If we haven’t made this abundantly clear, we love our Austin community. Seriously, we think y’all are the coolest, and because we think so highly of you, we want to hear your stories.

How to submit a story

Write a story about a topic you love or know a lot about. We want the full story when you submit, not the idea or the outline.
Fill out the form with your name, social media handles (if you have ‘em), and upload your text and photos. Please be sure you have permission to use the photos you send us, and if you didn’t take them, let us know who to credit.
Give us five days to get back to you — we’ll let you know if we decide to publish it, when it will go out, and if any edits need to be made.

Stories we want

We’re looking for passion pieces. Maybe you’re a cyclist and you have ideas for how to make downtown Austin a friendlier place for bikes. Maybe you have a booth at the local farmers market and want to share what veggies are in season and a recipe you can make with them, or maybe your great-grandma passed down a story about how Austin was really weird 50 years ago.
Please include links in your story so readers can click out if they want more context on the subject. See our newsletter for examples of how this is done.
We love photos + videos, and the more the better. Just make sure we know who to credit.
Keep your story 500 words or less. This doesn’t mean we won’t publish longer stories, but be conscious of your word count.

Now that you know we want to hear your stories, it’s time to start writing, Austin.