News & Pitch Calls from Backpacker

Friday, February 11th 2022

Backpacker is Seeking Pitches for Bearpacker Magazine

Backpacker is a magazine and website about backpacking, camping, and hiking. Their senior digital editor is seeking pitches for Bearpacker Magazine (Backpacker Magazine’s annual celebration of all things bears including safety tips, stories, and science). They generally pay $200 to $250 for around 800 to 900 words. If interested, email your pitches to aroy@outsideinc.com by Tuesday (i.e. February 15th, 2022). Read their senior digital editor’s Tweet here and their contributor guidelines here. Read Bearpacker Magazine here.

Deadline: February 15th, 2022

Tuesday, March 16th 2021

Backpacker Magazine is Seeking Pitches for their Bearpacker Magazine

Backpacker is a magazine and website about backpacking, camping, and hiking. Their senior digital editor is accepting pitches for Bearpacker Magazine (Backpacker Magazine’s annual celebration of everything ursine). He is looking for your “story about bears, bear advice, or bear-related humor.” Their online rates range from $150 to $250, with average being $175 to $200. For more information, read their editor’s Twitter thread and their contributor’s guidelines.

Sunday, January 31st 2021

Backpacker is Assigning Stories

Backpacker is a magazine and website about backpacking, camping, and hiking. They are actively assigning stories for their website for February and beyond. They welcome news, travel, skills, profiles, and essays. Their online rates range from $150 to $250, with average being $175 to $200. To learn more, read their senior digital editor’s Twitter thread and their contributor’s guidelines.

Wednesday, June 10th 2020

Backpacker is Accepting Pitches about Backpacking and the Outdoors

Backpacker covers backpacking, camping, and hiking. Their senior digital editor is accepting pitches about backpacking, the outdoors, and anything related to them. Their online rates range from $150 to $250, with average being $175 to $200. Send pitches to aroy@aimmedia.com. For more information, refer to this Twitter thread. To read their contributor’s guidelines, refer to this page.