Travel & Write

UPDATE

All stories sent to us after November 20, 2011, will be eligible for payment. So for those who have been inquiring about payment there you have it!

We’ve decided to begin paying for submissions to weed out the good and the bad entries that we receive; and to offer a supplementary incentive besides giving exposure to your piece by showcasing it in On A Junket.

Original stories only! Recycled stories will not be accepted.
Articles must not have been published in any other media outlet: Website, magazine, newspaper or forum.

What we are looking for.

We are looking for travel writers that have the ability to draw the reader into your world and evoke exploration.

What we are looking for in travel writing: Personal writing that places the reader in your shoes, and not directing them to a great place to shop or eat; Writing that has a voice is a must! – find yours (just write the same way you would talk to someone).

Only accepting writing from passionate travel writers that love the word, the unknown, and that – not necessarily all the time – like to feel the beat of an overexcited heart when running from the law or even punching out the law.

Be original and creative. The best travel writing usually carries a poetic tone.

Don’t explain how your trip to Hawaii changed your life. It’ll only sound dull and groundless to the reader. Show the moment it changed.

We are looking for explorers. Passionate travel writers. Energetic lives.

Please! we are not looking for A to B travel guides. First Person point-of-view is the most common structure for OAJ travel stories. Capture your voice and entertain the reader! Or like I like to call it infortain. While telling the story give some (but not alot) information about who and what you see, hear, and meet; and why the place you’re visiting is significant. For examples, simply read our stories.

Word Count: Between 800-1,500 words.
Please submit Word documents.

Include:
Destination of Story
Your First Name
Your Last Name
Email
Paypal Email
and A catchy title!

Send stories to submit {at} onajunket.com

To send us your story, send it over as an attachment for our review. We’ll be looking for grammatical errors and how sleazy it is…be sure to mention country and city. If you have any pics, that’s a definite plus, send them over as well.

Payment

Stories that have been accepted for publishing on onajunket.com & possibly our online magazine will be paid $45 via PayPal.
Payment will be sent roughly ten days after publishing.

Publication Right
The author will retain all rights to submitted work. We only ask that you do not submit the article to other media outlets: website/blog, magazine, forum, newspaper, until a year after it has been published in On A Junket.
Your story may be used for future print editions. If it is chosen, On A Junket will contact you wanting 100% copyright and discuss about pricing.

Additional Paid Travel Articles

As well as in the pursuit of great travel stories, On A Junket is looking for an array of travel related articles. They range from: Top Must Do’s In ‘X’ Place, Quick Impressions about a destinations, Travel Photo with prose about image, Travel Essays, etc. Example of topics we are looking for.

These travel articles must be original, not published on another website, forum, magazine, newsletter.

Payment will range from $15-$50 depending on word count and content.

Word Count: 400-1000.

THIS Just In!

We are looking for your – dare I say it! – erotic travel adventures. We are looking to buy your travel sexcapades.
The piece is not all about sex. It is adult themed not porn.

What are we looking for in the stories?
We are looking for an artist, a guide, someone that knows how to control the language to evoke *ahem* certain desires. As well as to give the reader some insight to the destination they are having all this sex in (you should be able to embed personal impressions about the destination, culture and lifestyle within your erotic tale).

We are not just looking for sex (maybe just 2 – 3 scenes). Your piece has to take the reader to the destination, show him what it’s all about as well as entertain him with coitus, relationship dynamics and/or eroticism…

Length of piece: 1700 -2000
Payment: .10 a word.
Rights: On A Junket will own the copyright for three years. After that you are free to do what you like with it.

Sample Topics: Sex on a bus, sex on a plane, sex in Costa Rica, Sex with a hottie you just met in Miami, cheating on your wife in Hawaii, cheating on your husband with an Italian cop…and so on…get the picture???

Keep in Mind: To have your article accepted you should heed in what OAJ is looking for: we are looking a fresh voice, a bit edgy, a bit racy, a bit naughty but always infortaining (informative & entertaining).

A word of advice: Edit. Edit. Edit. Keep your sentence tidy, simple and to the point… leaving traces of your true Voice to guide the reader.

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