Pitches wanted (motorcycle travel, Texas and nearby) | $125 to $400 per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: RIDE TEXAS

Deadline: 15 January 2024

Julie Nordskog, Women's Editor at Ride Texas, is looking for pitches:

Ride Texas, a quarterly print and digital motorcycle magazine, is accepting pitches on an ongoing basis. Our readers and writers ride motorcycles in Texas and surrounding states.

At this time, we’re looking especially for unbiased gear reviews, restaurant reviews, and motorcycle industry trends. The Spring 2024 issue will feature the total solar eclipse, related events, and Texas Hill Country lodging.

The pitch deadline for our Spring issue is January 15, 2024 (for publication mid-February). Writers may request a sample digital magazine from squirrel@ ridetexas.com.

Ride Texas pays $125 to $400 per print article, depending on length and depth of research. Blog posts pay $75 for an estimated 500- to 700-word post. Please note that no articles will be accepted without photographs. (Quality smart phone photographs will be considered.)

Please send pitches to squirrel@ridetexas.com

CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):

• Questions/submissions: squirrel@ridetexas.com
• Website: https://www.ridetexas.com/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Ride Texas is a motorcycle-travel guide covering Texas and nearby states. The emphasis is on providing readers with relevant content that they can use for trip planning. The publication uses conversational storytelling to take readers along for joutneys on back roads and o undiscovered destinations that make for exciting weekend trips.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Features, Blogs
• Review the submission guidelines here. Note that these are the publication's general guidelines to help you refine your pitch. You must still follow the editor's specific instructions above.
• Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook and at SuccessfulPitches.com.
• Do not forget to end your pitch with (1) a short introduction about yourself; (2) a few lines highlighting your writing experience, relevant credentials and publication credits; and (3) links to your strongest work or portfolio, and online profile.

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