Submission Guideline for Contributors

Dear readers, here is a Q&A session for anyone interested in submitting work or ideas to The Creative Classroom.

Who we are?

Creative Classroom is an online publication platform that brings together educators and practitioners across places and ages to discuss and explore approaches towards designing creative and meaningful learning experiences. We believe education and learning can happen anywhere and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for people to share emerging ideas and exchanging feedback.

What kind of submissions are you looking for and how long should they be?

We welcome submissions about a topic you care about, have expertise on, and can say something scholarly original, or practically important. We cover topics broadly related to education and learning. For instance, project-based learning, experience design, teaching or learning reflections, educational technology, peer learning, and more. At the moment, we strongly welcome the following three types of submissions.

1. Short stories (800–1,000 words)
2. Long essays (under 2,000 words)
3. Creative resources: tools, exercises, and ideas (800–1,000 words)

Who is your target audience?

We aim at sparking dialogue about creative and meaningful learning across different groups of audiences: educators, researchers, practitioners, students, and so on. Straightforwardness and engagement are key. Please note that we do not publish data analysis articles, policy reports, and articles with a sole scholarly focus.

How should I submit?

1. If you have a complete draft, please save your draft on Medium and send the link to our email: shanghai.creativeclassroom@nyu.edu.
2. If you have a proposal in mind, please send a 100–300 words abstract/outline to our email: shanghai.creativeclassroom@nyu.edu.
3. Please include one sentence on who you are in your submission.
4. When you submit your complete draft, we strongly recommend you to include images/illustrations related to your content. Meanwhile, our editorial team will also provide suggestions for images/illustrations to accompany the publication. Please include your sources upon submission.
5. Here are some resources for copyright-free images: Pexels.com, Unsplash.com, Thenounproject.com, and many more.

What happens after my submission?

We will write back to you within a week and work with you closely during the editing process once your submission is tentatively accepted. Our editorial process will take approximately 1–2 months depending on the quality of the draft.

For fresh Medium users, here is a step-by-step guide for how to submit your final draft to us.

Li is a contributor to The Creative Classroom. Here, we want to walk you through her journey towards submitting and publishing an article.

1. Li went to Medium to create an account and logged in. Medium is an online publishing platform where The Creative Classroom is located.

2. The Creative Classroom editors got in touch with Li. The editors asked for Li’s Medium account and added Y as a writer on the Creative Classroom Platform.

Y Li is now a writer on The Creative Classroom (on the bottom)

3. Li clicked the “New Story” tab on the upper right corner of her medium page and put her content onto Medium. Li just wrote a story titled Hello World.

4. Upon finishing the story, Li clicked the “…” tab to the right of the green “Publish” tab. Then, she clicked “Add to publication” under the “…” tab. Under the “Select a publication” tab, Y chose “The Creative Classroom” as the platform where she wanted her story to be published. When there a green dot appeared next to “The Creative Classroom”, Y clicked the bottom “Select and continue” tab. After the selection, Y clicked the green “Publish” tab.

5. Up to this point, Li submitted a draft and waited for the editors’ final review before publication. Editor Sam opened Li’s submission and made some final edits regarding the content and the format. Editor Sam would click “Publish” once the article was ready to go!