Our goal is to provide a newsletter that shares authentic stories about families and food that are important to our audience. So, we’re searching for parents to share their experiences, stories, and recipes through our guest posting program. Our community is diverse and multi-faceted, and our community voices, recipes, and published writing reflect that. 

We’re looking for advice, stories, and educational posts: your reflections on the struggles of feeding picky eaters, stories about meal time or family cooking traditions, or dietary restrictions that have impacted the lives of your family or your child are just a few examples. 

We feature guest writing from parents who are home cooks, parents who don’t like to cook, and parents who are social media savvy influencers. Our goal with One Potato is NOT to be a one-person personality platform, but a community and resource of many real voices and stories. We strive to feature writers, parents, and families of all backgrounds, cultures, traditions, and identities, living anywhere, published and unpublished. 

This is an unpaid opportunity to have your writing published and shared with our Substack Newsletter and community, which is emailed to over 70,000 subscribers weekly. 

CURRENT TOPICS & DEADLINES 

Seeking personal narrative writing centered around family memories, cooking, and traditions. We are always accepting submissions on these topics year-round, on a rolling basis! 

For specific topics, here are some deadlines related to holidays and heritage months. We will be selecting ~2-4 submissions for publication per topic: 

– Christmas: Deadline 11:59pm PT, Dec. 5th, 2024 

– Hanukkah: Deadline 11:59pm PT, Dec. 5th, 2024 

– New Year’s Celebrations: Deadline 11:59pm PT, Dec. 15th, 2024 

– New Year’s Resolutions: Deadline Jan. 15th, 2025

– Black History Month: Deadline Jan. 15th, 2025

KEY DETAILS: 

– Rolling Submissions Accepted

– Word Count: Between 750 – 1,500 Words 

– Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please let us know immediately if a submission is accepted elsewhere 

– Previously published work is allowed, but the topic must be aligned with the One Potato mission and theme 

– The style we seek is personal narrative/essay, creative nonfiction, memoir-style writing (at this time, we are not accepting fiction, short story, or poetry submissions) 

– You are also welcome to share a family recipe! We would love to speak with you more about this opportunity! 

HOW TO SUBMIT 

Send your submission as a PDF or .doc attachment to hello @ onepotato.com 

Our team will be reviewing submissions on a rolling basis and will work closely with you to ensure a polished final product. We strive to respond within 4 weeks.