Into the Eurozone & Onboard the Eurorail: Travel Stories from Beyond the Borders of Brexit

Brexit is locking down the British border for Brits and Europeans alike. Quarantine makes us nostalgic for last year's trip with friends. Airline emissions now justify sightseeing by rail instead of leaping from continent to continent. Europe is changing. Air is out; rail, electric vehicles, and car-sharing are in.

We're looking for road stories, interrail stories, city stories, language stories, hitchhiking stories, and border stories. We’re looking for stories focusing on character; stories of (bad) luck on the road; stories of the strangers met along the way, stories of fellow travellers, and stories of family left behind; slice-of-life observations from abroad; poetry about people, places, the traveller, or the road; stories about sustainable travel; stories about low-budget travel; stories of history present; stories of new experiences; stories of culture clash; stories about what it means to be a European after Brexit; and stories about epiphanies that change the traveller.

The travel writing submitted to this issue can be true stories, well-researched fiction, or stories loosely based on true events. Submissions should be connected to Europe and focus on the experiences of characters.

The London Reader is a cooperative. Writers retain all rights to their submissions. The published issue is owned by its contributors and collaborators, all of whom are paid by percentage of revenue on all sales, both from subscriptions and when issues are later released as stand-alone books.

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Deadline: Monday 2 November 2020 at 23:55.