Some good leads have been posted recently on the BnA Travel Writing Forum, and Court started a new Leads string last week. Here are some highlights I’ve noticed:

1) Call for Writers for Greenline Travel Publications, specifically looking for writers living in Amsterdam, Hong Kong and London for their Fun Seekers Series.

2) American Way Magazine is running a Road Warrior contest requiring three essay questions which involve describing: your ultimate work space (no matter where you are), your favorite home coming and the meal you can’t live without when you are on the road.

3) Hidden Europe Magazine is a fairly new bi-monthly published by two female travelers. This recent post by Hidden Europe editor Nicky Gardner gives some insight into what and how to submit to the publication. The third issue of Hidden Europe was available beginning July 1.

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  1. As we see that our magazine features in Kelly’s useful posting yesterday, we thought it worth adding a few words to encourage would-be contributors to hidden europe magazine.

    hidden europe magazine is always interested in hearing from writers who have an interest in contributing to our magazine. We invite those with a possible interest first of all to familiarise themselves with hidden europe. You can check out our website at http://www.hiddeneurope.co.uk, but this is no substitute for browsing our latest issue or a back issue. Single issues can be purchased through our online shop.

    We certainly don’t require that those who write for us are already established travel writers. Of course we warmly welcome submissions from those with a long list of published credits to their name, but we know all too well there are many folk like us who have travelled enormously and who would love to see one or two of their pieces in print.

    So… how to get started? Once you are ready to submit, we would ideally like the following from you:

    1. Two or three pieces you have already written, just that we can get an idea of your style (or the range of styles which you use). It matters no one iota to us whether these examples are published or unpublished, but if they have already appeared in print, we would be interested in knowing where and when.

    2. The opening section (circa 100 words) of an article you would like to submit for hidden europe, followed by a summary of how the piece will develop. Your summary should indicate the scale and scope of the piece, its estimated final length, and the availability of photographs or other images. Material submitted for publication must be previously unpublished

    3. Optionally, you may also want to include two or three summaries of other possible articles for hidden europe. These optional summaries need not be long: three or four sentences will suffice. It is always helpful to us to know the range of an author’s interests.

    Material can be sent to us by e-mail (to editors@hiddeneurope.co.uk) or by regular mail to

    Susanne Kries and Nicky Gardner
    hidden europe magazine
    Geraer Strasse 14 – c
    D – 12209 BERLIN / Lichterfelde
    Germany

    We reply to all submissions, but please be patient if it takes a while for us to get back to you. Often more than one person will read your material, and that can take time. But if you have not heard from us within a month of submitting material, it does no harm to chase us up with a quick e-mail.

    Where we find an idea appealing, we will liaise with the author over the details of their submission, and provide a detailed ‘Note for Contributors’.

    The first step, though, and one which sadly many overlook, is to make sure that you really are familiar with what already appears in hidden europe. We specialise in Europe’s unsung spots, or on lesser known aspects of familiar territory. Where we take in a well known destination, you can be assured we will take a quirky or unusual perspective on it. And we try to be genuinely Europe-wide in our coverage. Our current issue spans the continent, with reports from an Arctic island, Georgia, Andalucia, northern Greece. And our readers are also far flung. That’s important for writers to keep in mind.

    At its best, hidden europe is above all ‘good writing’, prose that evokes a sense of landscape and spirit of place, texts that probe the rich diversity of peoples and cultures that make up modern Europe. And everything is hidden europe should be impeccably researched. We write for a wide audience, but we hope and expect that contributors will be absolutely up to speed on topical issues that affect everyday life in the regions about which they write. That is the sort of experience that usually demands more than a quick visit.

    We look forward to receiving submissions, and if you have an idea you would like to run past us prior to submitting material, feel free to contact us. All the contact details are on our home page.

    Nicky Gardner & Susanne Kries
    hidden europe magazine
    editors@hiddeneurope.co.uk

  2. Wow! Nicky and Susanne, thanks for including all the necessary info writers will need to submit to your publication. And sorry I didn’t go straight to the source myself first, I could have included some of this in my post. I hope some WR readers are encouraged by your detailed guidelines. Here’s looking to issue #4!

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