diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0e6a70a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+blank_issues_enabled: false
+contact_links:
+  - name: "FAQs and Known Issues"
+    url: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/#faq-and-known-issues
+    about: "Frequently asked questions and known issues"
+  - name: "StackOverflow#tqdm"
+    url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/tqdm
+    about: "Stack Overflow questions tagged #tqdm"
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue.md
similarity index 67%
rename from .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
rename to .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue.md
index 00829249..90150dea 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: Issue
+about: Use this template for reporting issue(s)
+---
+
 - [ ] I have marked all applicable categories:
     + [ ] exception-raising bug
     + [ ] visual output bug
@@ -13,7 +18,7 @@
   print(tqdm.__version__, sys.version, sys.platform)
   ```
 
-  [source website]: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/
-  [known issues]: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/#faq-and-known-issues
-  [issue tracker]: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/issues?q=
-  [StackOverflow#tqdm]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/tqdm
+[source website]: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/
+[known issues]: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/#faq-and-known-issues
+[issue tracker]: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/issues?q=
+[StackOverflow#tqdm]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/tqdm
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/pr.md
similarity index 70%
rename from .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
rename to .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/pr.md
index 4c7471d8..3235dbf4 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/pr.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: Pull Request
+about: Use this template for proposing change(s)
+---
+
 - [ ] I have marked all applicable categories:
     + [ ] exception-raising fix
     + [ ] visual output fix
@@ -17,6 +22,6 @@ Less important but also useful:
   print(tqdm.__version__, sys.version, sys.platform)
   ```
 
-  [source website]: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/
-  [known issues]: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/#faq-and-known-issues
-  [issue tracker]: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/issues?q=
+[source website]: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/
+[known issues]: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/#faq-and-known-issues
+[issue tracker]: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/issues?q=