Write for Porchdrinking
Original stories about beer, beverages, food, travel, music, and the culture around good company.
Send editorial pitches, story ideas, photo essays, or completed drafts for review to: editorial@porchdrinking.com
About PorchDrinking
PorchDrinking is a beverage and lifestyle publication built around the places, people, and experiences that make a drink more than what is in the glass. We cover beer and other beverages alongside food, travel, music, creativity, outdoor time, local culture, and the communities that bring those things together.
Our voice is welcoming, curious, and grounded in real experience. We enjoy a thoughtful guide, a great story, a sharp review, a useful tip, and a little personality. The best contributions feel like something you would share with friends after a memorable meal, festival, taproom visit, or weekend away.
What We Cover
We welcome original pitches and submissions related to:
- Craft beer, breweries, taprooms, homebrewing, beer history, and beverage trends
- Cocktails, cider, mead, non-alcoholic drinks, coffee, spirits, and other beverage culture
- Food, cooking, restaurant culture, beer pairings, hosting, and recipes
- Brewery travel, destination guides, road trips, outdoor adventures, and local discovery
- Festivals, tastings, community events, and the people behind hospitality
- Music, art, makers, creativity, and the cultural moments that connect with drink culture
- Product testing, glassware, bar tools, beverage gear, and useful consumer guides
- Profiles, interviews, scene reports, photo essays, and firsthand stories
- Thoughtful coverage of the business, craft, and community of beverages and hospitality
What We Especially Value
- Original reporting, interviews, firsthand experience, or real subject-matter knowledge
- Useful guides that help readers plan, taste, travel, cook, host, or discover something new
- Clear storytelling with a distinctive point of view and an authentic human voice
- Accurate sourcing, appropriate disclosures, and responsible use of photos, video, and other media
- Fresh perspectives that make beverage and lifestyle coverage more interesting, specific, and fun to read
Who Can Contribute
Formal credentials are welcome but not required. We consider pitches from people with a genuine perspective, relevant experience, strong reporting, or unusual access to a story, including:
- Writers, journalists, editors, reviewers, and photographers
- Brewers, bartenders, chefs, hospitality professionals, beverage educators, and other industry participants with non-promotional insights
- Homebrewers, enthusiasts, collectors, travelers, outdoor adventurers, and community storytellers
- Food, travel, music, culture, and lifestyle contributors with beverage-relevant ideas
- Creators with original photography, video, illustrations, or multimedia work
Contributor Guidelines
To maintain editorial quality, all submissions should:
- Be original and unpublished unless otherwise approved by the PorchDrinking editorial team
- Be factually accurate and supported by credible sources when appropriate
- Be relevant to PorchDrinking readers and offer a clear reason to care
- Avoid excessive promotional language or content created primarily to market a product, company, service, or personality
- Use proper attribution for quotes, facts, images, video, research, recipes, charts, and third-party material
- Use photos, graphics, and media only when you own them, have permission to use them, or have properly licensed them
- Be written in clear, engaging English with helpful headings and a reader-friendly structure
- Typically fall between 800 and 1,500 words, depending on the topic and assignment
How to Pitch PorchDrinking
Send your pitch, story idea, photo set, or completed draft to: editorial@porchdrinking.com
A short pitch first is often the easiest way to confirm whether a topic is a fit.
Please include:
- A proposed headline or topic idea
- A brief summary of the story and why it belongs on PorchDrinking
- Your reporting plan, relevant experience, or primary sources
- The brewery, beverage, destination, event, city, restaurant, artist, or community connected to the story, when relevant
- Any useful writing samples, portfolio links, photo galleries, or social channels
- A short author bio and any relevant background or credentials
- Details about any images, video, products, recipes, or supporting material you expect to include
Editorial Review Process
1. Pitch Review: We review submissions for originality, relevance, quality, accuracy, reader interest, and fit with current coverage priorities.
2. Assignment or Draft Development: If a pitch is accepted, our editors may provide direction on scope, structure, sourcing, length, media, timing, or disclosures.
3. Editorial Edits: Accepted submissions may be edited for clarity, style, grammar, accuracy, headlines, formatting, captions, sourcing, and editorial consistency.
4. Publication Decision: Sending a pitch, draft, photo set, or completed article does not guarantee publication. Final publication decisions remain with the PorchDrinking editorial team.
Editorial Submissions and Commercial Inquiries
This page is for editorial pitches and contributor submissions. Advertising, sponsorships, paid placements, commercial partnerships, product campaigns, and promotional updates are handled separately through the PorchDrinking advertising page.
Editorial coverage, reviews, recommendations, interviews, and publication decisions remain under the control of the PorchDrinking editorial team and are subject to our publishing standards.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you accept completed drafts?
Yes. You may submit a completed draft or a pitch. A short pitch first is often the best way to confirm that a topic fits our coverage.
Do you pay contributors?
Contributor arrangements vary by assignment. Unless a paid assignment is agreed to in writing in advance, unsolicited submissions should not be assumed to be paid.
Can contributors include links?
Relevant source links, author links, portfolio links, and supporting references may be considered when appropriate. All links are reviewed editorially and may be edited, removed, or adjusted.
Can brands, publicists, agencies, or product representatives send ideas?
They may send legitimate news tips, expert commentary, product information, interview opportunities, or relevant announcements for editorial consideration. Commercial partnership inquiries should be handled through the advertising page.
Will every accepted pitch be published?
No. Editorial discussion or preliminary acceptance does not guarantee publication. Final publication decisions remain at the discretion of the PorchDrinking editorial team.
Ready to Pitch?
Bring us the story you keep thinking about – the unforgettable beer, the place worth the drive, the festival moment, the local character, the pairing, the recipe, the creative idea, or the community worth celebrating.
Email your editorial idea to: editorial@porchdrinking.com