Tuesday, April 29th 2025
Trails is a quarterly, print-only magazine for “the backpacking and trail community.” They cover backpacking and other human or naturally-powered means of sleeping outdoors e.g. bikepacking, canoe camping, and even rafting or mountaineering. They’re accepting pitches for their Hiker Box newsletter. They pay at least $0.50/word. If interested, direct your pitches to ryan@trailsmag.net. For details, refer to their post and this page.
Sunday, February 16th 2025
Trails is a quarterly, print-only magazine for “the backpacking and trail community.” They cover backpacking and other human or naturally-powered means of sleeping outdoors e.g. bikepacking, canoe camping, and even rafting or mountaineering. They’re seeking backpacking food pitches. Alignment with their threads of “efficiency” and “connection” is great, but not critical. They pay at least $0.50/word. If interested, email your pitches to stasia@trailsmag.net. To learn more, refer to their post and this page.
Tuesday, January 28th 2025
Trails is a quarterly, print-only magazine for “the backpacking and trail community.” They cover backpacking and other human or naturally-powered means of sleeping outdoors e.g. bikepacking, canoe camping, and even rafting or mountaineering. They’re seeking pitches for Issues 10 and 11. They give each issue a "thread":
- Issue 10: Efficiency (Deadlines: February and March)
- Issue 11: Connection (Deadlines: May)
Please note that they primarily focus on North America. They pay at least $0.50 per word. If interested, send your pitches to ryan@trailsmag.net. To learn more, refer to their founding editor’s post and this page.
Tuesday, May 28th 2024
Trails is a quarterly, print-only magazine for “the backpacking and trail community.” They cover backpacking and other human or naturally-powered means of sleeping outdoors e.g. bikepacking, canoe camping, and even rafting or mountaineering. They’re always open to pitches. They pay at least $0.50 per word. For more information, refer to their founding editor’s post and their contributor information page.
Friday, September 1st 2023
Trails is a quarterly, print-only magazine for “the backpacking and trail community.” They cover backpacking and other human or naturally-powered means of sleeping outdoors e.g. bikepacking, canoe camping, and even rafting or mountaineering. They’re always accepting pitches. They’re currently focusing on Issues Five and Six. They pay writers at least $0.50 a word. To learn more, refer to their founding editor’s post and their contributor information page.
Thursday, August 10th 2023
Trails is a quarterly, print-only magazine for “the backpacking and trail community.” They cover backpacking and other human or naturally-powered means of sleeping outdoors e.g. bikepacking, canoe camping, and even rafting or mountaineering. They’re always open to pitches. They pay writers at least $0.50 per word. To learn more, refer to their founding editor’s post and this page.
Tuesday, August 1st 2023
Trails is a quarterly, print-only magazine for “backpackers and people who sleep in the dirt.” They’re looking for pitches. The theme of the issue is resilience. You can interpret it however you want. They pay their writers at least $0.50 per word. To learn more, refer to their founding editor’s tweet and this page.
Deadline: August 3rd, 2023
Friday, April 21st 2023
Trails is a quarterly, print-only magazine for “backpackers and people who sleep in the dirt.” The focus of the magazine is on “backpacking and other human/naturally-powered means of sleeping outdoors: bikepacking, canoe camping, even things like rafting or mountaineering are fair game.” Their managing editor is seeking pitches for essays. Their essays are 500 to 1,000 words. Rate is at least $0.50 per word. If interested, send your pitches to stasia@trailsmag.net. To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s Twitter thread and this page.