🍳🥗 Pitches to chef with 🥗🍳

Hi everyone!

We’re not even one month into the semester and I’m already falling behind on meal prep. Don’t get me wrong, I love cooking. But I’m an all or nothing chef in the kitchen — either I’m making an elaborate meal or eating cereal straight out of the box. Please tell me I’m not alone. Please.

But first, a few announcements:

• This Friday, January 31 is a busy day in the office: we’ve got a Trauma-informed workshop 10 a.m., copy-edits starting at 11:00 a.m., our weekly general meeting at 4 p.m. and our annual desk crawl in the evening.

All the best,

— Fiona

Some things to keep in mind:

• To secure a pitch, respond to this email.

• Are you a first-time writer? Please let me know in your email response.

• Once I confirm your pitch request, you can expect a follow-up email from me within 24 hours with more details on the piece.

• Consider conflict of interest implications when picking up a piece and ask me about this if you’re unsure.

• I LOVE COMMUNICATION! I will check in with you throughout the writing process but it’s also on YOU to tell ME if you’re feeling stressed about deadlines or unsure about how to proceed with anything. I gotcha <3

Our Campus: Dr. Phanuel Antwi

Dr. Phanuel Antwi is an Associate Professor in the English department and the Canada Research Chair in Black Arts and Epistemologies. He writes, researches and teaches critical black studies and critical race, gender and sexuality studies, and he is currently completing a book-length project titled, Currencies of Blackness: Faithfulness, Cheerfulness and Politeness in Settler Writing.” Get to know Antwi, his work and teaching approach and what experiences and stories inform them, as well as what his day-to-day looks like at UBC.

800-1000 words

Due Friday, February 14, 2025 by 5pm

Our Campus: Sophie Co

Sophie is the AMS Food Bank’s Coordinator, one of the society’s biggest and busiest constituencies. She studies food, nutrition and health and was also a health and wellness coordinator and council member in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Get to know Co, how she runs the Food Bank and some of her leadership goals, as well as how her advocacy and academics overlap.

800-1000 words

Due Friday, February 14, 2025 by 5pm

Pitch a long-form feature to me!

Do you have an idea for a long-form piece? I want to hear it! Send me a pitch email summarizing what you’d like to write about, why this topic is important to the UBC community and a rough game plan of the drafting process. Not sure where to start? Check out this resource on how to pitch long-form pieces and come to January 29’s pitching workshop. Not sure if your idea fits best in a long-form format? Send me an email anyways and we’ll figure it out together!