Over 50+ online travel magazines that are looking for your new material.
As editor of this magazine, I often receive submissions that fall into the travel narrative category.
This is everything from “My Trip To Ireland” to “Explore Sunny Greece” type travelogues and reviews.
Some of these submissions are quite good, while some are forgettable. But neither are the type of articles I publish here at Brave New Traveler.
Instead, we opt for the news, views, and editorial type articles that discuss the nature of travel - and everything that comes along with it.
Inevitably, this means I must reject many of the hopeful writers that send in their work. Luckily, there are a plethora of other travel magazines that ARE interested in these types of travel writing.
I’ve collected the first 50 travel magazines that I’ve discovered in this handy list.
Feel free to bookmark it, add to delicious or digg it, or forward to your travel writing friends to help spread the word. Enjoy!
- Tales of Asia
- Intrepid Travel
- Dreamscapes
- Granta
- Escape Artist
- Get Lost
- Outpost
- Outside
- Travel Africa
- The Travel Junkie
- Explore
- 21st Century Adventures
- Culture Connect
- Glimpse Abroad
- Tango Diva
- Pology
- Student Traveler
- The Travel Magazine
- Perceptive Travel
- Transitions Abroad
- Travel Magazine UK
- Lovetripper
- Inside Out Travel
- Travel Mag
- Go World Travel
- Meander
- Travel Lady
- Restless Me
- Cultural Survival
- Literary Traveler
- Stellar Magazine
- Far Flung
- Travel World
- In The Know Traveler
- Journey Woman
- Verge
- Latitudes
- Common Language Project
- Destination Elsewhere
- Third World Traveler
- Backpacker
- Wend Magazine
- Cognoscenti
- Greatest Escapes
- Hackwriters
- National Geographic Traveler
- RoadJunky
- So Go Now
- Travel Classics
- Travel With A Challenge
- Traveling Stories
- Matador Travel
- Roadtrip Magazine
- World Hum
- In Travel Magazine
- Wave Journey
- Backpacker Essentials
- Go Nomad
Do you know anymore that aren’t on the list? Put a link in the comments and I’ll add it above.
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thanks Tim, glad you find the list useful. hopefully some readers of BNT can get published with a few of them!
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Our sites have very similar themes. Perhaps we can review each other’s sites, exchange RSS subscriptions (already subscribed to yours), add each other to the Blogrolls and make an exchange Technorati vote.
Cheers, Cole
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This list is an excellent resource for any travel writer.
I am the editor of an online travel magazine which is accepting story submissions for any wild and crazy travel stories, so feel free to drop by.
good luck with BNT,
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Great post Ian!!
I but when you say that they accept travel stories do you mean they are worthless?
Enrico
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hi enrico - worthless? not at all. i simply mean they publish travel articles that are narrative in nature. many of them pay for submissions as well.
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Ian - Thanks for the great resource! I’ll be putting it to good use (hopefully soon!). Do you know if they are all paying publications?
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Hey, just stumbled this post. I find BNT better each time I read it. Nice job.
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Ian,
Way to lay out the vision of BNT and to offer these great markets. I wanted to mention http://www.matadortravel.com as well as a place for writers shopping their narratives.
Looking forward to continued good things at BNT.
David Miller
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thanks all for the great comments and links. i’ll update the list as more and more come in.
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We also accept articles at Road Trip! Magazine — http://www.RoadTripMagazine.com
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Thanks for this. It’s helpful. One oversight is WorldHum, which was recently acquired by the Travel Channel. And they pay!
Which brings me to another suggestion: a list of travel pubs that pay.
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At the risk of sounding like That Girl, I do suggest taking Tango Diva with a grain of salt. I’ve had loads of communication issues with them in the past which has prevented me from submitting. They’re a small site which most likely explains the better part of it, however the person with whom I was in contact there was less interested in helping with the tech issue as she was interested in getting me to come to a book signing.
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Most excellent list. Thank you so much. Paying mags and publications are esp. great to know about.
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Great list. This is a wonderful resource for travel writers, especially writers like me who write travel narrative pieces. Thanks for posting. I’d like to add GoNomad.com to the list. I’ve written for them in the past, and they even pay!
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Great list! BUT -and I realize this is a great, big, hairy butt- is there any chance these sites could be clarified, qualified, and explained a little bit more? Do they pay? Do they publish freelancers? Simultanous Submissions? Print vs. web? HOW do you get published in them, etc etc. Books like Writer’s Market and sites like Duotrope have this sort of info and it’s extremely helpful for the beginning travel writer. I realize this is a lot to ask for, so may if not here, some where else? Thanks!
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Chris LaRoche — why don’t you do an article and supply all this information?
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Iris Harrison- Looking into it! More of a wiki than an article, though. Want to help out?
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This is not a travel “magazine.” But I was really excited to run into this - Lonely Planet is looking for freelancers! http://www.lonelyplanet.com/jobs/becomeauthor.cfm. Good luck everyone! And Ian, good job!!
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Hi Ian,
Thanks for doing all the work for us! Good to see so many opportunities out there for travel writers.
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Thanks for this Ian. Most helpful. I looked at all the links myself and they are all over the map in terms of who pays, who doesn’t (but provides a link back to your site) and a combination of both. It would be difficult to sort out as Chris LaRoche recommended.
Anyhoo, I’m writing to suggest my site which publishes travel articles by women. The link is: http://www.WanderlustAndLipstick.com/Wander-Tales.
Beth
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Hi there - useful list and I like the site. I’m the editor of a print Australian travel magazine, Backpacker Essentials, which has an accompanying website with over 1500 budget travel related items so you might like to check it out and maybe add it.
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Great site!
I’m the editor for WAVE Journey.com - Women’s Adventures, Vacations & Experiences ~ Your Journey Starts Here!WAVE Journey.com is accepting travel stories, articles and tips - primary focus is towards women travelers. Readers can email me for writers guidelines and we welcome all enquiries.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers!
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Loved reading Barve New Traveler and now suscribe. We are always looking for new pieces at GoNOMAD.com
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Hi there,
What a wonderfully useful list - thank you for putting it “out there”. We at SoMuchWorld.com are also on the look-out for travel writers. I’ve also produced a free e-book on behalf of the site - it may be of interest to your readers. You may download it at: http://travel-writers.info/travel_writing
Cheers
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very interesting indeed, thanks Tim
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Thanks. I travel a lot but have never written about it except in my journals. Your tips and advice have helped me see possibilities. Prost!
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Great site!
Thanks Ian for the list, it was a great idea.
I’m the editor of TavellersBook online Magazine.
We’re always looking for writers!
We accept articles, blogs, travel stories…. Readers,feel free to contact us.
http://www.travellersbook.net/index.php
CheersGabi
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Here’s a new travel ‘zine, a new site for new writers.
TRAVEL THRU HISTORY http://www.travelthruhistory.comWe publish stories focused on archaeology/history; art/literary trips; culture/ exotic adventures/ travel memoirs.
Please refer to our submission guidelines.
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http://www.thetravelrag.com is an Australian one that has some great stuff and is always looking for new submissions.
Liv
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You are a great source for writers, thank you!
I just found a great new site on food and travel - its actually a link on
http://www.chefswithoutfrontiersthey are looking for contributing writers - another great way to get exposure
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Hi,
Just read your post about the “other websites” that accept articles. I would like toadd http://www.StrictlyrRockyMountain.com/ with articles and information covering
the Rocky Mountain area of the United States.
Thanks - Lee
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another site, featuring travel stories and book, film and music suggestions - http://www.beatenpaths.netcheersanil
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I travel alot with my children. We are on a trip right now (Kansas) and are taking a trip within a trip this weekend(Chicago). Which magazines would be the best for submitting articles about traveling with children?
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I'm interested in travel blogs written by women — women living in a new country who are able to offer advice to other women travelling to that destination. Websites: hermail.net and journeywoman.com
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Cheers Ian, nice work. Is it possible to add http://www.2camels.com to the list. It accepts articles on festivals and events from all over the world.
Paul
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Thanks for this cool resource. You could make it even cooler by putting some pay guidelines right next to each link, e.g., * = up to $50 per article, ** = 51 to $300, *** = $300 and above.
My own travel mag, Global Travel Review, at http://www.frugalfun.com/travel.html, seeks offbeat destination, travel how-to, and travel food pieces. Not a paying market, but the site as a whole gets over 50,000 visitors a month (if only I could convert that traffic to revenue, I'd be delighted to pay writers).
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How about http://www.TheExpeditioner.com?
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Thanks for the information - invaluable. Please add Pathfinders Travel Magazine http://www.pathfinderstravel.com/
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Odyssey Couleur is another travel magazine http://www.odysseymc.com/couleur.html
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What would actually be more helpful than listing pay here is a brief description of the type of articles being published. Then you could scope out the ones you think suits your writing and check about pay on the site.
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I think listing them as lowpay, professional pay and no pay would be very useful to professional writers so we don't have to spend ages trawling through the sites trying to find one that pays. also direct links to the guidelines would be much better. It's a great idea, but some of these sites, like The Travel Magazine in the UK, don't have any info at all on contributing… Thanks!
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The absolutley best travel amgazine, written 99% by real travelers for consumption by real travellers, is ITN News (International Travel News), in letter-sized newsprint B&W format, in it's 35th year - http://www.intltravelnews.com/
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We invite travel story queries at our new mag, http://www.adventuress-travel-magazine.com, a pub for boomer women. “Women over 50 doing fun things!”
We look for writing in a more personal blog-style than news release style, accompanied by good photos (at least one showing the writer on site.)
Thanks for the opportunity to spread the word.
Carolyn Hamilton Proctor
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Hi Ian, I am looking to publish my stories of being an ex-pat. I don’t know if that falls into the “travel” category or not - Could you tell me if the magazines you listed also print stories related to ex-pat’s?
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Thanks IAN: I used your vauable info to get photo assignments for my Waler Evans “photo safari” to hale County, Alabama= keep up the informative work..
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thank you so much for this list! it’s awesome. but http://polosbastards.com/pb/ is another really interesting, definitly not your every day travel blog.
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hi. I guess that this list needs to be updated?
At least take some away; destiantionelsewhere seem to have ceased..
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