EDITORIAL GUIDELINES:
Wend stories are first person, narrative nonfiction accounts of adventure travel, with a human-powered outdoor recreation bent. Smart, edgy adventure stories for active, environmentally conscious readers, we encourage authors to go on outdoors adventures, and then explore the meaning beyond their experiences on our pages.
Make sure that you have access to photos to accompany your story or access to relevant photographers that we may contact. 35mm slides or negatives are accepted, but must be accompanied with reference prints or contact sheets. Digital resolution of 7 mega-pixels or higher accepted (which means some point-and-shoots work, but a digital SLR is way better). Do not alter or render photos unless otherwise specified.
DEPARTMENTS:
Playground: Celebrating the places where we play. Photo essay showcasing human-powered outdoor adventure activities, with a focus on place. Whether it’s hiking the Continental Divide, ice climbing the Rjukan region of Norway or cycling the Serengeti, this section celebrates the places where we play.
* Photos: 4 – 8
* Writing: Introduction (150 words)
* Payment: $400
* Submit proposal to Playground
Now & Then: Timeless adventure. Historic and current ‘found’ outdoor adventure news. From the 1893 New York Times article claiming cyclists should be governed by the same speed laws as horse-drawn carriages to a mountaineer’s failed attempt to send a tweet from the top of Everest, Now & Then is full of fun, found news you never knew you needed to know. This section is compiled in-house. Do you have an interesting piece of found news?
Wipeout: Welcome to the hurt gawker. Full-page shot of someone eating shit really, really hard.
* Photos: 1
* Writing: Description of the event (150 words)
* Payment: $100
* Submit proposal to Wipeout
Feast: Tales of adventurous gastronomy. From eating snakes, scorpions and sparrows in China to hitting bottom in Mexico’s Tequila Town, Feast stories are first-person narratives exploring some of the world's most fun, frightening, dangerous and downright strange food and drinks.
* Photos: 10
* Writing: Short feature (1,000 – 1,200 words)
* Payment: $400
* Submit proposal to Feast
Snap: Photo diary of outdoor adventure. Whether bikepacking the Rockies, surfing Haiti, trekking Tasmania or diving beneath glaciers in Antarctica, Snap authors use cutting-edge photography to tell the stories of real people (sorry, Lance Armstrong) on extraordinary outdoor adventures.
* Photos: 6 – 20
* Writing: Introduction (350 words)
* Payment: $600
* Submit proposal to Snap
Footprint: Environmental and human impact stories reported from the edge, in a narrative nonfiction style. Whether they are sailing the Atlantic to discover gigantic oceanic garbage patches, ski traversing across the Flathead wilderness to investigate trans-boundary conservation issues, or kayaking a wild river in Laos to gather information that could save local fishing economies there, authors of Footprint stories include their own human-powered outdoor adventure as part of the reporting process.
* Photos: 20
* Writing: Feature story (2,500 - 3,000 words)
* Payment: $1,300
* Submit proposal to Footprint
Wanderlust: Memoir or personal essay exploring the meaning beyond the author’s outdoor adventure experience. From Chelsey Gribbon, who underwent a miscarriage just days before she was to run an adventure race in Patagonia (and ran it anyway) to Eric Larsen, who pushed through 750 miles of mind-numbing white nothingness to reach the South Pole, Wanderlust pieces are both thought provoking and inspirational.
* Photos: 20
* Writing: Feature story (3,000 – 3,500 words)
* Payment: $1,300
* Submit proposal to Wanderlust
Passport: Narrative nonfiction reportage on subjects ranging from history and the natural world to non-timely current events and anthropology. Whether they are trekking the Voodoo Trail in West Africa, canoeing the mostly unknown waters of the Canadian Arctic, or cycling through the mountains of Central Asia to learn about local music, authors of Passport stories include their own human powered outdoor adventure as part of the reporting process.
* Photos: 20
* Writing: Feature story (2,500 - 3,000 words)
* Payment: $1,300
* Submit proposal to Passport
Trailhead: Formative moments from formidable adventurers. First-person personal essay taking a reflective look at an inspirational moment on the author’s road to adventure, written by an established outdoorsperson. We solicit most Trailhead stories, but are open to considering story pitches.
* Photos: 4
* Writing: Short feature (800 words)
* Payment: $400
* Submit proposal to Trailhead
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