We're thrilled you want to pitch a story for the AQ Journal. Please note that this is not a paid opportunity, but you can pitch stories for editorial consideration. Below are some subject areas that we're open for more pitches around.

For our Travel Dairies, we're open to hotel reviews, including long-form exclusive first looks at the most interesting openings around Africa, as well as snappier round-ups of much more under-the-radar, low-key places to stay – inns, B&Bs, villas, apartments, remote safaris, tiny family-owned guesthouses's – linked by location, or by a loose theme. Mostly places that aren't highly publicised.

For our City Guides, we're open to stories—be it news or openings, or a timely development or trend or cultural offering, that impacts how people experience that place. Please do not pitch a destination at large. In your pitch, you can share how your expertise helps tell this story; preference is given to writers based in the cities they're covering, or who spend a notable amount of time in the destination they're writing about.

We also welcome photo-led stories that guide readers, visually, through a destination—highlighting the local culture, food, people, design, events, nature, or otherwise, with brief one-line captions for each photo.

(Note: Please refrain from pitching a hotel or property outside Africa.)

Your pitch should be no longer than a paragraph or two, and include a suggested headline, your angle, your sources and/or characters, and why this story should be covered now. If you think there is a gap in our coverage, we'd love to hear suggestions to fill it; we are always open to new ideas, new style and new conversations.