Are you a member of the ACC?
We’d love to Publish your story!
What we're looking for
Adventure — take us into the mountains with you, especially on ACC-based adventures or at our huts!
Impact and Culture — meaningful insights gained on your adventures with the ACC
Community — feel-good tales of building our mountain community
Environment — stories of environmental stewardship and access
Photo galleries — image galleries (with captions) from your great adventures
Section features — a section event that is making a difference, unique section activities that could inspire other sections, a historial gem about your section you think members across the country would enjoy, etc
Volunteer features — celebrate and highlight a person or people who are making a difference in the club
Format
Stories may be submitted in English or French, and may be eligible for translation pending review.
Stories may be as short as 500 words, and up to 2000 words.
We will include a short bio with your story. Please provide a photo of yourself (if you like) to be published with the story below.
Contributor guidelines
Why contribute your story?
The ACC Aspects blog is where members of The Alpine Club of Canada share stories of the myriad adventures, activities and people that make up our club. To be published on ACC Aspects is to join a long line of mountain storytellers and artists spanning Canada from sea to sea to sea. Our blog features current ACC events, true adventure stories from across the country and around the globe, safety tips, history, scientific and cultural issues pertaining to the mountain environment, as well as news from our local sections. We thank you for your interest in contributing to the ACC Aspects blog – our story could not be told without your help!
You’ve got a story to tell. Now what?
Please fill out the form on this page to submit your story for consideration. We accept full article submissions as well as pitches and ideas for stories. If your story is a great fit, our team will work with you to get your work publication-ready. If necessary, the editorial team will inform you of any major changes or revisions the article requires.
Submitting photos and illustrations
Photography has been, and still remains, an important way to help tell the stories of the ACC. Please let us know the availability of photographs or illustrations that can be submitted with the story right off the bat by uploading them with your story submission in the form on this page.
Terms of Publication
By submitting your writing, you agree to the following:
• Accepted stories may be published on the ACC Aspects blog, and be made permanently available to ACC members and the public.
• Accepted stories may also be excerpted or reprinted in their entirety for other online and offline ACC publication channels include websites, social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and others.
• We strongly discourage our contributors from submitting the same query letter or idea/angle to multiple publications at once.
• The ACC requests First Time Publication Rights and requests that the article appear on ACC Aspects for one year before appearing anywhere else. Please let us know if you have other plans for the same story. We will request a reprint note on any reprinted content indicating that the story first appeared on the ACC Aspects blog.
• Please note that the ACC does not pay for writing or photography submissions. We will not cover expenses other than those previously negotiated with the contributor.