Pitches wanted (outdoors, food, culture) | ~$300 to $500 per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: PLAY ZINE

Deadline: 31 October 2025

Calling all creatives, cooks & lovers of the outdoors!

We’re cooking up the second edition of PLAY, a queer food + culture cookbook-magazine. This time we’re focused on ‘The Outside’

We’re looking for submissions that explore queerness and being outside in all forms: embodied experiences in the natural world, moments when you’ve chosen to live outside the box, pushing outside your own boundaries, what it means to be queer during climate catastrophe, and everything in between. We welcome pitches for essays, reported features, poetry, short fiction, visual art, and recipes—anything that explores the intersection of queerness, food, and the outdoors.

We believe creativity deserves compensation. With support from the Brooklyn Arts Council, all contributors whose work is accepted will be paid. Submit your pitches via the form! Submission deadline is October 31st at 8 pm EST.

We can’t wait to see how you PLAY outside!

CONFIDENTIAL NOTE: Reports indicate that PLAY pays $300 to $500 per article. It is recommended that you discuss the rate(s) with the editor upon the acceptance of your pitch.

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CONTACT INFORMATION:

• Submissions: Via the webform

• Website: https://play.metalabel.com/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Play is a mutual aid project consisting of LGBTQ+ chefs and artists addressing food insecurity and celebrating queer joy. It publishes cookbook zines, essays, and artwork, and also organizes dinners and immersive food-and-art events. Its purpose is to merge creativity and community care, directing its proceeds to queer mutual aid initiatives.

• Review the submission guidelines 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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