Write for UsBecome a HYPER JAPAN contributorAre you an experienced blogger who’d like to share an article with us? Maybe you’ve never written anything for the web before, but you’d like to try. Whatever your level of experience, if there’s something “Hyper” about Japan that you’re passionate about, we’d love to hear from you. We’re looking for articles on everything from food and drink, anime, manga, cosplay, fashion, technology, theatre, art, design, travel…whatever it is that you love about contemporary Japan. Articles will be uploaded onto the site on Fridays and will remain as a main site feature for one week, before being archived. To find out more about what to write and how to submit, take a look through the questions below. If you have any other questions, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with Write for Us in the subject title. What should I write?You can write about anything related to Japan or Japanese culture that you are interested in. Take a look through the HYPER JAPAN website and Facebook page and you should get an idea of the kind of audience we’re catering for. We’re happy to accept content on traditional Japanese culture, too, but do try and link it to something relevant and topical, like a performance or exhibition. At the moment, we’re not accepting fiction writing or recipes. We want to hear your voices, so it’s fine for the article to be written from a personal perspective, but remember that you’re talking to a large audience of people who don’t know you, so it does need to be a little less personal than, say, an entry written for your own blog. Make sure that your submissions are original writing, not writing that has been copied, plagiarised or translated verbatim from other sites or sources. Please don’t swear and don’t include inappropriate content, by which we mean stuff that’s illegal, pornographic, or just a bit too naughty for the kind of general audience (including families and kids) that we’re catering for. How long should it be?Submissions should be no longer than 1000 words. What format should I submit in?If possible, please submit articles as Word document. Text should be double line spaced, in 12pt Calibri. Please include your name and email address in the header at the top of each page. If you would like us to credit the article to your pen name, just let us know that and any other details in the body of your submission email. Do I need to provide you with images?If you have original photography that you would like to accompany the article, please submit it along with the article, clearly stating the credit you require for the photograph. Please do not submit photographs and images downloaded without permission from other sites. If you are not able to provide us with images, we will source something appropriate for the article. How will I be credited?We would like to also include profiles of all contributors with each article. We will need 50 words of profile text and an image, as well as up to three links, which can be for your Facebook, Twitter, blog, and so on. If you don’t want to be credited in this way, that’s fine too. Just tell us your pen name and we will credit the article to that. It’s up to you. We can also arrange for a banner to your website to be included on the HYPER JAPAN homepage. Send us your banner attached as a jpeg, png or gif file, 100px x 40px, your alt text, and if you have space for a HYPER JAPAN banner, let us know your specs. What are submission deadlines?We will accept submissions from readers at any time. Reader-submitted articles will be uploaded every Friday. If you have an article that is linked to an event, launch or similar, and is therefore schedule-specific, please make that clear in your email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will try to upload in good time for the event or launch. Will everything be published?We will consider all submissions carefully, and try to include contributions from as many people as possible. Your submission won’t necessarily be uploaded straight away, but if your article has been selected for upload we will let you know. If we like what you’ve written but aren’t sure it’s quite right for the site, we will get in touch with some ideas about how to make it a little bit more “HYPER”. Will I get paid?No. We are not currently offering payment for articles submitted. I have an item for news, but not an article. Can I send it to you?Yes. We are happy to accept items for news, too. Send us your news or press releases to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with NEWS as the subject. If you are a commercial organisation, then you can get in touch about advertising via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it I have a question that isn’t answered here.Drop us a line at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and ask us! Editorial PolicyWe reserve the right to edit the content of all submissions. Editorial changes made by HYPER JAPAN are final. Having said that, we want to hear your voices, so we promise to keep it to a minimum! |
