Dave Smith edits AmericanCar Magazine, a monthly. He welcomes well-illustrated articles on completed cars, track tests of modified cars and step-by-step accounts of how to do it. Contact him first. Payment is £125 for 1,000 words.
Details: The Outlook, 6 Sansome Walk, Worcester WR1 1LH; tel: 0844 8150525; email: editor@americancarmagazine.com; website:www.americancarmagazine.com
West Cork Literary Festival, 17-23 July expects Zadie Smith, John Banville, Christina Lamb and Louis de Bernières to be among the guests.