Pitches wanted (food) (worldwide) | $300+ per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: WHETSTONE 

Deadline: 30 November 2022

Layla Schlack, Editorial Director at Whetstone Magazine, is looking for pitches:

This month, I'll be reviewing pitches for Whetstone Magazine for all of 2023. I'll respond to most in mid-December, so nothing timely, please. Guidelines/rate info here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ilfSSoZYbU_XNa9slvNRYsMTz1_HqhthNu3xLd5WdCo/edit

If you're unfamiliar with the publication, please take a moment to review the guidelines. I may not have the bandwidth to respond to pitches that are completely different topics than what we cover.

We'll assign a limited number of stories about textiles, how fiber is grown/ harvested/ dyed/ woven, which shares similarities with food. This podcast is a good example:

• https://www.whetstonemagazine.com/radio/weaving-voices
• and this one: https://www.whetstonemagazine.com/radio/black-material-geographies

This is for Whetstone and not Rasa, so unfortunately, you'll have to sit on your South Asia pitches a little longer! But we welcome international contributors from anywhere.

RATES: All outlets pay a flat fee of $300, but if you’re providing both art and words for print, that number goes up. We may be able to up that before we send out assignments, but that's where we're at now.

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

• Submissions: layla@whetstonemedia.com
• Website: https://www.whetstonemagazine.com/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Whetstone Magazine is a print magazine dedicated to food origins and culture. It uses food as a means of better understanding humans and the world and takes an anthropological approach to what's eaten where, and why. More information here.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
• Review the submission guidelines here.
• Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook Database and at SuccessfulPitches.com.
• Do not forget to end your pitch with (1) a short introduction about yourself; (2) a paragraph 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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