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ALL ABOUT THE PITCH

My latest Estelle’s Edge is not just for publishing but for life: Go for what you want but prepare for it. I pivoted into editing launch publications when I impressed the former CEO of Hachette with my research and analysis of his publishing empire. Shortly aft er, he hired me as the editorial director of a new fitness publication. If you’ve been following my column and want to get an editor’s attention, I am analyzing a select number of pitches at the Writer’s Digest Conference. Email your pitch to estellesedge2022@gmail.com. Go for it!

For this issue, I spoke with Shelby Vittek, the editor of (). The 10-year-old publication (formerly in print) became a Canadian nonprofit last understands that a tomato is never just a tomato—it’s also a political, and deeply personal, statement about who we want to be and the world we hope to live in.”

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