange New Worlds characters warrior names! by Asterpaw
2. 6 prefixes and suffixes I like/love! by Fawnleap
3. Crookedstars Family Tree by Squirrelpaw
4. My least favorite warrior cats by Dandelionscar || Why Nightcloud was one of the best mothers in the series by Mapledawn
5. A Big Misconception About Clear Sky by Anonymous || My opinion about Bristlefrost by Snowpaw
6. Cats I Despise And Like by Duskflame
7. My Opinions on Bluestar By Acornblaze
8. Warrior tongue twisters part 1 by Starstar
9. Renaming 5 Warrior Cats by Wolfpaw
10. My favorite warrior cats and why! by Leafcloud
11. Worst Warrior Ships by Duskflame || Defending Mapleshade by Mushroompaw
12. 🍂 Defending Leafpool 🍂 by Stormleap || Cats you Forgot Existed (Probably) by Rosefern
13. A to Z prefix personalities— Birch, Blaze, Breeze, and more by Rosefern
14. If Warriors Won Awards and Superlatives Part Two by Anonymous
15. Was Tigerstar/claw’s Treachery His Fault in the First Place? by Slipsong
16. Warriors ships; The good, the bad, and the DustFern by Finchclaw
17. Did Oakstar have grandkits? by Scorchstar
18. Some Interesting Warrior Cat Facts by Sorrelpaw || Warrior Cats Facts – Part 1 by Quailshine
19. Cats that would make great leaders part 2 by Zealpelt || Why Tigerclaw’s Betrayal Shattered Bluestar by Bloomflower
20. Me Ranting about mistakes in WC by Squirrelhope
21. Part 1: Why I Think Pinestar Shouldn’t Go To StarClan by Bloomflower
22. Looking at Leopardstar’s charatcter: Was she a good leader? by Butterflywing
23. Rating WC: Clear Sky by Onyxstone
24. Why I love Needletail by Butterflywing
25. Why Goosefeather was a Bad Medicine Cat by Goldenpaw || Ranking the types of fresh-kill (Rewritten) by Echoheart
26. Analyzing mapleshade by Racoonkit || Cats that I wish did not die :,( by Zealpelt
27. We Bare Bears and Warrior Cats: Connected? by Mushroompaw
28. My Thoughts on Juniperclaw and What He Deserves by Squirtpaw
29. Putting Phineas and Ferb Characters into a Warriors World by Eaglefrost
30. Skystar & Thistleclaw: A Comparison by Mallowpaw
31. Blogclanners names taken Literally by Creamypaw
Oo yay!
Omg, do I spot The Good, The Bad and The Ugly reference????????????????
What’s this, if I’m allowed to ask?
It’s the schedule for all the articles coming out this month 🙂
Yay my article is coming out!!!!
Hey Embix/other dodos! In June, my Snowtuft article will be published, right? I found a beautiful pic that I want to use!
https://images.app.goo.gl/uqdBD4MgZCpFnPzU8
Did you get my article in which I judge Mapleshade, Ravenwing, Frecklewish and Appledusk? Did it get cut off?
Did you get my article ‘The coolest warrior cats stuff to have?’ Did it get cut off?
(Combining all these comments to save space since the other two weren’t replies)
1. Yep! Added the picture 🙂
2. I assume that this article is “Being the mean kitty I am😈😛 and judging Mapleshade and co”? If so, then it had gotten cut off. Try submitting it again?
3. We got it but I’m not sure if it had gotten cut off or not. It ends after “I don’t yet have any minis, but I’m hoping to get one, so let’s see which ones are the best!”
hi, if it’s possible could you change the art I posted with my article Which cats resemble what fruits? to this one? https://freeimage.host/i/JgeZm2j
I fixed it up a bit. sorry for the trouble, it’s fine as it is if you can’t change it! tysm!
Done!
I just submitted an article, Taking Warrior Names Literally. Did you get it, and if so, did it get cut off? (it will have a clear ending)
Looks like it got cut off! It ends after the Mario music bit ^^ Try submitting it again?
I resubmitted!
Now it got cut off after my name 😛
I tried again! 😭
We got the whole thing this time!
Hi, I was wondering if my Mapleshade article was good enough to be published (I dunno any other way to say it), and if it was, do you guys know when it is gonna come out? Thank you so much!
-TwistedStalkTheWolf
It was accepted! It’ll be published in June 🙂
Yay! Tysm!
Hey Embix, did you get my Vegetable article or did it get cut off? I also forgot to add the picture link so here it is :
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17QPiPWliMTHSIH_ixs17oUyvU37uTc-9jCo8_-cqlkM/edit
THank you!
-Coralpaw
I don’t think we got it. Try submitting it again?
Hey Embix, did you get my vegetable article , unfolding warrior cats mysteries, and naming articles and/or did they get cut off? thanks!
– Coralpaw
We got your vegetable and mystery articles, but not the naming one because you just gave that to me in a comment ^^ If you had submitted it again, then we didn’t receive it that time either.
Your vegetable article wasn’t cut off but I’m not so sure about your mysteries article, because it just ends with “Thank you for reading this article and have an amazing day!” and then a dash on the next line after. If it was just a picture link, then you can just send it in a comment, though I would gently request not using a Google Doc in particular because it’s hard for me to copy images from those 😛
I also can’t access the picture you linked in the vegetable article ^^ Do you mind sharing it to all with the link?
EDIT: I’ve realized you linked the Google Doc for the mysteries article and all that got cut off was your name, so I can edit that in 🙂
Hi! (My last comment was made 2 days ago, so im commenting again, delete this if it has been approved) i was wondering if my article was cut off, and if it will be published :)) its called “ datk forest cats and do they deserve the dark forest :DD tysm!
I don’t think we got it 🙁 Try submitting it again?
I resubmitted!! Did it go through this time? (I resubmitted like 2 days ago)
We got the whole thing!
Hello Emberdawn! Did you get my article about Crowfeather? Did it get cut off?
We got the whole thing!
Hi – just checking that both of my articles, Why Firestar is overrated and Tigerstar II: a terrible leader, were sent successfully and didn’t get cut off. If it’s okay, would you mind telling me when they will come out?
We got both of them and neither were cut off! The Firestar one will be published in August and the Tigerstar II one will be published in September 🙂
Please be sure to reply to my comment at the top of this page with any future questions about articles! This will keep the comment page from turning.