10 Active Writing Publications on Medium to Apply to Be Published In
A curated list of 10 current writing publications that are still accepting writers. With useful stats about them and contact information for people looking to get published on Medium.com
The below post is a list of 10 current writing publications on Medium, with different (hopefully useful!) stats and information about them. I’ve collected the number of subscribers, 5 associated tags to use, categories on the publication, and the methods to apply to be published along with contact information.
I sorted through 30 different writing publications on Medium so that you don’t have to! This list is to help fellow noob writers out there on Medium that are interested in publishing in the broad topic of writing.
Some quick notes
- These aren’t the top 10 writing publications, I’ve curated them from the top 30 writing publications on Medium
- I’ve arranged the below from most to least amount of subscribers (in theory, the hardest to easiest to get published in)
- I’ve tried my best to curate ones that still accept writers
- I’ve excluded publications that have stopped publishing (ex. Poets Unlimited)
- I’ve excluded Medium owned publications
- I’ve tried to exclude big existing magazines that I know of (ex. The Economist)
- Most publications require unpublished drafts
10 writing publications on Medium
1. The Writing Cooperative
Helping each other write better
Subscribers: 177,000
Broad Topic: Writing — Writers helping each with
5 Associated Tags: Writing, Writing Tips, Creativity, Self Improvement, Productivity
How to Submit: Wait until 2020, then fill out a form on this page
Email: [email protected]
Owner: Sand Farnia and Justin Cox 🍩
2. The Creative Cafe
Unlocking creativity through community. Dedicated to supporting and fostering the creative writing community. This is a place for compulsive creators, their work, and their stories. Prompts twice a month and stories published every day(ish). Brought to you by Likewise.
Subscribers: 70,000
Broad Topic: Writing — Creative writing community
5 Associated Tags: Poetry, Fiction, Love, Life, Short Story
How to Submit: Wait for their next writing prompt challenge, on this page, participate in that challenge and you will be added as a writer after
Email: [email protected]
Owner: Jake
3. 100 Naked Words
Train your inner writer with 100 words a day, every day for 100 days. Stories about humanity, life lessons, entrepreneurship, growth, and vulnerability.
Subscribers: 50,000
Broad Topic: Writing — Write 100 words a day for 100 days
5 Associated Tags: Life, Writing, Life Lessons, Love, Poetry
How to Submit: Go to this post and follow the instructions via email
Email: [email protected]
Owner: Johnson Kee
4. Curiosity Never Killed the Writer
Collecting words, phrases, pops of poetry, and all things about writing. Refer to our guidelines for submitting.
Subscribers: 47,000
Broad Topic: Writing — Collecting various pieces and pays for some of them
5 Associated Tags: Writing, Poetry, Publishing, Fiction, Creativity
How to Submit: Send an email asking to join to the address below. You should probably link some previous work. Also, check out this page, it seems this publication pays for work and calls for new specific submissions every month.
Email: [email protected]
Owner: Carina Sitkus
5. The Belladonna Comedy
Comedy and satire by women, for everyone.
Subscribers: 39,000
Broad Topic: Writing — Comedy and satire
5 Associated Tags: Satire, Comedy, Humor, Women, Feminism
How to Submit: You can refer to this page for more details, but in a gist, you email the below with an unpublished draft attached as a Word document.
Email: [email protected]
Owner: Belladonna Comedy
6. Publishous
Discover tomorrow’s bestsellers today. You’ll say you knew them when.
Subscribers: 22,000
Broad Topic: Writing — Publishing professional-quality pieces from new writers
5 Associated Tags: Life Lessons, Life, Self Improvement, Writing, Inspiration
How to Submit: Fill out the form at the bottom of this page.
Email: [email protected]
Owner: Nicole Akers
7. The Junction
The Junction is a digital crossroads devoted to stories, culture, and ideas. Our interests are legion.
Subscribers: 12,400
Broad Topic: Writing — Publisher of a wide variety of pieces except for clickbait
5 Associated Tags: Fiction, Poetry, Short Story, Love, Life
How to Submit: Fill out the form on this page to be added as a writer.
Email: [email protected]
Owner: Stephen M. Tomic
8. The Weekly Knob
Prompting Writers to Write
Subscribers: 11,700
Broad Topic: Writing — Weekly prompt contests
5 Associated Tags: Writing Prompts, Fiction, Short Story, Poetry, Creative Writing
How to Submit: Send an email to this address with the words “NEW WRITER REQUEST”
Email: [email protected]
Owner: S Lynn Knight🎈
9. Lit Up
Land of little tales
Subscribers: 9,100
Broad Topic: Writing — Short stories and flash fiction
5 Associated Tags: Poetry, Fiction, Short Story, Love, Poem
How to Submit: They have many, many writers but don’t explicitly talk about new writers. I’d send an email to the below with a link to an example.
Email: [email protected]
Owner: DiAmaya Dawn
10. Chalkboard
The home of asynchronous collaboration. Write with us!
Subscribers: 8,200
Broad Topic: Writing — Very collaborative prompt writing
5 Associated Tags: Poetry, One Line, Love, Life, Poem
How to Submit: Leave a reply to this post. Highly suggest you read what their style is about though, as it’s a very collaborative type of writing.
Email: One of the only publications I’ve seen that has no contact information or social media displayed.
Owner: Tamyka Bell
Got any more to add to the list? Let me know by commenting or private messaging me! Good luck with publishing!
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