The Flourishing Creator

Welcome to the Friday Freebie Five, a new weekly feature on Dream of Travel Writing’s Six Figure Travel Writer blog.

Each week, we comb our Travel Magazine Database to bring you five magazine sections open to freelancers around a theme–front-of-book trend pieces, long-form first-person features, short narrative postcards–to inspire your pitches.

Hemispheres

“Navigator” is made up of about 10 articles written by different contributors which cover art, culture, food, people, and travel topics in United destinations worldwide. Articles range from 200 to 500 words and are written in third person. Quotes are sometimes used from relevant people, such as business owners or locals. Articles often describe a newly opened hotel, attraction or show or give travel recommendations to the reader. The articles change with each issue, although “The Meal,” “The Stay,” “The Drink,” “The Vintage,” “The Detail,” and “The ‘Hood” are seen frequently. “The Meal” describes what goes into a different dish in a new restaurant. “The Stay” describes a newly opened hotel covering the décor, amenities and food. “The Drink” covers new drinks and cocktails and “The Vintage” describes a particular bottle of wine. “The ‘Hood” rounds up about six recommendations from local business owners for things to do in a different city each issue. There are usually about three further articles which change with each issue. These could cover, newly opened bars, museums, a quirky attraction or a trend, for example. Recent examples from “Navigator” include “Solitary Contentment,” describing the Àni Dominican Republic resort, “Old Dog, New Tricks,” covering Deep Dog, a new gastrobar in Seattle, and how they make their signature hot dog, and “Swim With an Olympian,” covering the latest offering from the Palace Hotel Tokyo where guests can book a swimming lesson with an Olympic swimmer.

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Welcome to the Friday Freebie Five, a new weekly feature on Dream of Travel Writing’s Six Figure Travel Writer blog.

Each week, we comb our Travel Magazine Database to bring you five magazine sections open to freelancers around a theme–front-of-book trend pieces, long-form first-person features, short narrative postcards–to inspire your pitches.

Wingspan

“Double Take” is a 400-to-500-word article that explores bicultural life in Japan. It’s written in first person, usually by an expatriate living in Japan, and frequently centers around one specific encounter that showcases the intersection of two cultures. For example, one recent article discussed what it was like to receive the kairan — or “neighborhood circular” — as a foreigner. In this story, the writer described feeling pressure to circulate the kairan around her neighborhood, despite lacking Japanese fluency. Like many “Double Take” articles, the writer incorporated scenes, dialogue, personal narration, and frequent Japanese terminology throughout the piece. Other past articles discussed a Japanese-American couple that disagreed on the importance of sugar, a mother who helped her son use Japanese ferments for a science experiment, and an expat family who chose to raise their kids in Japan. Text is accompanied by original artwork. There are no images or sidebars.

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In the two years since we began running regular one-hour travel writing classes, we’ve covered more than 80 topics, including:

• how to land free trips
• how to get paid really, really well for your writing
• how to get on magazine editors’ good sides
• how to navigate every step of the process to land travel content marketing work, including phone calls and proposals
• how to keep your hourly rate down so your bank account goes up
• how to get work done on the road
• how to write, step-by-step, 15 different types of travel articles
• how to land guidebook and other traditional publishing deals

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But we also air a free replay of one of our travel writing classes each and every weekday.

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Welcome to the Friday Freebie Five, a new weekly feature on Dream of Travel Writing’s Six Figure Travel Writer blog.

Each week, we comb our Travel Magazine Database to bring you five magazine sections open to freelancers around a theme–front-of-book trend pieces, long-form first-person features, short narrative postcards–to inspire your pitches.

Whisky Advocate

“48 Hours” is a two-day itinerary to a different city, usually on in the U.S. These articles run from 1,000 to 2,000 words long and, after a short introduction, are divided into “Day 1” and “Day 2.” Recommendations are found within the second-person article and often include distilleries, breweries, bars, restaurants and the occasional café, museum or attraction. There’s a sidebar at the end of the piece which rounds up places mentioned in the piece giving the name and website for each. A few more recommendations may be included here such as a shop, tour, hotel, or further bar or restaurant. Destinations recently covered include Kansas City, Missouri; Nashville, Tennessee; and Tucson, Arizona.

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Welcome to the Friday Freebie Five, a new weekly feature on Dream of Travel Writing’s Six Figure Travel Writer blog.

Each week, we comb our Travel Magazine Database to bring you five magazine sections open to freelancers around a theme–front-of-book trend pieces, long-form first-person features, short narrative postcards–to inspire your pitches.

Australian Traveller

“Rewind” covers the history of an Australian company in about 500 words. In third person, the article goes into detail about the company’s past covering how it started, evolved and changed over time. These can be companies that have since gone out of business or ones still operating today, but usually they have had large significance to Australians at some point. Quotes from owners can sometimes be found, especially if the business is still operating. There is sometimes a news peg, such as an anniversary, and often important or memorable events in the company’s story are outlined. Further details are sometimes included at the end of the article such as the website and any event information if the company is still around. Recent examples include “Sun Never Sets,” which details the history of Sun Pictures, an open-air movie theater in Broome for its 100-year anniversary, “Cobb & Co: The History of Coach Class,” covering the transport service Cobb & Co who began transporting Australians via horse and cart in 1853, and “Ice Cream Evolution: Streets’ Summertime Legacy,” covering the ice cream company Streets, who also launched Australia’s first individual frozen treat, the Paddle Pop.

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