04 / Contribute

Many kinds of knowledge build an archive.

Contribution is structured around care, evidence, consent and review—not an open upload queue. Choose the path that matches what you can responsibly offer.

01

Suggest a Story

Recommend a culturally significant short story and share what you know about its edition, context and rights pathway.

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02

Become a Translator

Translate an assigned source text with transparent credit, review and revision history.

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03

Narrate a Story

Record a verified textual version with language review, accessibility metadata and clear recording consent.

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04

Help Digitise

Transcribe and proofread source editions while preserving page-level provenance.

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05

Contribute Metadata / Context

Add sourced publication history, author records, lexical notes or literary context.

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06

Partner With SHABD

Collaborate as a library, archive, university, publisher, cultural institution or language organisation.

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07

Volunteer

Support research, editorial operations, accessibility, design, technology or community coordination.

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Before you contribute

What contributors can expect.

Named credit appropriate to the work and the contributor’s wishes.

Documented review rather than silent editorial intervention.

Clear rights for text, translation, recording and metadata contributions.

No immediate upload until submission, privacy and consent infrastructure is ready.