Community News Submission Guidelines

Mandala’s weekly Community News blog posts share stories from the international community of FPMT centers, projects, services, and study groups, and updates on His Holiness the Dalai Lama, FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and other FPMT lamas and teachers.

Mandala staff welcome story submissions from FPMT centers, projects, services, study groups, and FPMT registered teachers for publication in our FPMT News.

Story submission guidelines [updated January 2020]:

• • Stories should be submitted to Mandala staff by a staff member or volunteer authorized to engage in publicity activities on the center, project, service, or study group’s behalf.
     
  • Stories should be 300-700 words long and should be focused on recent inspiring events, accomplishments, and activities at the center, project, service, or study group. Examples can be seen on the FPMT blog. Please respect the word count. 
     
  • Please submit 3-5 photos that are high resolution, in focus, and well-lit (minimum 960 pixels in width). Please submit your photos by emailing them directly to Mandala staff as email attachments or by hosting your photos on a third-party site like Google Drive. Please chose your best photos. 
     
  • If there is a video to include in the blog post then the video should be hosted on a YouTube or Vimeo channel created by the center, project, service, or study group. Please submit the link to the YouTube or Vimeo video.
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  • All stories submitted will be edited to U.S. spelling, grammar, and usage standards. We will also edit for clarity, concision, and consistency with all other FPMT International Office editorial practices. 
    

These materials should be submitted to Mandala staff by email. Please contact Mandala staff, asking for the submission email address.

For other submissions to Mandala, please refer to About Mandala Publications.

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