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The best travel writing brings together a fluent mix of information, insights, and experience or impressions. Add a sense of curiosity, of humor, and of humanism and we’ll follow you anywhere. This is true whether writing about sights, art, food, places, people, culture, history, a point of view, or one’s own travels.

We would love to open our pages to writers who share that view.

Who are our readers?
Generally speaking, France Revisited attracts savvy readers and seasoned travelers. Many of our readers have been to France before, a good number have traveled extensively in Europe or would like to someday to experience an extended stay on the continent, and others actually do live or have lived in France or elsewhere in Europe. Through most of our readers are North American we also have a significant number of readers in England as well as English-speaking and French-speaking readers in France.

Payment
We will gladly take you out for coffee in Paris and even for a very nice pastry, possibly more. Unfortunately other forms of payment are not available at this time. We’re working to change that and will let you know on this page as soon as that happens. We are also unable to pay expenses, though in some cases we can arrange for press access to special events. France Revisited promises no glory but does offer an educated readership for your work.

Types of work we publish
The work available on France Revisited runs the gamut of approaches to travel writing: journalism, review, analysis, experience, interview, opinion, essay, humor, vignette, review, video, blog. We also publish original photography. All sections but the editor’s blog are open to contributions.

As with all magazines, the best place to start is to read some of the articles that have already been posted in the various departments. Though many of the articles on the site are written by Gary Lee Kraut, we are not looking for contributors to endorse his style but rather to have their own voice, to be highly informed, and to think creatively when writing about travel, people, and place.

Our readers want to know that there’s an authoritative or curious or unique voice behind each piece. Subject matter is very open. Know your stuff, know where to get accurate information, and have fun with the article. There are no formulas, but please to avoid self-dramatization. Use first-person when your experience or interaction with people or place really matters, otherwise let your authority as observer or analyst or journalist do the work.

Though we prefer original material, we are willing to consider material that has been previously published provided that you hold all the rights to it and that you indicate wherever else it has been published in print or on the internet.

Our goal is NOT to sell readers sights, destinations, restaurants, etc. Leave that to travel agencies, tourist boards, PR agencies, and salesmen. Instead, present or explore sights, destinations, restaurants, art, history, etc. in a way that's both interesting/entertaining and informative. Be well informed yet think in terms of story or theme or experience rather than basic information or hype. For a destination piece, don’t feel that you need to throw in every sight and museum or to list a bunch hotels and restaurants if you know nothing about them. 

Journalistes et écrivains francophones. We are willing to consider material in French from native French-speaking writers/journalists and to translate their work into English for publication on France Revisited.

Rights and Responsibility
Acceptance of material for posting on FranceRevisited.com, even if no actual payment is made, is for our non-exclusive right to post the work on this site for at least 18 months. A contributor may then, with two-month notice, request removal of his or her work. We reserve the right to remove the article of our own accord at any time and for any reason.

In order for your work to be accepted for posting on FranceRevisited.com you must sign a declaration that you are fully responsible for the content you provide (i.e. no plagiarism, infringement, or slander).

How to submit
If interested in contributing content to FranceRevisited.com on an occasional or regular basis, begin by sending some information about yourself (name, where you live, writing experience, travel interests) and about the subject(s) that you might write about and/or approach(es) you might use. Also include links to any pertinent writing samples.

Those with a specific idea for a single article should send the complete article if possible, otherwise send an extended query, along with a brief bio. Our interest in a query does not mean that the piece will be published on France Revisited.

In all cases, your first correspondence should contain no attachments. All text should be included in the body of the e-mail. File attachments will not be opened unless we have requested that they be sent.

For video submissions send an e-mail describing the video (if not yet filmed) or containing a link to the completed video.

Send all queries and completed submissions to francerevisited@aol.com. Please include “Submission” plus your full name in the subject line. Be sure to provide your full contact information, including telephone number, in the e-mail.

Endnote
We appreciate your interest in writing for France Revisited. We are unable to make extensive individual comments on all submissions. If it turns out that we don’t consider your work right for France Revisited please don’t take that to mean anything other than the fact that we have a very subjective approach to travel writing, that we in no way represent the mainstream press, and that we may have articles in the works or already published that are too closely related to your own idea.