Write for us
We take a small number of outside pieces each year from cooks, growers and food writers who know rhubarb.
Rhubarb Recipes is a very narrow journal. We publish one or two outside pieces a quarter when they are a real fit; the rest comes from the editors. The notes below are the only guidance we can offer. Please read them before you pitch.
What we want
- A recipe we would cook, with weights in grams, oven settings for both fan and conventional, and an honest note on where it goes wrong.
- A kitchen-garden piece on growing, splitting, forcing or over-wintering a rhubarb crown in a UK garden.
- A short historical or regional piece: the Yorkshire forced sheds, the Victorian kitchen-garden tradition, old English varieties such as Timperley Early or Stockbridge Arrow.
- A preserving piece on jam, chutney, curd, gin, syrup or vinegar made with British rhubarb.
What we will decline
- Pieces that are not actually about rhubarb (strawberry-rhubarb is borderline; please pitch).
- Recipes from other blogs, cookbooks or AI generators, republished with changes.
- Round-ups of other sites’ recipes, or best-of lists.
- Any piece that exists as a vehicle for a link to another website.
- Pitches on cryptocurrency, gambling, supplements, pharmaceuticals or adult topics. We do not publish them.
On links
You may include one or two links in a piece if they go to an authoritative source (the RHS, GOV.UK, a UK university, a professional body). We do not accept paid links, affiliate links or links to commercial shops as part of the article. If a piece turns up with hidden links or redirects, it comes down at once.
House style
- UK English. Grams and millilitres; metric first in any measurement.
- Simple, declarative sentences. No ‘delve’, no ‘in today’s fast-paced world’, no closing ‘In conclusion’ sections.
- 900 to 1,500 words. Longer if the subject needs it; please say so in the pitch.
- Any factual claim about a rule, a variety or a date must be verifiable and we will check it.
- If a photograph is to accompany the piece, send one you own or point us to a Creative Commons source we can use with attribution. We do not pay for stock images.
How to pitch
Email [email protected] with the subject line ‘Pitch:’ followed by the working title. In the body, a paragraph of outline, the angle, one or two lines on who you are and a link to one piece of your writing. No attachments on the pitch.
We read everything and reply to serious pitches within two weeks. We do not list fees; if you need to be paid, say so and what rate you work at, and we will talk.
Rights
You keep the copyright of your piece. By publishing it with us you grant a perpetual, non-exclusive right to keep it on the site. You may republish it elsewhere after six months if you link back to our version.