Travel + Leisure

http://www.travelandleisure.com/

If you'd like to pitch a story to Travel + Leisure magazine, please first review the writers' guidelines below, thenclick here to send a query.

Travel + Leisure is published monthly has a ratebase of 950,000—including subscribers & newsstand buyers. Our readers are sophisticated, active travelers who look to us for planning both pleasure and business trips.

About 95 percent of the magazine is written by freelance writers on assignment . Every assignment is confirmed by a contract. We pay upon acceptance of the article. Neither editors nor contributors may accept free travel.

How to Proceed:
Look at several issues of the magazine and become familiar with the types of articles published in the various sections.

Please note that a place is not an idea, and that editors are looking for a compelling reason to assign an article: a specific angle, news that makes the subject fresh, a writer's enthusiasm for and familiarity with the topic.

Service information is important to every destination article: when to go, how to get there, where to stay, where to eat, what to see and do. The reader must be able to follow in the author's footsteps, and the articles are scheduled with that in mind.

Please do not telephone us about story proposals. Instead send a query letter that briefly outline the ideas (no more than three at once) being proposed. Please enclose recent clips of your work and a SASE. Query letters can also be sent by filling out the form here. In most cases, these queries will receive the fastest responses.

It is rare that we will assign a feature article to a writer with whom we have not worked. The best section to start with are those in the front of the magazine.

PHOTOGRAPHY SUBMISSIONS

Photography portfolios may be sent to:

Travel + Leisure Magazine
Photo Deptartment
1120 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10036
212-382-5600

If mailing a portfolio, include a self-addressed stamped package for its safe return. You may also send it by messenger Monday through Friday between 11 A.M. and 5 P.M. We accept work in book form exclusively—no transparencies, loose prints, nor scans on cd, disk or email. Send Xerox copies or photo prints, not originals, as we are not responsible for lost or damaged images in unsolicited portfolios. We do not meet with photographers if we haven't seen their book. However, please include a promo card in your portfolio with contact information, so we may get in touch with you if necessary.

If you are sending a messenger to retrieve your portfolio, please call ahead to notify us, and send him to the building's loading dock on 43rd Street. If you are coming personally, you do not need to call ahead. Simply come to the 10th Floor reception area at Travel + Leisure Monday through Friday between 11 A.M. and 5 P.M. and the receptionist will notify the Photo Department to bring out your book. You may also get this information by calling 212-382-5856. Thank you.

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Rich Beattie

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Adrien Glover

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Ann Shields, Kate Appleton

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