Writers’ Guidelines

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If you have a story or article you’d like us to publish online then send it in and let others hear about your experience. Our guidelines are merely that, Guidelines, so feel free to tell your story any way you like, in general though….

1. Less is more:  something under or around 1000 words fits perfectly with our requirements and is almost always enough to put across your message or tale.

2. Be specific:  by this we mean that our audience would much rather read an article about, “ The best sea food restaurant in Bangkok” than one about, “ Restaurants in Thailand”

3. Stick to the active voice: “Monks hid the scrolls for generations” really does read much better than, “The scrolls were hidden for generations by monks”

4. Details: Details are great. If you could tell us exactly where you ate that mouth-watering bowl of Phoo, Bar mee, Pancit Canton or whatever, then others can go and catch amoebic dysentery at exactly the same place.

5. Photos:  A picture tells a thousand words, the camera never lies, etc. I’m sure you get the picture (please don’t include puns as bad as that in your article). On a more serious note though, high quality color photos are what we are looking for as they add true vibrancy and life to an article. Most articles are much better for them. Please send in JPG or GIF format if possible.

6. When you submit:  Please use the submission form on this page.

We are at this time, unfortunately, unable to offer remuneration for any work you send us. (This may change soon) However you will of course retain all rights to your piece and we will make sure everyone knows who wrote it!

If you are considering a career in freelance / travel writing then having published material to cite in future query letters is priceless. We would also be happy to post a link to your website.

Include any personal details you would like us to attach to your article and as long as they are not abusive or libelous we’ll be happy to tell our readers all about you.