Write for Brook Post
We publish guest articles that a person standing on a riverbank would find useful. Here is what we want and how we handle it.
Topics we would like to see
- Freshwater wildlife in the UK: identifying species, reading field signs, seasonal behaviour
- Angling rules explained for one nation or region, such as a specific byelaw and what it means in practice
- Practical fishery topics: fish handling, catch and release, tackle choices that reduce harm
- River restoration and habitat work, explained for the interested non-specialist
- Volunteering and citizen science on rivers, including monitoring and invasive species work
- Paddling, wild swimming and walking, when the angle is the river and how to look after it
- How water regulation, sewage data and farm run-off rules work, with sources
What we will decline
- Gambling, adult, pharmaceutical or crypto content, or links to it
- Thin product round-ups and articles written around a link
- Claims about a specific company's pollution record that cannot be sourced to a regulator or court
- Advice to take fish or wildlife in ways the rules do not allow
- Pieces with invented experts, quotes or statistics, or text published elsewhere
- Articles that apply one nation's rules to the whole UK
Length and style
Aim for 900 to 1,500 words in plain British English. Answer the reader's question early. State which nations your points apply to, and link to at least one authoritative source for each rule, date or figure, such as GOV.UK, a national regulator, a university or a recognised conservation body. Links must go to pages a reader can open and read.
Original work and disclosure
Your article must be your own and must not have appeared anywhere else, including on your own site. If you or your client has a commercial interest in anything mentioned, say so when you pitch, and we will state it on the page if we publish. Images need a licence that allows commercial use, or you must own them. We edit for accuracy, length and style, and we may refuse or remove any link.
How to pitch
- Email [email protected] with the subject line "Guest article pitch".
- Give a working title, the question your article answers, which nations it covers, and two or three sources you plan to use.
- Tell us about any commercial interest and any link you hope to include.
Please send a pitch first, not a finished draft. To see our style, read our guide to river close seasons or how to read riverbank signs.