Thank you for your interest in Brave New Traveler. Before you submit your query, please read through the guidelines below.

last revised Jan 4, 2008

What We Publish

If you look at our front page, you’ll see we tend to focus on a few main themes: travel news, interviews, spiritual travel, environmental impact of travel and social responsibility, travel writing and photography tips, and reviews of useful online tools.

These travel topics are generally of a timeless nature, such as how to save for a trip or how to create compelling travel slideshows. We also publish articles of a philosophical nature, such as the inner journey and the search for authenticity.

What We Don’t Publish

This means we do not publish “destination based” travel articles. These articles are narrative in nature, such as “My Trip To Ireland” where the value in the article is entertainment or review of the local restaurants, hotels, etc.

There are many publications for this type of article, but we are not one of them. So basically, ask yourself, is my article speaking to a greater theme in travel? Or is it just about me and the experiences I had?

If in doubt, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Length Of Articles

Given the fact that blog readers are inclined to favour shorter posts, we generally limit the length of an article between 800-1100 words.

In certain cases, we will go shorter or longer, but most long articles can usually be cut down with a tighter focus on the topic at hand.

Editing

Your article, no matter how amazing, will likely be edited in some way. We do this for brevity, focus, and to generally smooth out the article.

Your title may also be changed to reflect a more compelling description of the content, and to target any keywords for the search engines. Please don’t take it personally. I’m sure your title is great as well, it’s just we want to maximize the amount of readers that will find and love your great content.

Payment

We pay $25 per original published article.

What is an original published article? It’s an article that is not published anywhere else (including your own blog). This is important for a variety of reasons, but mostly to avoid search engine confusion.

Reprinted articles will remain unpaid, since the reward for an article reprint is usually wider author visibility and traffic sent to their own blogs/websites.

Payments are made through Paypal. NO EXCEPTIONS.

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