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Issues 1, 2 and 3 of Chalkdust

Chalkdust can only thrive with your thoughts, ideas and curiosities. In the past we have had contributions from PhD students, professors, maths communicators and high school students. Soon this list could include you!

We publish articles about all areas of mathematics. To get an idea of what we look for, have a look at our previous issues. If you are interested in writing for us, please contact contact@chalkdustmagazine.com or get in touch on Bluesky.

Deadline for issue 25

The deadline for articles for issue 25 is 1 January 2027.

Guidance for writers

• Length: Most articles in Chalkdust have between 500 and 2000 words, although we have been known to accept longer and shorter articles.
• Difficulty: Chalkdust has readers of all ages and mathematical backgrounds, and we like our articles to reflect that. We suggest that articles should not be too difficult for an enthusiastic first year undergraduate to understand (but the starting level can be much lower than this).
• Tone: Chalkdust articles should be fun to read. This means they should be written in a friendly style, and shouldn’t read like lecture notes or a formal academic paper. Read some previous articles to get an idea if you’re new to Chalkdust.
• Format: Our preferred format for article submissions is LaTeX or Word, but we will accept other formats as long as we can work out how to open them.
• Style guide: If you’d like to see our guide for how we copyedit your work, you can read the Chalkdust style guide.
• Topic: Have a look at our previous issues for ideas or to check we haven’t published your idea recently.
• AI: We value maths communication to humans by humans. We take pride in the quality of the articles we publish and the storytelling within them. Generative AI may be used in preparation of your article, such as for spelling and grammar checks, but the article should not be written solely by AI tools. If you choose to use AI tools in the preparation of your article, please provide details of the exact use in your submission email. The final decision about whether use of an AI tool is appropriate lies with the editing team.
  During the editing process we recreate diagrams and images to fit the rest of the magazine; including hand drawn diagrams in your first draft is perfectly acceptable. Please do not submit articles with generative AI images.

We look forward to reading and sharing your ideas!