Colorful Wordsmith Services
Fresh, unique copy that captivates your readership is imperative for the success of your publication. If you have article ideas of your own or would like to be pitched please reach out or if you can simply choose what you’d like from original, unpublished articles (First Time Serial Rights) available across four categories available here at my shop. These include equine care, horse training and showing advice, horse biz management help and a general equine industry category. A professional grade photo ($30 value) is included free with every article purchase and payment is secure and simple to complete. Articles are in your inbox promptly.
Pricing
Articles generally run 1500 to 1800 words depending on topic but articles on assignment may be produced to your specific requirements. Short burst articles, newsletters, bloIf you have article ideas of your own or would like to be pitched please reach out or if you can simply choose what you’d like from original, unpublished articles (First Time Serial Rights) available across four categories available here at my shop. These include equine care, horse training and showing advice, horse biz management help and a general equine industry category. A professional grade photo ($30 value) is included free with every article purchase and payment is secure and simple to complete. Articles are in your inbox promptly.
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Experience
Nikki also has extensive journalist experience providing event coverage and is available to travel nationally and internationally to cover any type of event.
With a background in horse breeding, as an international level Grand Prix dressage rider/trainer/clinician and being a Brit who has called America home for the past thirty-four years, Nikki brings a unique perspective to the equestrian world. In addition Nikki has experience in multi-disciplines and can write advanced highly technical articles on dressage through more basic and broad base appeal topics on horse and pony care, horse management and training, and rider education. Please visit the MEET NIKKI page to read her full bio.
Nikki Alvin-Smith’s works have been published in many countries and between the covers of over 260 magazines and newspapers. Her publishers include global names like Condé Nast,The Field (UK), and the “I Love New York” campaign are among the iconic brands that Nikki has been honored to contribute to during her career, along with a host of other writing genres and press houses. Here is a short list of some of the equine/equestrian magazine industry publishers that have honored Nikki and/or continue to honor Nikki by publishing her works:-
The Chronicle of The Horse
Horse & Hound,
Dressage and CT
Horseman's Yankee Pedlar
American Warmblood
The Equine Journal
Spur Magazine
Harlem Valley Press
Canadian Horse Journals
Horse Bits
Horse USA
USDF
New York Horse
Pony Quarterly
Colorado Horse Source
Northwest Horse Source
Horse Nation
Equine Chronicle
Equine Exchange
Horse Illustrated
Sidelines
Driving Digest
Hoofbeats
American Quarter Horse Journal
Western Horse and Gun
American Riding Instructor Association Magazine (ARIA)
In Stride
Mules and More
The Plaid Horse
Ohio Equestrian
to name but a few.
All articles are offered for print and/or website use and copyright remains with author. The author requires a byline, shirttail and payment for article before publication.
Nikki’s Backyard
With her location in Stamford, NY Nikki is ideally situated to cover HITS on the Hudson, Saugerties, NYC events, Syracuse and Upstate New York, Northern New Jersey and New England. Coverage is available not just for her specialty of dressage, but also eventing, showjumping and any other discipline.
Regular haunts are NEDA Fall Festival, Stockade Dressage Days ( formerly Dressage at Saratoga where she covered it too), ENDYCTA events in general, USDF Recognized events across the North East, breed inspection sites for all breeds, eventing coverage at Chatham/Millbrook, Walnut Hill Driving, Syracuse Horse Shows, to name but a few.
Nikki’s Playground
Event coverage is available in Europe too particularly Germany, Switzerland (where she trains/shows on/off with her Grand Prix coach Greta Kemmer), Spain, Portugal and Britain. She regularly attends the Elite horse auctions abroad. You can of course send her wherever you like. As you will know if you’ve read the Meet Nikki page, her second passion after horses is travel!