February 1st travel writing pitches
Pitch requests
If you've ever wanted to pitch @BackpackerMag's site, now is a good time—we're actively assigning stories for February and beyond. News, travel, skills, profiles, essays all welcome.
Write about the craft of travel writing for Great Escape Publishing. If you or any of the writers signed up to your newsletter would like to pitch, our guidelines can be found here: https://greatescapepublishing.com/writers-guidelines/
Emil Steven at editors@greatescapepublishing.com
Stuart MaskDonald @travelfish Just a call out, Travelfish is looking for more submissions for the long reads section. In particular it is looking for a writer out of Cambodia & Singapore (As trying to loop around the region). We pay US$750 for 2,500 to 3,500 words, with pics. Gig is freelance. Read full thread here.
Aditya Sharma @aditya_shz Commissioning stories
Shout out to freelance journos, researchers in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan & Sri Lanka for a paid gig.
Accepting story pitches on #HumanRights violations during #COVID19. DM for more info. adnasia.org/demchronicles/
@NewNaratif Calling all contributors! We're open for pitches from Southeast Asia, and especially interested in written stories from Cambodia and audio stories from Malaysia about how marginalised and minority communities are dealing with COVID-19. Pitch us here: newnaratif.com/pitches
Looking for travel writers with knowledge of the Americas, North, Central and South - please DM or email me sophie.lam@inews.co.uk
Open calls to pitch
Hidden Europe seeks pitches on Russia and the Black Sea region. View here.
Adventure.com is back! Read & pitch here.
Explore Mag. View guidelines here.
World Travel magazine. View details here.
Jobs
Branded Video Editor at Matador. View job here.
Seasonal ranger. View job here.
Team Sadler writers. View job here.
UNFPA Social media consultant. View job here.
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