Write for Mandos News
Mandos News publishes people inside Hong Kong’s night: bartenders, DJs, promoters, venue owners and managers, chefs, photographers, and regulars with a real story. First-person accounts, opinion, and know-how only an insider has.
Contributions are unpaid.
How it works
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Pitch first. Send about 150 words: the idea, why you, why now, and two links to your work. We reply within 7 days, yes or no.
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Original and unpublished. We publish it first; after 30 days you may republish it elsewhere with a link back.
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You keep the copyright. You give Mandos a non-exclusive, permanent licence to publish, edit, translate (English and 繁體中文) and share it.
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English pieces run 1,200 to 2,000 words, Chinese pieces the equivalent. Buzz may write the other-language companion, credited as such.
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Buzz edits, and your facts go through the same fact check as everything we publish. We may cut, reorder and retitle. You approve the final version before it goes live.
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Declare conflicts. If you work for, own, are paid by or are friends with a venue you mention, say so. It is printed at the end of the piece.
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No commercial links or link insertions. Links in contributed pieces carry nofollow.
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Tell us if you used AI tools. Your reporting and experience must be your own.
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Your byline: your name, a two-line bio, one link, and a photo if you want one.
From pitch to published
- 1Pitch
- 2Yes or no within 7 days
- 3Draft
- 4Buzz edits and fact-checks
- 5You approve
- 6Published, with your name on it
- 7Published: by you, edited by Buzz