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HORSE ILLUSTRATED and YOUNG RIDER Submission Guidelines

We welcome writing and photo submissions from freelance writers, photographers, and artists to the following magazines using the freelancer submission guidelines below.



HORSE ILLUSTRATED serves the hands-on horse owner by promoting the best in horse care, riding and training.  We are an all-breed, all discipline magazine for adult readers. Our goal is to provide easily accessible information about all aspects of responsible horse ownership and issues of interest to the equestrian community.



YOUNG RIDER is the only magazine of its kind specifically for and about horse-crazy tweens and teens ages 8-15. For more than 20 years, it has delivered a fun-filled mixture of English and Western riding instruction, horse care tips, contests, beautiful color posters and stories about real kids. Young Rider continues to encourage and inspire kids to pursue their passion for better riding and horsemanship.

Submission Guidelines:

If you have any questions, please email editor@horseillustrated.com.

We also welcome press releases about the horse industry as a whole, specific disciplines and breeds, equine events, recent news, and notable people. However, please note that we do not use all press releases that are submitted. The email address above can also be used to submit a press release. Please ensure that press releases have contact information with them for further inquiry. In addition, we need images with press releases. Images should be sent in high resolution (300 dpi, 4×6 inches, at a minimum) and should involve the topic of the press release.

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  • The "horse breed of the month" is my favorite part of Horse Illustrated. Please do the Shagya Arabian horse soon. Not many people know of this fantastic breed It is a cross on Hungarian Warmblood and Arabbian. Thank you very much

  • To Whom it may concern
    I would like to become a sbucriber to Horse Illustrated but i dont have a credit card am I able to pay bye money order? can you inform me on what I can do.I am from Australia

  • Hello, my name is Terry Hey and I am on the Board of Directors for the North American Shagya Society and also Midwest Regional Director for NASS. We would like to see an article featuring Shagyas in Horse Illustrated. I realize one was written a few years ago, but we thought it might be nice to do it again since it's such a rare breed and we are always looking for ways to bring it into the public eye.
    Your submission guidelines state "do not send a breed profile as this is always assigned." So --- does this mean you'd rather not have one written by the breed organization? How do you folks handle these? We'd love to see another Shagya piece and we're willing to abide by any guidelines you have and offer any help/support you need. Thanks! I can be reached at soosity@aol.com

  • I was saddened to see HI no longer is running the "Unsung Heros" stories. Reading those stories always put a smile on my face & continually gave me hope that there are people out there that sincerely care about the people and/or animals they affected & don't expect fame, fortune or even a pat on the back. It was a nice way to recognize thoses people & let them know they are truly apperciated

  • I would like to suggest a few article topics for HI.
    Miniatures Horses and everything they can be trained to do.
    Some tips on how to trick train.

  • I'd like to see more sections on the 'backyard hobbyist' type for horse owners.
    Or something about hobby farm sized horse establishments. Not everything is big business, most horse people are country people deep down, reading about the rich and famous and outrageously expensive horses is like reading People, fun but not very useful.

  • To what address would I e-mail a news release? I want to send info on two A-rated shows.
    THANK YOU

  • I e-mailed for a needs calander, but recieved an automatic response. Any way I could please get a needs calander for the photo submissions? Thanks!

  • I was devastated when I head the news that my horse was dead. The only thing more upsetting than that, was to hear how he died. My horse, my beautiful appaloosa that I had trained all myself, had been shot with a rifle. I couldn’t believe it. Why? How? I was broken, devastated, and confused. They think it was a hunting accident because it was a bad shot. I had never heard of a horse getting shot like that before. I’m an adult and have been involved in the horse world in St. Louis, MO for 13 years. A conservation report was filled out and the sheriff was notified.
    I know hundreds of horse people. After asking around I had maybe 5 people tell me they had herd of it happening in rural areas. I was told a high power rifle shot could maybe travel at the most up to a mile. I’m devastated and I know nothing will bring him back but I want to spread the word that this can happen and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone in the world.
    Please let me know if you place this in your magazine. I want to keep the copy to remember him by. If you could write an article and spread the word in memory of him about this topic it would mean the world to me.

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