# Write a guest article — The South of France
> Pitch a one-off article to The South of France. We commission occasionally, never buy coverage, and keep editorial control.

*Source : https://the-south-of-france.com/en/write-for-us/*

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We are a small desk with a fixed idea of the South, and we cannot be everywhere. When a reader knows a valley, a table or a craft better than we ever will, we would rather print their account than a thinner one of our own. This page is how that conversation starts.

It is not a call for volume. We publish a handful of guest pieces a year, chosen the way we choose everything else — because the place earns it, and because the writing is honest. We do not buy articles, we do not run sponsored copy, and we never sell a link or a mention inside a story.

How it works · Comment faire

## Four _steps_

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### Read us first

A page or two will tell you the voice: first person plural, slow, specific, and only about places we have actually been. If that is not your register, this is not the right home for the piece.

II

### Send a pitch, not a manuscript

A hundred and fifty words is plenty: the place, why it matters now, and why you are the one to write it. A finished article is harder for us to shape than an idea.

III

### Tell us who you are

A line on your connection to the subject — and, plainly, any interest you have in it. We can write about a place a friend runs; we just say so.

IV

### If it fits, we commission it

We agree the angle, the length and a date together. From there the desk edits as it would any piece, and decides when — or whether — it runs.

The fine print · Les règles

## What this _is_ — and is not

So there is no misunderstanding, a guest article is a one-off, unpaid contribution. It carries none of the trappings of a job:

-   It is a single, occasional piece — not a position, a retainer or a standing arrangement.
-   It is unpaid on both sides: we pay no fee, and we accept no payment, gift or comped stay in exchange for coverage.
-   There is no schedule, no quota and no obligation — for you or for us — to follow it with anything more.
-   Editorial control stays with the desk: we may edit, cut, hold or decline, and we cannot promise a reply to every pitch.
-   You keep authorship of your text; by sending it you grant us the right to publish and translate it across our editions.
-   This page is an invitation to propose a piece — not an offer of employment, a contract, or a promise of ongoing collaboration.

Ready · Prêt

## Have a _place_ in mind?

Send your pitch to the editors. One paragraph is enough to start.

[Write to the editors  →](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/contact/)