Pitch us a story.
Turkish Dining accepts freelance pitches from writers, photographers, and recipe developers with knowledge of Turkish food, Anatolian cooking, or the Turkish diaspora in Canada.
What we’re looking for
We commission across four categories:
- City guides. Restaurant-by-restaurant reviews of Turkish dining in a specific Canadian city or neighbourhood. 1,500–2,500 words.
- Recipes. Properly tested home recipes for Turkish dishes, with technique notes and troubleshooting. 1,000–1,800 words.
- Stories. Long-read features on Turkish food history, ingredients, culture, or travel. 1,500–3,000 words.
- Dispatches. Short, sharp pieces (recipes, news, opinion). 400–800 words.
What we pay
Our rates start at $0.40 per word for first-time contributors and rise from there based on experience and complexity. Photography is commissioned separately at $80 per published image.
We pay on publication, within 30 days, via Interac e-Transfer for Canadian contributors and via Wise for international writers.
How to pitch
Email pitch@turkishdining.ca with:
- A two-paragraph pitch with the story, the angle, and why it’s for our readers.
- Three to five recent clips (links are fine).
- A short bio.
We respond to every pitch, usually within two weeks. Please don’t follow up before then.
What we won’t commission
- Round-ups of restaurants the writer hasn’t visited.
- Pieces that exist primarily to recommend a specific restaurant where the writer has a relationship.
- Trend pieces without specific reporting behind them.
- Recipes the writer hasn’t actually cooked at least three times.
We hold our contributors to the same editorial standards we hold ourselves to — see our editorial ethics page.