Submission Guidance

The Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) is a forum for people working in or on the humanitarian sector to share their knowledge and experience. It publishes short articles and more extensive papers and runs a resource website. The purpose is practical: to help individuals and organisations to learn from one another’s experience. HPN is run by the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at ODI Global. The views and opinions expressed in HPN publications are, however, those of the contributing authors, who work for a wide range of organisations and institutions around the world. They do not necessarily state or reflect the views and opinions of HPG or ODI Global and may not be attributed to HPG or ODI Global.

HPN maintains editorial independence. It is supported by a broad funding base of institutional donors and NGOs. It is under no obligation to publish submissions from any individual, organisation or institution.

How to submit an article

In order to submit an article to HPN, we ask you to take the following steps:

1. Please submit a draft of your article or blog through the Submit an Article page. This should be between 800-2000 words. For further details on format, style and word count see our Guideline for Authors. Also endeavor to submit a photo and/or other illustrations to illustrate the subject matter.
2. Once our editorial team has considered your submission we will contact you directly via email with feedback. There may be several rounds of revisions in order to meet our editorial standards.
3. Once the article has been approved it will be published on odihpn.org and promoted via our social media channels. You may also want to consider contacting other HPN members to see if your work can be translated.