Your words. Our pages.

Stories with salt in their soul.

Everyone has a tale to tell – and we want to share yours. Sail Away Stories is your chance to be featured in a future edition of Sail Away Magazine, whether you’re a published author, an aspiring writer, or simply someone with a vivid imagination who loves to cruise, we want to hear from you!

We invite short stories of all styles and genres – romance, comedy, mystery, fantasy, horror, memoir – as long as there’s a strong link to cruising, the ocean, or travel by ship. Whether it’s a moving personal reflection or a thrilling fictional story, we’re looking for original pieces that capture the spirit of travel, escapism and life on the waves.

What are we looking for?

Length

Short stories up to 1500 words.

Originality

Must be your own work. Never AI!

Format

Fiction or non-fiction, its up to you.

Theme

Must connect to cruising or life at sea.

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Selected stories will be professionally edited and published in Sail Away Magazine – with full credit given to the author.

Email your story as a Word or PDF document to editor@sailawaymagazine.com with the subject line Sail Away Stories Submission. Be sure to include your name, where you’re from, and a few lines about yourself.

This is your chance to be published in the UK’s fastest-growing cruise travel magazine. So go on – write the story only you can tell.

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