Pitches wanted (drinks) | $400 per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: EATEN

Deadline: 26 January 2024

Emelyn Rude, Founder and Editor in Chief of Eaten, is looking for pitches:

I’m starting to work on Eaten no. 20 and am looking for articles from you all! The theme for this volume is "drinks."

As for the nitty gritty, there’s no need to send a very long pitch - a well thought out paragraph or two will do the trick - but ultimately I am looking for stories that will be between 1000 and 1500 words in their final form, are historical in nature, and can be readily tied to the theme in some way. I can offer a rate of $400 per story this time around and deadline for submissions for pitches is next Friday, January 26th. First drafts will likely be due 2-3ish weeks after that but I am flexible.

Please send your pitches to hello@eatenmagazine.com with PITCH no. 20 somewhere in your subject line.

And this bit is the same from calls for pitches past but for the new people on this list, I realize history is not generally something that many journalists regularly write so I wanted to add a few pointers to help you all with pitching. Fundamentally this “historical in nature” is what I look for above all else. I am not interested in stories of contemporary journalism that mention history (this includes personal histories as well as nutrition/recipe oriented pieces); I am looking for pieces that primarily focus on something that happened in the past that may or may not have a tie into the present. In the best stories, this relevance to the present will be evident in the history in and of itself.

Generally speaking, I also don’t go for pieces that are simply “the history of cheese” or “the history of grapefruit.” That’s not to say single ingredients don’t have fascinating backgrounds, but the more interesting historical pieces tend to have another layer on top of that. The history of cheese in a broad sense is just not as interesting to me as why Samuel Pepys buried his cheese during the London Fire; the story of a grapefruit variety that was developed after being pounded by radiation is much more catching that the general history of that fruit.

Hopefully these guidelines are helpful for developing ideas. If you want concrete examples of what I am talking about, a few sample articles can be found at the Dropbox link here and a full list of all the pieces Eaten has published can be found at the Google Drive Link here. If you’re worried your topic has already been covered, please check that second link.

And I won’t be reading any pitches until the weekend (27-28th) after the deadline so no need to rush submissions before then. I am happy to receive multiple pitches from one person but I receive too many pitch emails to be able to give feedback on ideas before the deadline, so please no “taster emails” to gauge my interest in an idea before its fully fleshed out. But I promise to respond to all pitches within a few days of the deadline, even the ones I don’t ultimately choose.

Happy to answer any further questions you may have and I look forward to hearing your story ideas!

CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):

• Submissions: hello@eatenmagazine.com
• Website: https://www.eatenmagazine.com/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: EATEN is a print magazine focused on food history. It publishes old recipes, gastronomic essays, and tales of the people who have grown, cooked, and enjoyed all things edible over the centuries. More information here.
• Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook and at SuccessfulPitches.com.
• Do not forget to end your pitch with (1) a short introduction about yourself; (2) a few lines highlighting your writing experience, relevant credentials and publication credits; and (3) links to your strongest work or portfolio, and online profile.

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