Roast Magazine Contributor Guidelines
Roast magazine is a bi-monthly four-color trade publication for roasters, roaster/retailers, and other coffee industry professionals. Our 8,000+ digital and print subscribers range from individual roasters to large coffee roasting companies. We are also read by more than 1,000 suppliers of products and services for the roasting industry.
Articles in Roast should provide readers with operational, technical and business advice applicable to the coffee roasting industry. Roast strives to offer information that will assist roasters in bettering their technical skills, choosing the proper equipment and green beans for their roastery, growing their roasting business, and keeping up to date on coffee and roasting news and advances.
While Roast does cover aspects of cafe culture, our main focus is on coffee from origin through roast. Broad topics include: origin (interesting projects or developments in specific origins); science (the science behind coffee processing, roasting, packaging, etc.); roasting methods, techniques and equipment; coffee industry/business (although any time we cover business/retail topics, the focus is on roaster/retailers, not simply retail).
Style
Authors should write in an entertaining, conversational style; they should offer solid information and how-to tips. Our readers are, in general, seasoned professionals, so our articles need to be well researched and go into great depth, to provide insight beyond what they already know. Articles must not be promotional pieces for a specific person or company.
We encourage the author's voice and style to show. However, we prefer articles presented in the third person, present tense, using active verbs and personal nouns and pronouns. Writers should interview and directly quote at least three sources in each article. Fully identify sources (name, title, company/organization) in first mentions, then refer to last names.
Submissions
Roast accepts submissions and queries for feature articles. Features run 2,000-2,500 words and provide in-depth information on the technical aspects of roasting, cupping and other roaster-related topics, as well as business development, marketing, and equipment use.
We accept either queries or completed articles. However, we rarely accept reprints. Please specify availability of high-quality images with article.
Editing Process
Roast's content is reviewed by our editorial board of coffee-industry professionals. Writers should be prepared to revise articles prior to issue deadlines, based on the feedback of the magazine's editorial board and the Roast editorial team.
Contact
Queries should be addressed to Lily Kubota at lily@roastmagazine.com.
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