• BlankPaperz accepts articles and blog submissions that highlight and/or are centered around social issues.
• All submissions must be in prose format such as essays, opinion pieces, fiction, etc. Poems are not accepted.
• BlankPaperz covers a range of topics from personal stories about struggles to captivating memoirs about the corruption in countries, interviews of young African Changemakers, sad stories of rape, girls being outside school, the threatening life condition of Africans living abroad, unheard stories that need to be told, peace-building solutions and other important social issues.
• We don’t mind that your submission is captivating, engaging, funny, interesting, creative, educative, inspiring, motivating, creating awareness, informing the public, or changing minds and stereotypes. If your submission calls people to take a positive stance and action for social good, then the better.
• Simultaneous submissions are accepted.
• Again, submissions made MUST be tailored towards an important (even though unpopular) social issue or around an SDG. 

IT’S IMPORTANT TO READ THIS BEFORE SUBMITTING. WE KNOW…

You’re super excited to get your voice out there but before getting ahead, here’s a helpful list of submissions we’re definitely not looking for. Please check this list and make sure your submission does not fall into any of these. Submissions that fall into any of these will be rejected.

• Do not submit your academic thesis.
• Do not submit religious articles.
• Do not submit poems.
• Do not submit posts shorter than 100 words and longer than 2,500 words.
• Do not submit images that you do not have the rights to use. Only use photos that belong to you. When making use of images from the internet, ensure you have the permission to use them and credit the owner.
• Do not submit racist, sexist, violent, defamatory, abusive, accusatory, tribalistic, xenophobic, profane or hateful articles about a group of persons, country, religion or movement.
• Avoid making generalisations in your submissions. Be sure of what you write. Always confirm your facts.
• No mass propaganda will be accepted for online publication.
• Edit your work properly. Check for punctuation, structural, tense and grammatical errors as submissions not properly edited will not be published.
• BlankPaperz will edit your submission only when necessary.
• Your submission must be your original work, written by you and NOT someone else.

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