News & Pitch Calls from Texas Highways

Sunday, April 7th 2024

Texas Highways is Commissioning Open Road Essays

Texas Highways is the official travel magazine of Texas. They cover travel, culture, food, history, and more. Their editor is commissioning Open Road essays for 2025. They would love to hear from experienced longform writers who have connections to Texas. These pieces are around 3,000 words and pay $1.20 per word. If interested, send your pitches to michael.hoinski@txdot.gov. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and this page.

Tuesday, January 30th 2024

Texas Highways is Always Seeking New Freelancers

Texas Highways is the official travel magazine of Texas. They cover travel, culture, food, history, and more. They’re always seeking new freelancers. Their freelancer guide previously stated that they paid $0.50/word for web stories, now it states that the digital rates vary depending on the nature of the story + the scope of reporting. To learn more, refer to this post and their freelancer guide.

Tuesday, March 28th 2023

Texas Highways is Always Seeking Pitches from Texas Journos

Texas Highways is the official travel magazine of Texas. They cover travel, culture, food, history, and more. Their deputy editor is always seeking pitches from Texas journos who are great storytellers. As per their freelancer guide, they pay $0.50 per word for web stories, with the majority of stories being capped between 500 and 700 words. To read their deputy editor’s tweet, click here.

Tuesday, February 28th 2023

Texas Highways is Always Accepting Pitches

Texas Highways is the official travel magazine of Texas. They cover travel, culture, food, history, and more. They’re always accepting pitches for print and web stories. The pitches should have “a travel angle or a strong sense of place and/or Texas culture.” Rates for web stories are $0.50 per word with the majority of stories being capped between 500 and 700 words. If interested, send your pitches to letters@texashighways.com. To learn more, refer to this tweet and their freelancer guide.

Saturday, February 11th 2023

Texas Highways is Looking for Pitches

Texas Highways is the official travel magazine of Texas. They cover travel, culture, food, history, and more. They’re looking for pitches that “have a travel angle or a strong sense of place and/or Texas culture.” They’re also looking for stories with a historical focus. Rates for web stories are $0.50 per word with the majority of stories being capped between 500 and 700 words. For details, refer to their tweet and freelancer guide.

Sunday, October 17th 2021

Texas Highways is Accepting Pitches for March-December 2022 Issues

Texas Highways is the official travel magazine of Texas. They cover travel, culture, food, history, and more. They are accepting pitches for their March-December 2022 issues. They publish the magazine monthly, and post online content daily. They pay $1 per word for print plus travel expenses. They pay $0.50 per word for web. For details, refer to their editor-in-chief’s Tweet and their freelancer guide.

Monday, September 7th 2020

Texas Highways is Always Looking for New Writers

Texas Highways is the official travel magazine of Texas. They are always looking for new writers who are “based in Texas or have a strong connection to Texas.” They want timely pitches with “a travel angle or a strong sense of place and/or Texas culture.” Stories with historical focus are also popular with their readers. Their rate for web stories is $0.50 per word for up to 500 words. For details, refer to their Tweet and freelancer guide.