Dear Globe and Mail reader,
We want to hear from you! The second annual installment of Hidden Canada will be published on May 17, 2019, and we want to hear your stories about vacationing in Canada. Tell us about your favourite family vacation, a girl’s getaway or even a solo road trip. All we ask is that it is in your own words and the location was within Canada.
This is a great opportunity for you to share your own experiences, viewpoints and writing flair with other Globe readers. We want to be inspired by your unique perspective.
From the submissions, our Lifestyle team will choose a handful to publish at a later date, either in The Globe and Mail’s print edition or online.
Submissions are due by Friday May 31, 2019, at 11:59 pm EDT.
SO WHAT MAKES A GOOD SUBMISSION?
A few things we look for: an original voice; an unexpected view; an unfamiliar perspective; humour; vivid details that show us rather than tell us. A successful story submission may be funny, surprising, touching or enlightening – or all of these.
Above all, your submission should be personal and it must be true, not fictional.
HOW TO SUBMIT
E-mail your submission to hiddencanada@globeandmail.com. In the subject line, please write “Hidden Canada submission” and the topic (in two or three words).
Please email your story in two forms – attached as a Word doc, and copied and pasted into the body of the e-mail.
Include a contact number where you can be reached during the day, as well as the email address used for your Globe and Mail account.
Stories should be no longer than 500 words.
Please don’t send a piece that’s appeared in any other print or online publication.
If your piece is selected for publication, you should hear from The Globe within two months.
Anonymity and pseudonyms are not granted.
There is no payment if your submission is published. The Globe assumes first-print rights and electronic rights for unsolicited submissions; writers retain copyright.
We look forward to reading your stories.