Four months into the season, the interesting stories are already forming. The British Continental is looking for contributors willing to write them down.
It’s rarely the race reports that stay with people. It’s someone sitting down after an unremarkable Tuesday and finding something worth saying about it – about the sport, about themselves, about what this life actually looks like from the inside. That’s what a journal is: the interior of a season rather than its surface.
We’re looking for a small number of journal contributors for 2026 – riders at any level, team managers, organisers, or anyone else with a genuine vantage point on the sport, based in Britain or abroad. The riders who’ve produced the best work haven’t been the most prominent in the field – they’ve been at a specific kind of moment, and honest enough to write about it. A first year racing abroad. A return after a long absence. A season spent working out whether any of it is still worth the sacrifice. A team trying to hold itself together. The texture of the domestic scene from somewhere inside it. A journal entry isn’t a recap of what happened; it’s an attempt to understand something – a decision, a doubt, a realisation that only becomes clear when you try to write it down.
By April, those stories are already forming. The contributors we want to hear from aren’t starting from scratch – they’re mid-way through something, with enough distance on the first few months to begin making sense of it.
The commitment is four pieces across the remainder of the season, working to editorial guidelines rather than piece-by-piece briefs. You don’t need to be a practised writer. You do need to have something genuine to say.
What we offer
The British Continental is community-run and volunteer-operated; it exists because people in British road racing believe the sport deserves serious coverage, and contributing to it means becoming part of that.
What we can offer is a platform with 500,000+ views a year and a social media following in the tens of thousands – an audience largely made up of riders, team managers, organisers, and followers embedded in the domestic scene at every level. Your work will be published on the site and promoted across our channels.
The editorial arrangement gives contributors genuine freedom. Guidelines exist, but the voice, the angle, and the subject matter are yours. We are not looking for house-style copy; we are looking for perspectives that couldn’t come from anyone else.
How to apply
Send a brief introduction – who you are, your role in the sport, and why you think you would make a good journal contributor to info@thebritishcontinental.co.uk by Monday 13 April. A writing sample is welcome but not required. We’ll respond to every application.
Featured image: Milan Josy/The British Continental
It’s rarely the race reports that stay with people. It’s someone sitting down after an unremarkable Tuesday and finding something worth saying about it – about the sport, about themselves, about what this life actually looks like from the inside. That’s what a journal is: the interior of a season rather than its surface.
We’re looking for a small number of journal contributors for 2026 – riders at any level, team managers, organisers, or anyone else with a genuine vantage point on the sport, based in Britain or abroad. The riders who’ve produced the best work haven’t been the most prominent in the field – they’ve been at a specific kind of moment, and honest enough to write about it. A first year racing abroad. A return after a long absence. A season spent working out whether any of it is still worth the sacrifice. A team trying to hold itself together. The texture of the domestic scene from somewhere inside it. A journal entry isn’t a recap of what happened; it’s an attempt to understand something – a decision, a doubt, a realisation that only becomes clear when you try to write it down.
By April, those stories are already forming. The contributors we want to hear from aren’t starting from scratch – they’re mid-way through something, with enough distance on the first few months to begin making sense of it.
The commitment is four pieces across the remainder of the season, working to editorial guidelines rather than piece-by-piece briefs. You don’t need to be a practised writer. You do need to have something genuine to say.
What we offer
The British Continental is community-run and volunteer-operated; it exists because people in British road racing believe the sport deserves serious coverage, and contributing to it means becoming part of that.
What we can offer is a platform with 500,000+ views a year and a social media following in the tens of thousands – an audience largely made up of riders, team managers, organisers, and followers embedded in the domestic scene at every level. Your work will be published on the site and promoted across our channels.
The editorial arrangement gives contributors genuine freedom. Guidelines exist, but the voice, the angle, and the subject matter are yours. We are not looking for house-style copy; we are looking for perspectives that couldn’t come from anyone else.
How to apply
Send a brief introduction – who you are, your role in the sport, and why you think you would make a good journal contributor to info@thebritishcontinental.co.uk by Monday 13 April. A writing sample is welcome but not required. We’ll respond to every application.
Featured image: Milan Josy/The British Continental
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