HackerNoon is primarily an English publication, but we support writers whose native language is not English. You don’t need a degree or any language certification to publish here.

However, we need to be able to understand what you’re writing. If the grammar, punctuation, and phrasing is so bad or unnatural that we can’t understand what you’re trying to say, we’ll reject the piece.

But don’t give up! Use Grammarly and other free grammar tools to improve your piece and try to submit it again.

Editing Protocol Index:

1. Editing Protocol Overview

   1. Second Human Rule

      1. Verified Writers

   2. Time to Review

2. Standards of Quality

   1. Originality Score
   2. 6 Ws Score
   3. Objectivity in ranked listicles
   4. Unranked listicles
   5. Actionable advice

3. Red Flags

   1. Subject Matter

      1. Subject matter saturation

   2. Plagiarism

   3. Sources and Citations

   4. Formatting is bad or broken

   5. Grammar level: gibberish

   6. Story is Too Short

4. Backlink Rules & Guidelines

   1. Backlink Limits

   2. Backlink quality and diversity

      1. Diversity of sources
      2. Internal linking
      3. Changing links

   3. Reposting and Canonical Linking

      1. Canonical links to company domain
      2. Canonical links to blog networks or social networks