Submissions
World Hum updates daily and is dedicated to publishing travel stories, videos and slideshows of the highest quality. Since World Hum’s inception in 2001, stories from the site have appeared in “The Best American Travel Writing” anthologies and Travelers’ Tales anthologies, and they have won Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers. We post several types of features:
Travel Stories are first-person travel narratives.
Speaker’s Corner essays feature rants or raves about any travel-related subject.
The Travel Books section includes reviews and other travel book-related pieces.
How To stories reveal ways to dive deep into cultures around the world.
Travel Interviews are interviews with travelers, writers, artists—anyone with something interesting to say about travel.
Lists explore a wide range of travel-related topics.
Audio slideshows explore travel through photographs, sound and narration.
We also publish short videos.
If you would like to contribute to any of these sections, please paste your submission or a short pitch as well as a brief bio into the body of an email—we will not open attachments—and send it to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Writing submissions should be no more than 2,000 words. Do not send multiple submissions.
Include the section of the site you want to contribute to in the subject line of your email. If your submission is time sensitive, please say so in the subject line as well. We try to read every email as soon as possible, but due to the high volume of submissions we may be unable to respond to everyone.
If your submission is accepted by World Hum, the editors will contact you as soon as possible with more information, including payment details. Payment varies. Assignments and payment details will be confirmed by a contract.
