The LUMS Post maintains a rigorous commitment to empirical inquiry, analytical depth, and institutional accountability. We invite students, researchers, faculty members, and external scholars to contribute work that engages substantively with critical contemporary discourse.
Section Guidelines & Parameters
Prospective contributors must ensure their submissions strictly align with the scope and structural parameters of our core desks:
- Campus News
- Focus: Rigorous institutional reporting, campus governance, policy tracking, and structural developments within the university ecosystem.
- Word Count: 1,000-2,000 words.
- Op-Ed
- Focus: Timely, evidence-based commentary, policy critiques, and reasoned argumentation addressing current affairs and socio-political frameworks.
- Word Count: 700-1,200 words.
- Features
- Focus: Long-form journalistic investigations, deep-dive societal analyses, historical evaluations, and contextualized thematic overviews.
- Word Count: 1,500-2,500 words.
- Arts & Culture
- Focus: Critical essays on literature, aesthetics, cultural philosophy, post-colonial thought, and intellectual history.
- Word Count: 1,200-2,200 words.
- Sports
- Focus: Analytical breakdowns of athletics, institutional sports policy, socio-economic dynamics of sports, and tournament commentary.
- Word Count: 800-1,500 words.
- Climate
- Focus: Empirical reporting on environmental policy, ecological economics, climate vulnerability, and sustainability frameworks.
- Word Count: 1,000-2,000 words.
Editorial Mandate & Standards
- Originality & Exclusivity: All submitted material must be entirely original and exclusive to The LUMS Post. Syndicated pieces or work published previously in any other digital or print medium will not be considered.
- Analytical Rigor: We enforce a strict standard of empirical backing, logical consistency, and measured tone. Polemical assertions unmoored by verifiable data or structural reasoning will be summarily rejected.
- Attribution & Transparency: Direct quotations, statistical data points, and historical assertions must be meticulously hyperlinked or referenced inline via academic or journalistic standards.
Submission
We review submissions on a rolling, year-round basis. Provide your complete write-up as a Word document uploaded to the Google Form provided below.