F95Zone Launches Write For Us Gaming Program for New Contributors

F95Zone, a gaming community and publication, has launched a new Write For Us Gaming program aimed at inviting new writers to contribute mods, tips, and game guides. The program, which is designed to be more approachable than typical write-for-pay schemes, emphasizes that contributors do not need a portfolio, a large social following, or perfect English. Instead, the editorial team is looking for writers who can explain how they fixed a stutter, planned a better farm layout, or installed a mod without wrecking a save file.

According to the site, the guides people bookmark tend to come from someone who got stuck on a boss, a crash, or a broken mod setup, worked out the fix, and realized the next player would hit the same wall. This instinct, rather than a portfolio or a large social following, is what the program looks for. The site has outlined three main lanes for new contributors: mods and customization, tips and fixes, and game guides and walkthroughs. Writers can browse F95Zone's Guides & Tutorials and Mods & Customization sections to see the tone and depth the editors expect, and to avoid pitching a topic the site has already covered.

The process for submitting a pitch is straightforward. Editors review each pitch within three to five business days and provide feedback, even when an idea is not quite ready. Approved writers draft their guide in a Google Doc, work through at least one round of edits with an editor, and typically see the finished piece published within 48 hours of final approval, complete with a byline and author bio.

F95Zone recommends keeping the pitch short and specific, including one to three working title ideas, the lane the idea belongs to, why the writer is the right person for it, who the guide helps, and links to past writing, or a note that this would be a first published piece. The site’s editorial standards are clear: articles start at 800 words, with most guides landing between 1,200 and 2,000 words, and every piece must be original and exclusive to the site. AI tools are acceptable for spell checks, outlines, and brainstorming, but the playtime, the steps, and the opinions have to come from the writer, and every fact must be checked before submission.

The site does not publish cheats or exploits for online multiplayer games, adult material, copied or unreviewed AI text, or articles that exist only to carry a backlink. The full rules sit in the F95Zone editorial policy, and writers who focus on hardware, software, or AI rather than gameplay are pointed to the separate Write For Us Tech program.

First-time writers are encouraged to start small: one game, one problem, one clear fix. The contributor page includes ready-made pitch ideas, such as a beginner's look at the first ten hours of Terraria or a roundup of RimWorld mods that soften the early game, along with writing tips for new contributors and a copy-ready pitch email template. The F95Zone team replies to every message within 24 to 48 hours. Players who want to test an idea before pitching can also ask around in the F95Zone forum, where a question that keeps coming up is often a guide waiting to be written.