WRITERS NEEDED for a new digital Nintendo magazine, coming soon! By jsa005

By @jsa005
POSTED: 15 Jan 2015 17:52
CATEGORY: Ask for Help
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Hello there, SDK!

I'm starting a new digital Nintendo magazine named Non-Official Nintendo, or NONM for short. (The M is for Magazine, and will be used in the PDF/print form, keep reading for more about that)

My plan is to have a website with up-to-date as-it-comes Nintendo coverage, previews and reviews (mainly focused on UK/Europe at the beginning, but if I get American contributors the USA and Canada, too), with a monthly downloadable, printable PDF-format magazine containing the best bits from the website, plus some extra content such as special features, walkthroughs, game sales charts and reader letters.

However, I doubt I'll be able to manage with just me and my friend, so I'm looking for contributors to the website (which then feeds into the magazine) to do reviews, previews, news etc.

Anybody wishing to apply should contact me over this site's message with "NONM" in the subject and including your full name, preferred username for the NONM website, a basic biography on yourself and a small example of your writing (can be a link to a webpage or attachment (TXT, Word DOC/DOCX, ODF, RTF, PDF or HTML), minimum 100 words, max 400 words if included directly in the email, max 2000 words if linked to or attached) in the message.

Being funny will definitely help your chances.

You don't need any qualifications or prior experience, you just need to be passionate about Nintendo and have decent spelling, grammar and writing skills.

I look forward to seeing awesomeness!

~jsa (currently considering JellyDaemon as a new username)

Psst: seeing as you've probably read the whole blog now, check out the work-in-progress website at http://www.nonm.co.uk

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lolgal75
25 Jan 2015 13:33

can i do the "Mario Games" section?

jsa005
25 Jan 2015 19:47
In reply to lolgal75

It's not really split into sections, but you can review Mario games.

lolgal75
24 Jan 2015 17:20

i would love to but i might not have frequent updates. email me at lolgal75@gmail.com. thx!

jsa005
25 Jan 2015 11:36
In reply to lolgal75

That doesn't really matter, there are other people writing as well.

By the time you read this I'll probably have emailed you; if not my address is up there. (squashua.kelly@gmail.com)

RubyGem1121
16 Jan 2015 23:09

... (Reviewing? sounds bad for me).
Nah. My grammar is terrible and Obviously there's no other jobs.

To Be Frank, I no write no more.

(Thanks to this website).

jsa005
17 Jan 2015 09:35
In reply to RubyGem1121

Do you consider yourself something of an artist? We could do with some design...

DaChosenUno
16 Jan 2015 14:36

I want in! I'll email you by the end of today!

jsa005
16 Jan 2015 19:23
In reply to DaChosenUno

Awesome!

TacoRocco
16 Jan 2015 04:47

Sounds interesting. I'd like to help, but don't know if I can really commit. Can you provide more information about the actual job itself? I'm sure it is volunteer, but approximately how many articles would we have to contribute each month or how many a year? Are you publishing this magazine for profit?

jsa005
16 Jan 2015 13:03
In reply to TacoRocco

There's not much of a commitment, just contribute what you want. It is a volunteer job. I don't intend to make profit from this, though I might run ads if I move to paid hosting to cover the costs. I might print a few copies of the PDF each month and sign them, maybe as a donation gift? (Donations would be to cover hosting costs and to buy games to review at the start, until Nintendo starts sending us some.)

Monstercat
16 Jan 2015 02:40

Very interesting.

Best of luck.

Star Shadow
16 Jan 2015 00:46

I would recommend a mobile site to reach out to 3DS users. It could help increase traffic. I put m. after that site and I don't know what did I just see but it doesn't look like a mobile site.

jsa005
16 Jan 2015 12:58
In reply to Star Shadow

That's high up on my list, actually.

NONM is hosted on my personal VPS, and I forgot to route *.nonm.co.uk to the NONM website, so you saw the main website, which is my blog. (https://squashua.uk.to/)

AlphaTr1force
15 Jan 2015 21:29

SDKs version of Nintendo Power sounds good to me.

jsa005
16 Jan 2015 12:56
In reply to AlphaTr1force

Pretty much, although it will probably only be loosely linked with SDK, if at all.

Rlad116
15 Jan 2015 18:44

I looked at the preview of the site and it looks good so far

I'd like to help, but I don't have the money to buy any games that are of recent, also seeing as that I don't have a working 3ds right now either. But once I get that fixed I'd like to help.

jsa005
16 Jan 2015 12:55
In reply to Rlad116

Thanks for your offer.

You're welcome to join when you're ready.
You could also do some retro reviews, eg, Virtual Console, NES, GBA, etc. etc.

Rlad116
16 Jan 2015 13:39
In reply to jsa005

Wii perhaps? Maybe even DS or Gameboy Advance... Yeah, I'll do it then, I'll send you an email.

jsa005
16 Jan 2015 19:23
In reply to Rlad116

Any Nintendo system, even Virtual Boy lol

Waffle King
15 Jan 2015 18:03

Thanks for the offer, I'm flattered you immediately thought of me. But I'm not from the UK.

Would I get paid for this? If the pay is decent, I'd even eat crumpets just to fit in.

jsa005
15 Jan 2015 18:28
In reply to Waffle King

Even if you're not from the UK, you can be our American correspondent.

You get paid in imaginary currency.

Waffle King
15 Jan 2015 18:53
In reply to jsa005

Hey, even if it's just free review copies of games, I'm waaaaay in.

jsa005
16 Jan 2015 12:53
In reply to Waffle King

Nintendo said we need a reasonably sized readership before they can send us review copies... Also, idk if they'll send you a copy b/c I'm not registered w/ NoA... Should do that at some point, actually.

Waffle King
16 Jan 2015 16:53
In reply to jsa005

Lol, well regardless, "writing for an Unofficial Nintendo Magazine" sounds a lot better than "writing for a kids' site where they don't like my blogs because I say poop and that's a bad word."

If your magazine features less censorship of my jokes, I'm in.

[color=red]WRITERS NEEDED[/color] for a new digital Nintendo magazine, coming soon!

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