30 Publications that Pay for Writing About Food & Nutrition

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1. The Food Section is a newsletter providing food and drink coverage across the American South. They’re actively looking for freelancers to contribute to their newsletter, with a focus on reported stories that showcase the South’s diversity. According to their pitch guide, they pay $1058.16 per feature story (about 1,200 words), and are open to negotiate small expenses fees. 

2. Wine Enthusiast is ‘’the premier source for all things wine, creating and delivering unique wine-lifestyle products and content that inspires and empowers everyone to enjoy wine to its fullest.’’ They accept pitches for breaking news, news-driven features, trend-driven features, profiles, first-person opinion pieces, explainers, reported listicles, travel guides, recipes, and pairing guides. According to their pitch guide, digital rates begin at $0.50/word.

3. Eat Your World is an online guide to regional foods and drinks around the world. They are particularly interested in researched narrative pieces with a personal cultural angle–an ode to a favorite food from your culture or hometown, for example. According to their pitch guide, they pay $75 to $125 for original articles for their blog. For destination guides (with high-quality photos), they pay $350 to $500.

4. The Vegan is a quarterly magazine by the Vegan Society. They offer updates, ideas, and resources about veganism to their subscribers. They accept pitches from vegan writers, journalists, or recipe developers. According to their website, their fees start from £250 for articles and £150 for reviews. 

5. Pellicle is a primarily UK-based consumer drinks publication that focuses on beer, wine, and cider and the majority of stories they aim to publish focus on these topics. They are ‘’interested in stories about the people, places, history and culture of favourite drinks, from the joyful, to the critical, to the curious.’’ According to their pitch guide, they pay £375 for features (approximately 1500 words) and £525 for long leads (2000 words and over).

6. Pit is a magazine with roots in pit barbecue cooking. They don’t mind straying from the barbecue focus, however. They’ve published work by food historians, psychologists, musicians and, recently, an original short story from a writer of non-food fiction. They are flexible with words but their pieces range between 1000 to 2500 words. According to their pitching guidelines, they pay £150-£200 per piece, photographers get paid £100-£200 and illustrators £150 (single piece) or £800-1000 (whole issue). 

7. Food52 is “the premier destination for kitchen & home enthusiasts offering a curated shop, industry-leading content, and a vibrant community.” According to their pitch guide, they offer flat rates, as opposed to per-word compensation, based on the anticipated length and workload. This ranges from $200 for a short article or standard recipe (with potential reimbursement of up to $50 for ingredients) to over $500 for larger projects. 

8. The Kitchn is a daily web magazine that inspires cooks and nourishes homes through recipes, tips, shopping guides, and kitchen designs. They are looking for submissions for their “grocery diaries” column. The purpose of the column is to show the readers how people across the United States spend money on food, drinks, groceries, snacks, etc. throughout the week. According to their submissions page, they pay $150 per diary.

9. The Dirty Spoon is a radio show and an online journal about the people behind our meals. They welcome submissions from first-time authors, established writers, chefs, servers, food industry workers, farmers, foodies, non-foodies. Word count for finished essays, profiles and articles is 800-1500 words. According to their pitching guidelines, they pay $25 to $50. 

10. Whisky Advocate is a whisky publication that is a source of news, recipes, reviews, and videos for whisky enthusiasts. They are looking for writers (with expertise in whiskies and spirits) for their web stories. According to a deleted tweet by their editor, their average rate for 700 to 800 words is $300. To contact them, visit this page.