Wanderlust is a new journal publishing travel narratives, sketches, and images by both known writers and promising new voices.

Wanderlust. Nomad. Wanderer. Traveller. Adventurer. Explorer. Insatiably curious or easily bored?
How would you define Wanderlust? How do you explain your need to hit the road again? Can you? As Bill Bryson said in the 2016 Best of American Travel Essays, he travels simply because it gives him pleasure.

For some it is also a need, psychological and creative. Without movement, travel, new experiences, life becomes dull. Taking an unknown road, finding the best lake to camp beside, chatting to those met along the way, this is what life is for.

Wanderlust is dedicated to travelogues, trip reports, photographs and nonfiction essays taken from unique experiences on the road. In these stories there’s an open sense of adventure and innocence, one that takes a personal experience and taps into something universal. A narrative map is the result.

With essays from Russia, Ecuador, Colorado, England, New Mexico, Mexico, New York City, Norway, plus more in the first few months, we expect great things. We will find them and share them with you.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

https://wanderlust-journal.submittable.com/submit

We accept submissions all year. All work will be considered for the monthly online magazine which will come out on the 15th of each month. Please contact us if you have any questions that can’t be answered on Submittable.

We’re curious to hear from those who just love to wander. It’s a compulsion, a restlessness that keeps many of us on edge and on the move. Mythology talks of the wandering fool, the messenger archetypes and here you can read in our own words all about our motivations and inspirations and include your own.

Look for themed editions in the new year. 

Be specific. Be generous. Take us with you. We’re interested in your journeys, the dark underbelly, the compulsions and the incredible moments of joy that split you open. Tell a story rooted in travelling. So please: Take us with you.

GUIDELINES:

Please include a cover letter with a short bio.

Word count of 2000 max. Submit in Word doc. Double spaced. With your name and title of the piece on each document.

Previously published work is accepted.

We’re looking for a conversational and informal tone that is well written.

Photos, essays,  art, cartoons, prose and poetry are all accepted.

Send your submissions for review to:

We will be in touch within one month. We look forward to reading your work.

And thank you, thanks for being part of this incredible community.

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