GFS Contributor Guidelines
Interested in writing a guest post for Good. Food. Stories.? What a funny coincidence—we’re always interested in hearing from new contributors! Please keep the following guidelines in mind when proposing and writing a potential piece:
- Our main objective is good storytelling. Personal opinions, anecdotes, and experiences should be at the forefront; while we strive to educate as well as entertain, we’re not looking for purely informative “how-to” pieces. We welcome personal essays, restaurant/book/movie reviews, opinion or trend pieces, or other new and creative ideas. Inject your personality into the piece!
- Posts must consist of original content that has not been published elsewhere. All recipes must be original or significantly adapted with proper credit and attribution.
- Posts must be accompanied by at least three original photos at least 500px wide.
- Post length should be no less than 500 words (500-800 is ideal).
- All posts should have two external (outbound) links to other sites, and at least one internal (inbound) link to another Good. Food. Stories. post.
- Regarding word choice: overuse of “delicious” or “tasty” is not really what we’re going for; get creative, talk about how briny, jaw-breaking, dense, or delicately flowery your food is instead!
- We’ll also need a few sentences on you for a contributor introduction: Where are you from? Do you love your day job? What do you do when you’re not cooking? Again, personality is paramount.
- Sorry—if you approach us for a guest post specifically tied to a request for a site link, we’ll say no. Good. Food. Stories. does not engage in pay-for-play SEO tactics and does not support content farms.
Email us with your thoughts and stories—we’re looking forward to hearing from you!
