We want to share in your travel experiences! Canadian Destinations now offers the opportunity to publish stories you have written about your own excursions throughout the country. What gems have you discovered? Who have you come across in your travels that inspired you? What humorous or exciting story do you have that people will want to know about? Send it our way and you may find it published through Canadian Destinations!

How it works:
1. Send in your (well-edited) stories (and a few images, if you have them) by email at stories@CanadianTopDestinations.com
2. Canadian Destinations staff will review each article under consideration.
3. If approved we will publish your story as per our editorial line up, which is strategically, regionally, and seasonally determined.

Submission Guidelines:
The Editorial Department does not accept queries over the phone.

All story ideas should be submitted by query letter (email only) and should contain:
• A brief query letter outlining the story idea, including its angle, direction, elements and proposed length.
• A brief list of where the writer has been previously published
• The availability of photographs or other artwork to illustrate the story
• All necessary contact information, including phone number and email address
• A full or partial manuscript
• Examples of previously published work are encouraged

Submissions are preferred by email. Unsolicited mailed material will not be sent back without a self-addressed, stamped envelope or international postal coupon. Canadian Destinations requires that you inform us of whether or not your submission has been previously published in another publication, or is scheduled to be. We also require that you inform us as to any flights, accommodations, meals, etc. that were given to you free of charge as part of a FAM or press trip. Writers submitting story ideas should be aware that the editors at Canadian Destinations may have already assigned or be working on a similar story. At this point there are no fixed word limitations at this time. You can target your query for inclusion in a particular section of the magazine, but the editors may feel it’s more appropriate for another department or even a special issue.

We will do our best to reply to your query within one month.

Mailing Instructions
All editorial and photographic material should be emailed to the Editor at admin@CanadianTopDestinations.com

Editing
All articles must be submitted in a grammatically edited and ready-to-print format. Any major changes in length, focus, style and structure will be discussed with the writer. If the writer, however, is unavailable for consultation, changes will be made independent of the writer. The writer should provide possible headlines and decks (sub-headlines) with their story, or will be asked to do so close to the time of publication. Every assignment accepted for Canadian Destinations will be confirmed by a letter or e-mail from the editor.

Fact Checking and Sources
It is the responsibility of the writer to verify, before submitting text, the spelling of all proper names, place names, foreign spellings and addresses. Writers should be prepared to submit contact names and their phone numbers and email addresses so that Canadian Destinations may fact check the story and confirm assertions or opinions attributed to individuals or organizations. Writers must be prepared to verify any facts called into question by Canadian Destinations. As well, they must be willing to double- and triple-check and re-check anything as required by the editors. Any information called into question by Canadian Destinations that cannot by verified will not be published.

Expenses
At this point, Canadian Destinations does not cover any expenses to photojournalists or travel writers or provide remuneration for published work.

Publication
Circumstances may arise where an assigned story may be held over for one or more issues. If this happens, the writer will be told in advance. Canadian Destinations reserves the right not to publish an article. If a story already published or scheduled to be published in Canadian Destinations is sold for secondary publication in another magazine, we require that the article appear in Canadian Destinations six months before appearing anywhere else (unless otherwise permitted by the editor). We also require that a reprint note to the effect that the story first appeared in Canadian Destinations.

Photographic Submissions
Original material should not be sent to Canadian Destinations unless it has been specifically requested by the editors. Canadian Destinations is not responsible for any lost or damaged materials submitted. Individual photographs or portfolios should not be sent via mail unless requested by the editors. Canadian Destinations requires Hi-resolution digital images unless for published material. Lower resolution images will suffice at the time of your initial submission.

Articles submitted may not contain any description of sexuality or violence. Keep it family friendly!

Canadian Destinations solely has the right to refuse to publish any article at any time and at its sole discretion.