Work with The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors is written and read by people who love nature, adventure and exploring outside – hiking & hillwalking, wild swimming & scrambling, cycling, paddling and more. We love to hear from fellow enthusiasts who have compelling stories to share.

We accept pitches for:

• Features

Powerful stories about people and places in the great outdoors, accompanied by stunning photographs.

• Opinion and Reportage

Informed and closely-reported pieces looking at issues of concern for outdoors lovers.

• Destinations

Stories about a single location, hike, trek or trail.

• Skills

Expert advice on crucial outdoor skills.

• Route guides and Gear Reviews

Our gear reviews and route guides are handled by teams of regular contributors with extensive technical experience. If you think you should be part of those teams, please pitch your expertise rather than a story.

Pitching

Before pitching, please take some time to familiarise yourself with the magazine and its style. Then send us a short pitch (one or two paragraphs), along with 10 of your best photographs (thumbnails are fine) to illustrate.

Tell us why your story is important, different, powerful or thought-provoking, and why you want to share it.

• For story features, development and gear-related enquiries, contact [email protected]
• For route guides, print and online matters, contact [email protected]
• For opinion, reportage and skills, contact [email protected]
• For commercial and advertising, contact [email protected]

It usually takes us a few weeks to discuss and commission stories. Please be patient – we receive a lot of pitches.

Note that all submissions should be people positive and human generated. We avoid racist, sexist and classist material, and anything we consider to be homophobic, transphobic or generated by artificial intellience.

What to expect

We’re writers and photographers too, so we won’t leave you waiting with bated breath forever: if your pitch isn’t for us, we’ll respond to say “no thank you”. We can’t usually offer detailed feedback.

If your pitch is accepted, an editor will contact you to discuss the next steps, including deadlines and our payment terms.

Learn more about The Great Outdoors team and contact us