Call for All Food Enthusiasts

Submit your work for consideration in Umbrella Splash Magazine.

Submit your work for consideration in Umbrella Splash Magazine.

At Umbrella Splash Magazine, we believe food is more than something we eat. Food carries memory, culture, identity, tradition, creativity, and connection. A recipe can tell the story of a family. A restaurant can reveal something about a community. A meal can bring people together, preserve a tradition, or mark a moment in our lives.

We’re looking for engaging food stories that inform, entertain, inspire, and make readers see food in a new way. Whether you’re a professional chef, passionate home cook, food writer, photographer, or storyteller, we want to hear your perspective.

Food Is the Beginning of the Story

We are interested in stories that use food as a lens to explore the broader experiences that shape our lives—including culture, identity, relationships, health, work, family, creativity, community, and everyday life.

We welcome everything from thoughtful personal essays and cultural features to recipes, cooking techniques, restaurant stories, and practical food-related advice.

What We’re Looking For

🍴 Recipes & Cooking Techniques

Family recipes, traditional dishes, and personal culinary creations.
Cooking techniques that help readers become more confident in the kitchen.
Ingredient features, cooking tips, and creative ways to use everyday ingredients.

🍴 Food, Culture & Community

Stories exploring the cultural meaning behind food and traditions.
Regional dishes, culinary traditions, festivals, and food communities.
Stories about how food connects generations, cultures, and communities.

🍴 Restaurants & Culinary Voices

Profiles of chefs, restaurants, food entrepreneurs, and culinary innovators.
Stories about restaurants that contribute something meaningful to their communities.
Thoughtful explorations of changing dining and food culture.

🍴 Personal Essays & Opinion

Personal stories in which food played an important role in your life or shaped your perspective.
Essays exploring food, memory, family, identity, culture, or personal growth.
Fresh perspectives on food trends and the way food influences contemporary life.

🍴 Food Photography & Visual Storytelling

Original food photography that tells a compelling visual story.
Photo essays exploring food, culture, people, places, and traditions.
Creative visual work connected to the culinary experience.

🍴 Food Tips & Practical Ideas

Practical cooking advice and kitchen tips.
Sustainable food and kitchen practices.
Helpful guides for home cooks, food lovers, and curious readers.

Why Submit?

Your food story can do more than share a recipe. It can preserve a tradition, introduce readers to a culture, spark a conversation, or create a moment of connection.

Selected submissions may be featured in the print and/or digital edition of Umbrella Splash Magazine, giving your work an opportunity to reach our community of readers and creatives.

Bring us your delicious, thoughtful, surprising, or unforgettable ideas. Let’s tell the bigger story behind the food.

ALL SELECTED PITCHES

Published in the print and digital issue.

Eligibility

Open to writers, home cooks, professional chefs, food photographers, and storytellers.
No formal culinary or writing qualifications are required.
We welcome emerging and established contributors.
We encourage diverse voices, experiences, cultures, and perspectives.

Submission Guidelines

Submit your original work through our online submission form.
Include a short author bio of up to 300 words.
If submitting photography, provide high-resolution JPEG images suitable for publication. 300 DPI is preferred for print.
Please submit only work that you have the right to publish.
Previously published work may be considered only if you have the necessary rights and disclose the previous publication.

Submission Deadline: TBA

Notification Date: TBA

Issue Release: TBA

Questions? Contact our editorial team at submissions@umbrellasplash.com .