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Article format guide

Every article is a plain text file (a "markdown" file, ending in .md) with two parts: a block of details at the top, and your article text below it. You can write it in any plain text editor — Notes, TextEdit, Notepad, VS Code, or similar.

Prefer Microsoft Word? You can write your article there instead and submit a .docx file below — we'll convert it before publishing, and any images you've placed inside the Word document come along with it automatically. The details block below (title, category, quiz, etc.) is still worth skimming so you know what information we'll need from you, but you don't have to format it exactly like this if you're writing in Word — just make sure that information is somewhere in your document or in the notes field on the form.

1. The details block

At the very top of the file, between two lines of three dashes (---), fill in these details about your article:

---
title: "Time Management for Students"
description: "Simple ways to plan your day and avoid last-minute stress."
category: "Time Management"
author: "Your Name"
readingTime: "5 min"
gradeRange: "Grades 3-8"
publishedDate: "2026-01-01"
accent: "sky"
---

• title — the article's headline
• description — one or two sentences, shown on the article card
• category — e.g. Time Management, Sleep, Study Skills, Organization, Goal Setting, Stress Management
• author — your name, or however you'd like to be credited
• readingTime — a rough estimate, like "4 min"
• gradeRange — who it's written for, e.g. "Grades 3-8"
• publishedDate — the date, as YYYY-MM-DD (we may adjust this when we publish)
• accent — a color for the article's tag: one of sky, blossom, sage, or stone — pick whichever you like

2. Adding a quiz (optional)

If you'd like to add a short quiz at the end of your article, add a quiz: section inside the same details block, right after accent. Spacing matters in this section, so it's easiest to copy the example below and edit it rather than typing it from scratch.

quiz:
  title: "Time Management Quiz"
  questions:
    - question: "What's a good first step for a new assignment?"
      options:
        - "Ignore it until it's due"
        - "Write it down with its due date"
        - "Ask a friend to do it"
        - "Wait for a reminder"
      correctAnswer: 1
      explanation: "Writing it down means you won't forget it later."

• title — a name for the quiz
• question — the question text
• options — a list of 2-4 possible answers
• correctAnswer — which option is correct, counting from 0 for the first one (so 1 means the second option)
• explanation — a sentence explaining why that answer is right, shown after someone answers

You can repeat the question / options / correctAnswer / explanation block as many times as you'd like — most of our quizzes have around 5 questions. If you don't want a quiz, just leave out the entire quiz: section.

3. Writing the article itself

After the closing ---, write your article in plain English:

This is a normal paragraph. Leave a blank line
between paragraphs, like this one.

## Use a heading for a new section

You can make text **bold** or *italic*.

- This is a list
- Second item
- Third item

A few tips: keep sentences short and clear, aim for something a 3rd-8th grader can follow, and if it's a sensitive topic (like sleep or stress), stick to general information rather than specific advice — we're not able to publish anything that reads as medical guidance.

4. Adding images and video

Images: if you're writing a .md file, place an image with this syntax, and attach the actual image file(s) using the "Images" field on the form below:

![A student filling out a weekly planner](/images/blog/your-article-slug/planner-photo.jpg)

If you're writing in Word instead, just insert images directly into your document as normal — they'll come through with your submission, no separate upload needed.

Video: on YouTube, click Share → Embed, copy the code it gives you, and paste it directly into your article wherever you want the video to appear:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

It'll automatically resize to fit the page, so you don't need to change any of the numbers in the code.

Submit your article

Once your article file (.md or .docx) is ready, attach it below, along with any images if you wrote a markdown file. We'll email you a confirmation right away, and follow up once we've reviewed it.