The Wombat Times accepts and publishes a wide variety of work created by students. This primarily consists of elements of a traditional school newspaper, including articles on school events and interviews with exceptional students, but students may also submit short stories, photo essays, videos, art, or pretty much anything else that meets the guidelines below.

These guidelines are put in place to maintain the quality of our content and are not intended to dissuade contributors from submitting their work. If a piece is submitted and meets the guidelines, it will be published as is without additional editing apart from formatting. If a piece is submitted and does not meet the guidelines, contributors have three additional submissions to bring it up to standard.

Grammatical Requirements (Writing Only)

• There may be no more than 3 spelling errors per 100 words.

• There may be no more than 2 major grammatical errors per 100 words. Stylistic choices that violate language conventions in an unobtrusive manner are generally acceptable.

Content Requirements

• News articles must be written from a completely unbiased perspective unless categorized explicitly as an editorial/opinion piece.

• Every statement in a submitted news article must be completely factual to the writer's knowledge unless stating an opinion as part of an editorial piece.

• Plagiarism of any form, including the use of artificial intelligence, is not allowed, and content that is not the intellectual property of the contributor must be properly credited.

• Professional language is required in all work.