Freelance writing, Explore Canada, pays $1500 minimum

THE EXPLORATA NEWS SECTION (100 to 600 words) reports on expeditions, competitions, trends, destinations, environmental issues, recreational controversies, weird new gear items, humorous spins on outdoor news items, and up-and-coming outdoor athletes and adventurers of interest to a national readership. Writers new to explore should consider Explorata the best section to break into.

OUR IN-DEPTH FEATURES (2,500 to 5,000 words) include a mix of first-person adventure stories, investigative journalism, profiles of Canadian adventurers and events, and special guides to Canadian destinations. We receive many submissions describing personal adventures but only publish a very few. Our first-person features are assigned to experienced magazine journalists and must deliver an original, engaging, multi-layered story about an outdoor journey of exceptional interest; we’re not looking for travelogues or trip journals. Payment depends on quality and length, and ranges from $1,500 upwards.

ALL WRITERS ARE ENCOURAGED to read back issues of the magazine and then send a detailed one-page query that identifies why the story suits explore, what section of the magazine it fits, and why you are the writer best able to deliver the story. Writers are welcome to send stories on spec but are advised to query first.

EMAILED SUBMISSIONS are preferable to mail. (If emailing sample images, please send only low-res JPEGs.) If you mail a first-time submission, send clippings and a self-addressed envelope with return postage. Don’t forget to include a daytime telephone number.
OUR MAILING ADDRESS is explore: Canada’s Outdoor Magazine, 54 St. Patrick Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1V1. Email submissions to explore@explore-mag.com
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