Travel Writers Wanted

Do you want to write for Unusual Travel Destinations (UTD)?

Are you a passionate traveller with a tale to tell? It doesn’t matter if you explore faraway places or are an expert of your hometown, province or state, as long as you have insider and first-hand knowledge about a special place.

Travellers are always looking for inspiration, motivation, and information for their next trip, and Unusual Travel Destinations is eager to share the best of it with its readers.

Why should you write for Unusual Travel Destinations?

It's a great way to build up your freelance travel writer portfolio and sharpen your writing skills.
You get great exposure and your name published.
UTD will promote your article through RSS, Twitter, Facebook, Stumbleupon, G+, different travel social networking sites and feature your contribution in the Newsletter.
You'll get valuable incoming links to your own website and/or blog which will help your Google rank.
More traffic to your own website and/or blog.

What kind of stories will get published?

UTD is looking for personal travel stories (been there, done that) - essays, informational articles, and meaty how-to pieces about something a little different, a bit out of the ordinary - preferably stories about off-the-beaten-path adventures, unique roadside attractions, and art environments. Maybe you spent the perfect but somewhat unusual weekend away, took an amazing train trip or attended a unique cultural festival, stayed in a quirky and unusual hotel or even a treehouse and want to write about your experience.
No step-by-step diaries or information that is readily available everywhere.

Writers' Guidelines

Stories between 500 and 1800 words.
Original, exclusive submissions only. No previously published articles please.
Include useful information for readers at the end of your article: Where to find, how to get there, Addresses and URL's, etc.
Photos: not bigger than 800x600px (jpeg) with caption. If the photos are not yours, make sure you have the right to publish them - provide credit and links to the owner of the photos. Don’t send them in a web document, rather as attachment to your email or provide access to your picasa, flickr, smugmug accounts.
Include one photo of yourself together with a little bio to be published at the end of the article. Provide your URL's to your website/blog, twitter, facebook and google profile for back-links.
No affiliate links are accepted.
No advertorials, e.g. PR stories packaged as journalistic pieces.

Author Agreement

You are the author of the submitted article and grant UTD the right to publish and advertise your work.
You retain the copyright of your article. However, if you decide to publish the same article elsewhere on the Internet or on your own website please inform UTD first, and your article will be removed. UTD will only publish original work.
You are responsible for the accuracy of the information provided in your article.
Compensation: At this time submissions will not get paid; you will receive full credit for your article and links to your website/blog, Facebook, Twitter and Google account.
UTD reserves the right to make minor changes to your article (including but not limited to keywords, changing or adding titles and subtitles).
Guidelines and agreement for submissions can change without further notice. Last update: October 2011.

Ideas for an article?
Email UTD via the contact form below.

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