Best Medium publications for Culture writers
124 publications that publish Culture stories. Publications marked open to new writers regularly publish people with fewer than 100 followers — the best place to submit your first stories.
Updated Oct 20, 2026
124
publications
29
open to new writers
450K
largest audience (Entrepreneurship Handbook)
129
Culture stories per day
Where new Culture writers get published
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slackjaw open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 7 | 363 | 43% | |
| 2 | Counter Arts open to new writers | 40 | 25 | 53% | |
| 3 | The Narrative Arc open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 18 | 270 | 33% | |
| 4 | Age of Empathy open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 13 | 100 | 39% | |
| 5 | Prism & Pen open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 15 | 259 | 40% | |
| 6 | Rooted open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 11 | 91 | 46% | |
| 7 | Teatime History open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 4 | 79 | 75% | |
| 8 | The Political Prism open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 10 | 285 | 30% | |
| 9 | Engage open to new writers | 11 | 51 | 55% | |
| 10 | Babel open to new writers | 9 | 75 | 56% | |
| 11 | Japonica Publication open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 7 | 89 | 57% | |
| 12 | The Mixtape Memoirs open to new writers | 14 | 164 | 43% | |
| 13 | Contemplate open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 10 | 88 | 30% | |
| 14 | The Sunday Journal open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 8 | 57 | 88% | |
| 15 | Spark Magazine open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 9 | 1 | 89% | |
| 16 | The Honest Perspective open to new writers | 8 | 53 | 50% | |
| 17 | True Travel Tales open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 13 | 101 | 39% | |
| 18 | NYU Local open to new writers | 4 | 0 | 100% | |
| 19 | Introvert Ink open to new writers | 4 | 146 | 75% | |
| 20 | Shadows in the Library open to new writers | 6 | 101 | 67% | |
| 21 | Cataloging Africa open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 10 | 289 | 50% | |
| 22 | Entertainment Breakdown open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 10 | 100 | 70% | |
| 23 | NEW LITERARY SOCIETY OPEN open to new writers | 6 | 70 | 100% | |
| 24 | My Jupiter Publication open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 3 | 305 | 100% | |
| 25 | group chat open to new writers | 4 | 0 | 100% | |
| 26 | Exprea open to new writers | 3 | 0 | 100% | |
| 27 | Notes on Closeness open to new writers | 7 | 0 | 100% | |
| 28 | Suspicions & Superstitions open to new writers | 5 | 0 | 100% | |
| 29 | The Risen Doctrine open to new writers | 3 | 0 | 100% |
All Culture publications
| # | Publication | Followers | Stories (14d) | Median claps | By small writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slackjaw open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 7 | 363 | 43% | |
| 2 | Counter Arts open to new writers | 40 | 25 | 53% | |
| 3 | The Narrative Arc open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 18 | 270 | 33% | |
| 4 | Age of Empathy open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 13 | 100 | 39% | |
| 5 | Prism & Pen open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 15 | 259 | 40% | |
| 6 | Rooted open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 11 | 91 | 46% | |
| 7 | Teatime History open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 4 | 79 | 75% | |
| 8 | The Political Prism open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 10 | 285 | 30% | |
| 9 | Engage open to new writers | 11 | 51 | 55% | |
| 10 | Babel open to new writers | 9 | 75 | 56% | |
| 11 | Japonica Publication open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 7 | 89 | 57% | |
| 12 | The Mixtape Memoirs open to new writers | 14 | 164 | 43% | |
| 13 | Contemplate open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 10 | 88 | 30% | |
| 14 | The Sunday Journal open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 8 | 57 | 88% | |
| 15 | Spark Magazine open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 9 | 1 | 89% | |
| 16 | The Honest Perspective open to new writers | 8 | 53 | 50% | |
| 17 | True Travel Tales open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 13 | 101 | 39% | |
| 18 | NYU Local open to new writers | 4 | 0 | 100% | |
| 19 | Introvert Ink open to new writers | 4 | 146 | 75% | |
| 20 | Shadows in the Library open to new writers | 6 | 101 | 67% | |
| 21 | Cataloging Africa open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 10 | 289 | 50% | |
| 22 | Entertainment Breakdown open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 10 | 100 | 70% | |
| 23 | NEW LITERARY SOCIETY OPEN open to new writers | 6 | 70 | 100% | |
| 24 | My Jupiter Publication open to new writers guidelines ↗ | 3 | 305 | 100% | |
| 25 | group chat open to new writers | 4 | 0 | 100% | |
| 26 | Exprea open to new writers | 3 | 0 | 100% | |
| 27 | Notes on Closeness open to new writers | 7 | 0 | 100% | |
| 28 | Suspicions & Superstitions open to new writers | 5 | 0 | 100% | |
| 29 | The Risen Doctrine open to new writers | 3 | 0 | 100% | |
| 30 | 10 | 183 | 10% | ||
| 31 | Lessons from History guidelines ↗ | 2 | 76 | 0% | |
| 32 | 14 | 245 | 29% | ||
| 33 | 14 | 1.1K | 0% | ||
| 34 | 20 | 232 | 25% | ||
| 35 | 12 | 220 | 0% | ||
| 36 | 7 | 213 | 0% | ||
| 37 | 40 | 67 | 8% | ||
| 38 | 43 | 121 | 14% | ||
| 39 | 7 | 141 | 14% | ||
| 40 | 31 | 377 | 3% | ||
| 41 | 8 | 385 | 0% | ||
| 42 | 21 | 200 | 24% | ||
| 43 | 18 | 350 | 0% | ||
| 44 | 8 | 253 | 0% | ||
| 45 | 8 | 94 | 13% | ||
| 46 | 19 | 317 | 16% | ||
| 47 | 6 | 72 | 0% | ||
| 48 | 4 | 545 | 0% | ||
| 49 | 11 | 177 | 18% | ||
| 50 | 32 | 132 | 19% | ||
| 51 | 7 | 100 | 14% | ||
| 52 | 4 | 634 | 0% | ||
| 53 | 12 | 237 | 17% | ||
| 54 | The Shortform guidelines ↗ | 2 | 0 | 100% | |
| 55 | 25 | 106 | 28% | ||
| 56 | 4 | 254 | 25% | ||
| 57 | 4 | 83 | 0% | ||
| 58 | 5 | 0 | 20% | ||
| 59 | 24 | 171 | 13% | ||
| 60 | 4 | 71 | 50% | ||
| 61 | 4 | 50 | 25% | ||
| 62 | 17 | 0 | 12% | ||
| 63 | Bouncin’ and Behaving Blogs TOO guidelines ↗ | 2 | 74 | 50% | |
| 64 | 62 | 135 | 24% | ||
| 65 | 5 | 547 | 40% | ||
| 66 | TRIBE | 2 | 279 | 0% | |
| 67 | Culture Club guidelines ↗ | 2 | 5 | 100% | |
| 68 | 3 | 2 | 67% | ||
| 69 | 4 | 309 | 0% | ||
| 70 | City Life guidelines ↗ | 2 | 1.9K | 0% | |
| 71 | 10 | 150 | 0% | ||
| 72 | 5 | 80 | 20% | ||
| 73 | 7 | 108 | 0% | ||
| 74 | 5 | 596 | 20% | ||
| 75 | 4 | 170 | 0% | ||
| 76 | 25 | 200 | 8% | ||
| 77 | 3 | 28 | 33% | ||
| 78 | The Heritage Pub guidelines ↗ | 2 | 1.7K | 0% | |
| 79 | PRESS BOX guidelines ↗ | 2 | 134 | 0% | |
| 80 | 4 | 417 | 0% | ||
| 81 | 14 | 414 | 21% | ||
| 82 | 3 | 262 | 0% | ||
| 83 | 5 | 505 | 20% | ||
| 84 | The Knowledge of Freedom | 2 | 50 | 0% | |
| 85 | 3 | 353 | 0% | ||
| 86 | 3 | 250 | 0% | ||
| 87 | 11 | 132 | 18% | ||
| 88 | 8 | 202 | 0% | ||
| 89 | 11 | 604 | 18% | ||
| 90 | 12 | 196 | 25% | ||
| 91 | 3 | 483 | 0% | ||
| 92 | Game Global | 2 | 2 | 0% | |
| 93 | 3 | 71 | 0% | ||
| 94 | 3 | 18 | 67% | ||
| 95 | Wordsmiths’ Weekly guidelines ↗ | 2 | 0 | 0% | |
| 96 | Statecraft Magazine guidelines ↗ | 2 | 291 | 100% | |
| 97 | 14 | 50 | 29% | ||
| 98 | 15 | 75 | 0% | ||
| 99 | 5 | 334 | 0% | ||
| 100 | 5 | 137 | 0% | ||
| 101 | 5 | 2 | 0% | ||
| 102 | 17 | 275 | 12% | ||
| 103 | 9 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 104 | 3 | 193 | 0% | ||
| 105 | The Daily Whatever Show | 6 | 406 | 0% | |
| 106 | Intriguing Times | 2 | 128 | 0% | |
| 107 | thepursuitofcweiziness | 2 | 21 | 0% | |
| 108 | My Kyoto guidelines ↗ | 2 | 181 | 0% | |
| 109 | The Capricorn | 16 | 887 | 6% | |
| 110 | Spy Novel Research | 6 | 30 | 0% | |
| 111 | Beyond Clarity guidelines ↗ | 7 | 479 | 14% | |
| 112 | Human Lens | 2 | 33 | 0% | |
| 113 | No Off Limits | 2 | 393 | 0% | |
| 114 | Tech is Art guidelines ↗ | 3 | 26 | 0% | |
| 115 | Women Unfiltered | 4 | 818 | 0% | |
| 116 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 | 2 | 829 | 0% | |
| 117 | Wonder & Reason | 2 | 102 | 0% | |
| 118 | Living Japanese | 2 | 1 | 0% | |
| 119 | New Ara Reads | 3 | 366 | 0% | |
| 120 | The Apparatus | 2 | 0 | 100% | |
| 121 | Notes from the W | 2 | 1 | 0% | |
| 122 | Financial Eclogue | 2 | 47 | 100% | |
| 123 | Where Stories Begin | 2 | 0 | 100% | |
| 124 | Cole’s Intrusive Thoughts | 6 | 0 | 0% |
How to choose a publication
Bigger is not always better. A publication with 450K followers can bury your story among dozens of daily posts, while a smaller, active publication that features new writers often brings more reads per story. Look at three numbers above: followers (potential reach), median claps (how much readers actually engage) and the share of small writers (your chances of being accepted).
For context, Culture sees about 129 new stories a day and 41% of them get no claps at all. Getting into a publication is one of the few reliable ways out of that pile. See the full Culture tag statistics.