Scroll down to learn about Allen's work in feature articles, guidebooks, commercial copywriting and editing, and about his background and professional affiliations.
Background and Affiliations
Allen's professional affiliations include: - Board of Directors for International Food, Wine, and Travel Writers Assoc. (IFWTWA)
- Chair of IFWTWA's Excellence Awards Committee
- Planning Committee for Pacific Northwest Travel Writers Conferences (Travel & Words)
- Society of Professional Journalists
- International Travel Writer's Association
Besides freelance journalism, Allen's professional background is in Marketing Management, and he holds a Bachelor of Science degree.
Feature Articles and Guidebooks
Allen's second hiking guidebook for Falcon Guides, Best Easy Day Hikes - Tacoma, was released in May 2010. Best Easy Day Hikes - Seattle was published in 2009. He is working on a proposal for a new travel guidebook.
Allen's magazine work includes travel, food, arts, profile, lifestyle and outdoor features and shorts. He has written for:
- AAA Journey
- Great Health
- WellBella
- Northwest Travel
- City Arts
- South Sound
- 425 Magazine
- Falcon Guides
- Washington Magazine
- Northwest Magazine
- Northwest Prime Time
- Author Magazine
- PROJECT Magazine
- Everywhere Magazine
- Travel Roads
- Travelmag
- GoNOMAD
- Viva Travel Guides
To read clips of Allen's published articles, click on Downloadable Clips and E-Clips on the menu to the left.
Commercial Copywriting and Editing
Besides journalism, Allen has a career background in customer relationship management, marketing, public relations and process management. He channels his 30 years of experience into a full menu of commercial writing and editing services to help individuals and organizations succeed.
Allen currently serves clients in the advertising, marketing, high tech, food and wine, management consulting, and health care industries. To see samples of Allen's copywriting work, click on the Copywriting Samples link. He will be glad to provide client references upon request.
Allen is accepting freelance assignments in the following areas:
• trade magazine and newsletter articles
• copy for promo and marketing materials
• web copy
• press releases
• profiles and bios
• case studies
• proposals
• radio ad scripting
• PowerPoint presentations
• policy and procedure documentation, including flowcharting
• project reports
• business plans
• training material
• call center scripting
• b2b and b2c materials
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Allen Cox
