Submission
The Society welcomes poetry, songs, short stories, novellas, novels, drama, speeches, memoir, personal narrative, legend, dramatic monologue, essays, articles, and other original literary work.
EDITORIAL & PUBLICATION GUIDELINES
Every voice deserves
careful attention.
These principles explain how The Carpe Diem Society receives, reviews, prepares, and protects student work.
What we look for
We value authentic ideas, imagination, thoughtful observation, purposeful language, and a willingness to revise. Work does not need to be perfect when it is submitted; it should, however, be the student’s own and show genuine creative effort.
Editorial review
Each submission is read for originality, clarity, care, and suitability for the school community. A submission may be returned with suggestions before acceptance.
Revision
Editing is collaborative. Corrections may improve spelling, grammar, structure, or presentation, but the student’s ideas, voice, and creative ownership remain central.
Permission
No student work, name, photograph, or video is published without the appropriate school and family permission.
Publication
Accepted work is prepared with a title, approved author credit, category, introduction, cover, and publication year before appearing online.
After publication
Factual errors may be corrected. A student or family may ask the Society to update an approved credit or remove a work from public view.
OUR COMMITMENT
Voice, dignity,
and trust.
Originality
Submitted work must be created by the named student. Sources and quotations should be acknowledged when used.
Respectful expression
Writing may explore serious or difficult ideas, but it must not target, humiliate, threaten, or expose another person.
Responsible technology
Digital tools may support spelling, formatting, or teacher-guided revision. They must not replace the student’s authorship, imagination, or personal expression.
Reader reflections
Public responses are moderated before appearing. Constructive, specific, and respectful reflections are welcomed; inappropriate or identifying comments are not published.
A NOTE TO YOUNG WRITERS
“Revision is not the erasure of your voice. It is the careful work of helping that voice travel farther.”
Questions about a submission or published work may be brought directly to the Society’s teacher-editor at İhsan Schools, Başakşehir Campus.