OWLA’s newsletter, The Cardinal, is published three times per year.
Submission Deadlines:
- Fall Edition: October 1
- Winter Edition: February 1
- Spring/Summer Edition: May 1
The submission form opens one month before each deadline.
Submissions accepted here:
Cardinal Submission Form
Article Submission Format
Please direct any questions to: cardinal@owlaohio.org
OWLA Executive Recorder & Editor of The Cardinal:
Lauren Shaffer, Dalton High School
OWLA Cardinal 2025-2026 Editing Team:
Laura Behanic, Westlake High School
Jenna Bollinger, Galion High School
Juliana Rauch, Newark High School
Elisabeth Ruiz Pham, Ohio Learning School
Roz Terek, retired French teacher
As stated in The Cardinal Vol. 1 No 1, October 1962: “We think we have the ideal title. Ohio’s representative bird, the cardinal, whose song is as beautiful as his plumage, is certainly distinctive. Furthermore, the first definition of ‘cardinal’ is: ‘of basic importance.’ In this modern era it is ‘of basic importance’ for more Americans to know more modern foreign languages, and to know them better. So we think The Cardinal is a most suitable title for our modern foreign language newsletter.”
The Cardinal 