Text requirements

Dear authors! We are confident that you write the best works in the world; however, please be sure to check this list before publishing. It will help us all avoid legal trouble. Remember: content that violates these rules is subject to immediate removal without warning, and the author is subject to a permanent ban.

1. It is strictly forbidden to publish works on the Okno v Miry website containing:

— sexual content involving minors, any sexualization of minors, presenting adult-child relationships as normal, romanticizing pedophilia, calls to lower the age of consent, including drawings on this subject, comics, "cartoon" images, and texts describing such acts. This is a serious crime: the content is removed without warning, the author is banned indefinitely, and the data is reported to the Hong Kong Police.

— books in the slash and femslash genres, as well as books where LGBT themes, non-traditional sexual preferences, child-free lifestyles, or gender reassignment are presented with a positive attitude (approval, advocacy, calls to action) and/or serve as the basis of the plot. This is an editorial requirement for the content on the platform; it does not limit the rights of users based on gender, race, disability, family status, or sexual orientation, which are protected by Hong Kong anti-discrimination ordinances (Cap. 480, Cap. 487, Cap. 527, Cap. 602).

— incitement to hatred based on race, nationality, religion, gender, or sexual orientation; justification of genocide, denial of terrorist acts.

— calls for violence, terrorism, and mass murder, instructions for manufacturing weapons, explosives, and poisons, "get-rich-quick" schemes, and pyramid schemes.

— politics, especially involving threats to national security, calls for secession, undermining state power, terrorism, etc.

— heavy, graphic scenes of violence against people, children, and animals are not welcome on the site, including the promotion of animal cruelty and support for animal abuse, including videos and descriptions of the torture of animals and birds.

— promotion of drugs, descriptions of "pleasant" effects, instructions for manufacturing or use, and advertising of prohibited substances.

— pornography, texts created solely for the purpose of demonstrating sexual acts, without any plot or artistic objective.

— promotion of prostitution and sexual services, human trafficking, slavery, and forced labor, including the promotion of such practices, and the combination of erotica with cruelty, torture, and dismemberment.

— plagiarism, meaning texts and images belonging to others; covers with third-party logos and watermarks.

— translation of a work without the original author’s permission and without coordination with the administration.

— works created entirely or partially with the help of artificial intelligence. Our platform, Okno v Miry, was created for authors, not for prompt operators. If the administration has reason to believe that a text was created using AI, it reserves the right to request the author's workflow (drafts, notes, edits) and to unpublish the work until your authorship is confirmed. Machine translation of foreign text performed by a neural network is equated to the publication of AI content.

— content that may lead to the incitement of conflict between users and harassment.

— instructions for bypassing account blocks, ignore lists, and moderation systems, links to third-party literary platforms, pirate sites, and torrent trackers, instructions for bypassing security, and calls to download content illegally.

— materials that promote, advertise, or express support for any organization officially banned by the Hong Kong authorities under national security laws. We will not list them — just do not do this for your own safety.

2. Mandatory 18+ Labeling

The "18+" status must be set in the work's settings before publication if the text contains: — explicit scenes that serve to develop the plot and character arcs, scenes of sexual violence or coercion, but without detailed naturalistic descriptions of sexual acts; — explicit language and physiological details; — any information not intended for users under the age of 18; — mentions of LGBT or voluntary gender transition presented in a neutral or negative way that are not central to the plot and do not contain approval, calls to action, or propaganda. The fact of inhabiting the body of the opposite sex or plot-justified concealment of gender does not fall under this rule.

3. Covers and images

When creating a cover or any illustrations, follow these rules: — use only images for which you have the rights. These can be your own works, images with a license that permits commercial use, or public domain materials.

— you may not use other people's images without the copyright holder's permission. This applies to images from the internet, scans, and covers created by others.

— you may not use images of people without their consent. Especially if these are real people, and their depiction may violate their rights (Personal Data Regulation (Personal Privacy), Cap. 486).

— the cover must not contain third-party logos, watermarks, or trademarks. This misleads the reader and violates the rights of third parties.

— the cover must correspond to the book's content and must not mislead the reader. It should not promise things that are not in the book.

— the image must not promote prohibited content (violence, drugs, hate speech, etc.) — the same rules apply as for the texts.

Friends! We are counting on your common sense — on the fact that you yourself understand the difference between boldness and provocation, between frankness and filth, between creativity and the mindless use of neural networks.

Our editorial team believes in you and your talent. We created this platform so that your stories could find readers all over the world. But along with opportunities comes responsibility: read the rules, respect the law, respect each other and your readers. Create boldly — and wisely. We are here for you.

Your team at Okno v Miry