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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 If the article editors think that an article resembles fanfiction, it will not be published.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 For example, a topic that would not be published is defending/encouraging the relationship between Thistleclaw and Spottedleaf in the latter’s novella. If the article editors feel that an article is not suitable for the blog, it will not be published.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.
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Hi, everyone! Here is the article schedule for the month of January.
Anything not on this list will not be published in January; it will come out in Februaryand 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.
1. Warriors Names Taken Quite Literally by Dewpaw | My Favorite Warrior Cats and Why I love Them by Dewpaw
2. Rating the worst warrior cat ships in my opinion! by Irispaw | The Average WindClan Leader by Ivypaw
3. Forest’s Opinions On Non-cannon Ships by Forestleap | A guide to starting blogclan by Cheesepaw
4. My opinion on the new prophecies begin graphic novel adaptation by Bloomingpaw | Turning Warrior Names Into Tribe Names by Beesong
5. English to Quecha: Google Translating Bluestar’s Prophecy Cats by Firekit* | Warrior Cats as Wings Of Fire Dragons by Bloompaw
6. Renaming cats that I think got unfitting names by Mistpaw | Rating Main Series POVs by Dragontooth
7. Smashing a bunch of different articles together by Blossomfawn | Exposing my Fave Characters’ Greatest Flaws (Chaotic) by Rosefern
8. Will Rootspring become Wrenflights mate? By RainFang | Why I’m OBSESSED with Mothwing by Mothfrost
9. Silliest Names In Warriors by Jadeclaw | Thoughts and Predictions about Warrior Cats ASC 6 and CS 1 by BriarDawn
10. Finchlight’s Heart: Hollowspring or Bayshine? by Briardawn | Are Leafpool and Squirrelflight Reincarnations? by Whispercloud
11. Ranking every protagonist and why (Part 1) by Pebblepaw | Cinderpelt could and should have been a warrior by Falconblaze
12. [NO ARTICLE – I forgot to delete an article I had rejected] | Good and Bad warrior cat ships by Splashpaw
13. Why Goosefeather Deserves The Dark Forest by Tempestpaw | A to Z Prefix personalities: Dawn, Dusk, etc by Rosefern
14. BlogClan’s Thoughts on Mapleshade by Dewpaw | Curlfeather: the Best Worst Mom by Sandytuft
15. Analyzing Firestar by Acornblaze | Mindless rambling: Ashfur and Shadowsight by Rosefern
16. Controversial Character Analysis: Hollyleaf by Rosefern | A Quick Overview and Discussion of Spottedleaf’s Heart by -Flamesong-
17. How to write a warrior cats fight scene pt1 by Howlkha | Top 5 Most Mouse-brained Medicine Cats by Rosefern
18. Analyzing Smudge, Henry, and Princess by Acornblaze | My least favorite Warrior cats (Pt.2) by Flickerbreeze
19. Skylanders as Warrior Cats (part 1): Spyro’s Adventure by Jackdawpaw | My top 10 Favorite and List Favorite Characters (Revisited) by Rosefern
20. What Warrior cats are named after by Quailshine | Potential names for Frostpaw by Onyxpaw
21. Giving WoF Characters Warrior Names by Silverpaw | Matching skz songs lyrics with characters from Warriors
22. BlogClanners’ Names Taken Literally by Rosefern | Assigning Warrior Cats Vocal Ranges by Aspenpaw
23. Why I love Bluestar (and why she doesn’t deserve hate) by Mistpaw | Google Translating Warrior Names by Azaleapaw*
24. Giving Wings Of Fire Characters Warriors Names (part 2!) by Rosefern | My Opinions on Ivypool and Dovewing by Autumnrose
25. Ranking every main series protagonist and why (Part 2) by Pebblepaw | The worst mothers in Warriors by Yarrowpaw
26. Giving Cats Different Names by Whistlepaw | Introducing Jay X Stick’s Ultimate Competitor! by Rosefern
27. The Great Mapleshade Debate by Aspenpaw | An Ultimate Firestar Debate by Jackdawpaw
28. Giving Rouges, Loners and Kittypets Warrior and Tribe Names by Dewpaw | Skylanders as Warrior Cats (part 2): Spyro’s Adventure by Jackdawpaw
29. Analyzing Graystripe by Acornblaze | Which mate is better part 1: Spottedleaf or Sandstorm by Mistpaw
30. Assigning Wings of Fire Dragon Groups Warrior Clans by Dandelionscar | Skylanders as Warrior Cats (part 3): Spyro’s Adventure by Jackdawpaw
31. Ivypool and Dovewing – The dilemma by AcaciaShine | Warriors: The Present and The Future by Sparrowfall
* These articles were submitted before we stopped accepting Google Translate articles.
One last time, REPLY TO THIS COMMENT WITH YOUR ARTICLE QUESTION IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
Yay articles are coming out twice a day again!
Hey, Embix! Did I forgot to add the name of the author of my article or it was a mistake when the comment was written? I am just curious 🙂
That would’ve been my fault 😛 Which article is the one that I missed?
Matching skz songs lyrics with characters from Warriors
Updated!
2 articles a day again lez goooooo
Hello Embix! I recently submitted an article in December about Ashfur. It should be called “Analyzing Ashfur by Mistysprout.” Could you please change the title to “Defending Ashfur by Mistysprout?” Thanks! Also, did the article get cut off? When will it be published?
Yep we can do that when we schedule the article! We got the whole thing and it’ll be published beyond April.
GASP an ashfur defense article written by someone who isn’t me? yay
Woo! My article’s coming out! 😀
Good luck! I’ll look out 4 it!
Wasn’t my “some random stuff” article supposed to be canceled?
Also YAYYY MY SKYLANDER ARTICLES and apparently a Firestar article I have a vague memory of writing
Oh whoops, looks like I forgot to actually delete it 😛 Removed!
Yay! My articles are coming out :b
Shouldn’t my article have come out already since it’s the 5th?
It had missed its schedule! Silly WordPress. I published it manually 🙂
oop ok tysm 😀
OOO MAH FIRST ARTICLE!!!
Is there a publish date for my NFL article? =D
April 5!
Thanks EmberDawn!
yay the old system’s back 😛
Also, random questions, I know you can edit articles and stuff- so I was wondering if you can delete articles (To be clear, I don’t want to delete any of my mines, but a article I thought was ‘Ai’ I wanted to search for to see if my comment made it or not- but It appears to be gone gone)
Also, do I have any new articles coming out? (besides the one in february and march) And if you received the card game thing and it’ll get published, did you get the image? (I wanted to check since my only other experience with images in articles is the breed one)
1. Yes, I deleted the article as my own read-through raised the flags with me.
2. 3 in March (including the one you know about), 1 in April, and then 4 others I haven’t scheduled yet!
Did my article go through this time?
Yup, we got the whole thing!
Huh? I don’t think Firekit’s article got published.
It had missed its schedule. Published now!
Hey! could you let me know which articles of mine Ive submitted and when they will come out if they havent already. Thx!!!
it is very difficult to search articles by author – do you remember what the articles were called, or what they were about? that would make it much easier to answer your question
Hi Embix! I submitted an article in mid-august titled ‘Giving WoF characters warrior names’ under the name Silverpaw. Could you please change them to Fawnfeather? If it’s too late to change it, then its fine but thanks anyways!
I changed it!
A while ago I sent in an article by me and my mentor Icefoot, do you know when it will be published? :3
what is it called?
Hey Embix, is it possible I could get a release date for my article “Ranking the Villains of Warriors”? Or just the month when it’s gonna get released? Ty! Appreciate ur work 😸
please see my other comment!
Hey, Embix! Just wondering, did u get my article about warriors villains? If so, is there a scheduled date for it to come out? Thx! 🙏
yes we got it, but it doesn’t meet the word count. Would you like to resubmit a slightly longer version?
Hi dodos, I just published an article called “Giving My little pony characters warrior names by Mistysprout”. Was it cut off? When will it be published? Will it be published? Thanks!
we got all of the article, and it looks good to publish. I don’t have a publish date for you, but it could be several months
Hi Embix! I just submitted an article, and I was wondering if it got cut off? If it did, dont publish it and I’ll re-send it so its full 🙂 (I spent too much time writing it for it to be cut off, so sorry)
if it’s “The Naming Problem in Warriors”, we got all of it
Hi embix! I submitted an article recently, and I was wondering if it got cut off? I think it was titled The Naming Problem in Warriors.
it was not cut off 🙂
YAY
Please confirm that you received my article “Concerning Cats and Time,” and that it was not cut off. Thanks.
received in full!
Hey embix I already asked about this but I don’t think my comment went through. Did you get my article about Bramblestar and Squilf?
We got it!
Ok good! Can’t wait I hope it’ll get published soon :DD
So I’m making an article now, so will it come out soon???
So I’m making an article now, so will it come out soon???
oops sorry for the repeat.
It usually takes about 4 months for them to get published iirc :3
Hello Blogclan! I’d like to hear some article suggestions! It has to be about a cat you don’t like. I’ll tally the votes and write my second article! Thank you!
This might be better to post on the sunning patch :DD
Okay!
Tigerstar 2
Firestar, Squirrel flight, Holly leaf
Heya blogclan! I’m interested in writing an article about Berryheart , and I want to ask if anyone has written about it yet 😀
I think someone has, but you can still write about it.
Ok. Thanks Mistysprout 😀
You are correct Mistysprout- I have already claimed myself as #1 BerryHeart fan and my article appears on Google >:D
(I’m not even joking it’s in the first page of results-)
Here is my proof too (released same day as Wind lololololol)
https://blogclan.katecary.co.uk/2024/04/02/%f0%9f%ab%90%f0%9f%92%96-berryheart-%f0%9f%ab%90%f0%9f%92%96-by-cloudpaw/
(Note that it’s old and I made an minor mistake)
Hi clou, can you tell me what topic did you wrote?(i promise I will not cheat)🙏🏻
Her life XD
It’s basically just BERRRRYHEART
Ok thanks 😀
Did you get taking warrior names seriously by Bluekit?
I don’t see it, no
AG guys should I do a ” giving LackaDaisy character’s Warrior names”??
I dont know how long it’s been since i released my first article…
And I worked really hard on it so i hope it’s accepted. it’s like 590 words LONGGGGG!!!
(:<
I really hope it’s accepted
??? please remember to reply to the right comment
Dear Blogclan,
How do you publish an article? I have no idea. Considering that Emberdawn published hers before mine when I wrote it a month earlier. Am I doing something wrong? Please tell me.
Sincerely, Sunpaw.
Emberdawn doesn’t write fan articles really. If you’re looking at a post made by her, it’s probably an announcement of some kind made for the blog, which she can write and post whenever because she’s an admin. The fan articles are specifically scheduled and it can take months for a submission to be posted because of the backlog
Ahh, I see. Thanks!
You didn’t do anything wrong, articles aren’t necessarily published in the order they’re received! I’m sure you’re article will come out eventually
not sunpaw but im pretty sure they are ^^
Congrats to all with posted articls!
Idk if mine got posted
I love your pfp 🙂
Hi!
I have a question :
How can I post my article’s cover with the words I wrote?
Thank you for any help 😀
Frondpaw
please just paste the URL to the photo you’d like for the cover at the bottom of the text of the article. we’ll handle it 🙂
When will my article be published? It is called Why crowfeather will choose leaf pool in starclan by cindershimmer
it looks like you just submitted it, so not for several months i’m afraid
Do you have to add an image link for the article to get published? Or is it optional??
if you don’t add one, we’ll pick one for you
okay thank you!