Writer Submission Guidelines

Startbackpacking.com is always looking for new material – both travel essays about your experiences and tips, advice, or how-to articles. Below you will find some very simple guidlines, articles that don’t meet them most likely end up in the recycle bin.

DO NOT send any document in Microsoft DOCX (office 2003) format. It will be ignored!
Try to keep articles under 1000 words or split it into two pieces.
Please, please make sure your article is free of spelling and grammar mistakes!!
Supporting photos for your story would be great, just send one or two if you have them.
Pieces do not have to be exclusive – no problem if it has already been published elsewhere on the web.
Once an article or story is published, the content belongs to Startbackpacking.com. Do not ask us to remove it.
Linking or plugging your website and blog inside the article are perfectly fine

If you are published:

If your article is chosen to be published, please provide a small headshot image and brief bio about yourself. Anything fun!
You will be asked to join the forums in case there are questions or comments about your work
Promote away! Adding your article to StumbleUpon, Digg, Facebook, and others helps both of us!

The call for articles on the forums is where we post needed content, most requests pay US $10 for beer money and may include ad revenue sharing, making your earning potential unlimited.

This is a great opportunity to get your name out there, establish some backlinks to your website, and get content in front of readers.

Email your stories to: editor@startbackpacking.com