EVENT organizers

Each issue of Adventures NW contains an extensive, quarterly Race...Play...Experience calendar, aiming to feature a variety of outdoor activities and races, classes and outings, lectures and cultural happenings throughout the region and country.  Email event info to submissions@AdventuresNW.com. Include: event name; location; date(s); time(s); fees and deadlines; contact name, phone, email, website; and short, inviting description. (See below for r|p|e submission deadlines.)

Contact us for information on placing a prominent full-color ad for your event or organization.

Writers...  Photographers...—talk to us!
Adventures NW is a seasonal publication that explores and celebrates the outdoor adventures and physical challenges to be had in the Pacific Northwest. The magazine delves into not only the countless recreational and athletic possibilities the area affords, but also the stunning beauty of the landscape, issues surrounding its use, and the wide range of people who play around here. It is a publication that strives to be contextually and visually interesting, entertaining, informative and inspiring for locals and visitors of all interests and abilities.

It starts with the writing and photographs in Adventures NW and the recognition of an imperative that we all need to be more connected with our outdoor environment: camping, running, skiing, cycling, climbing, fishing, walking, sailing, exercising, contemplating, hiking... adventures to enliven ourselves and our families.  These are the adventures we want to share with ANW readers, be they elite or casual racers, twice-a-year family hikers, organized trip participants, a couple just discovering what’s outside, or armchair adventurers.  Be they native to the area, camera-toting tourists from Wisconsin, or anyone in between, your writing and pictures can reach them through the pages of Adventures NW. 

We’re doing what we do because we love it, and we’re looking for quality contributors who feel the same. Face it, living and playing in and around the Pacific Northwest is a good thing, whether it’s hopping through first-run new powder at Baker, cycling through the tulip fields of Skagit Valley, trail running up Chin Scraper on Chuckanut Mountain, gunkholing about a new cove on Lopez Island, or mountain biking above Sedro Woolley.  Share your passion with readers of Adventures NW .

STORIES

Feature Articles on outdoor activities and adventure are welcome but generally limited to Whatcom, Skagit, Island and San Juan counties and surrounding area (roughly the Cascades to the San Juan Islands, north of Seattle to Vancouver, B.C.). Personal narratives, area descriptions, environmental/conservation issues, wildlife exposés, historical anecdotes, profiles of eminent and/or interesting local outdoor personalities: we’re open to all. Length should be in the range of 800-1,400 words. Please send a detailed query by the deadline (below) relevant to the issue you think your story would be most fitting.

Departments -- shorter pieces fitting into any of the following categories will be considered:
Seasonal Sports Stories • Nature Facts • Cover to Cover (book reviews) • Featured Trails/Routes • Repair Tips • Nutrition/Food Articles or Dining Our for Active People • Getting Away (local or travel destination) • Upcoming Races & Outdoor Events • Environmental Focus Story • Body Work/Sports Medicine/Training/Form Advice • Gear & Garb Reviews

Note: Because Adventures NW is a free publication with limited resources, all articles are on spec, accepted query or not. Unsolicited material is not guaranteed to run, and pay for published pieces will be dependent on length, quality, originality, amount of editing required, advertising support, and writer tenure with Adventures NW .  Material cannot be returned. Payment occurs 30-45 days after publication. Unfortunately, we cannot pay kill fees.   

All story/article submissions should conform to the following submission protocols:

• If sending by e-mail (preferred), attach article AND paste article into message body to submissions@AdventuresNW.com.
• If no e-mail, use a CD or floppy disk and mail to PO Box 2426, Bellingham, WA 98227
• Microsoft Word, text-only, or rich-text format.
• Include a good title suggestion, and subtitle if appropriate.
• Try to obtain professional-quality,high-resolution color photos to accompany your article. Provide captions and photo credits.,
• Provide a short bio of yourself as the writer/contributor, as well as a contributor photo.  

Photographs
With Adventures NW being a high-quality, full-color gloss magazine, we include as many fantastic photos as possible, from nature photographs to artistic (outdoor) stuff to extreme/adventure shots to families enjoying the outdoors to race images. Our magazine provides a unique publication to see your awesome photos in print. We anticipate most photos will come from the writers with story submissions, but we may use individual photographs throughout the magazine.  We’re also interested in a photo essays. These in particular must capture the beauty, uniqueness and excitement of the areas in Island, Skagit, Whatcom, and San Juan Counties in a well-chosen set of images with a central theme. 

And don’t forget ANW's “Next Adventure” page—see your photo that depicts an experience of the season featured at the end of an issue!

All photograph submissions should conform to the following submission protocols:

• All photos must be submitted as high resolution (300 dpi or higher), print quality jpg or eps at size the photo will run.  
• Send CD or zip disk (preferred) to PO Box 2426, Bellingham, WA 98227, or attach to an email to submissions@AdventuresNW.com. 
• Include a concise, telling caption and short description of each photo, clearly identified.
• Include a short byline of yourself and contributor photo.

Note:  Queries that come in earliest or before deadline  will receive the greatest consideration.  Stories should be relevant to the season in which the article will be published.

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