Midstory Magazine
Jessica Smock, Kate Hash, Hot Flash Energy, Sue Nador, Jes Scoville, Denise Derya Brandt, Paper_worx_art, True STORIES., Uncharted by Jamie Gilpin, Meghan Moravcik WalbertA home for writing by women about life, love, and loss at midlife.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 160 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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Call for Submissions: Now Open to All Subscribers
Since July 30th, our new call for submissions has been open for paid subscribers of Midstory Magazine.
Starting today, both paid and free subscribers of Midstory can submit their original writing.
Submit your writing
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New Submission Guidelines: Monthly Themes
I’m thrilled to announce two changes to Midstory.
Since the spring, Midstory has published 10 original personal essays by midlife women, after receiving hundreds of submissions. Midstory has published writing from established writers, as w...
After a Long Rest, the Butterflies Are Back
“It’s the same old, same old,” the psychic said as she divined the tarot cards I had chosen. A small table between us held a bag of crystals, a box of Kleenex, and a flickering candle. She was talking about someone important in my life but...
Midstory Reads: 10 Essays by Midlife Women on Joy, Pain, Achievement, Books, and More
A few times each month Midstory Magazine publishes Midstory Reads, a roundup of essays on Substack written by writers from our Midstack community, particularly from our Friday Midstack share threads. Midstory Reads is a small selection of t...
A Holy, Dim Light: A Journey Through Diagnosis and Discovery
This personal essay is about motherhood, identity, and late-in-life diagnosis, tracing my journey from early parenthood through years of misunderstanding my son's struggles. When my son is diagnosed at eighteen with ADHD and Autism Spectrum...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Editor of Midstory Magazine. Teacher, researcher, mom. Doctorate in policy. I help midlife women find community on Substack, grow their audience, and build sustainable creative lives.
I’m a 40-something novelist and author of your future favorite romantic comedies. \ud83d\udc95 THE MOTHER-IN-LAW BOOK CLUB hits shelves on October 13!
43, navigating midlife with endometriosis, medical menopause, no kids, and a lot of opinions. Writing about work, life, the body, and coming in hot — without apology.
Award-winning poet and essayist writing through the mess—divorce, single mothering, threats to civil discourse, plagues, etc. Delighting in details of the everyday.
I am an an Ottawa-based freelance writer. My feature stories, profiles. Interviews and personal essays have been published in The Globe and Mail, Tablet, LiisBeth, YouAreUnltd and other places. I have an MFA in Creative Nonfiction.
POSTCARDS & PAGES Newsletter. Debut novel ISTANBUL DREAMING coming from She Writes Press on September 29, 2026.
Insightful commentary on the creative life... tough questions to reflect on as you build your creative practice... and building a community to share our insights as we grow together.
Midwest writer. Elected official. One-time blogger @ True Stories. https://jessicavealitzek.wordpress.com/
I left the C-suite in tech to find out who I was without it. I didn’t go looking for a spiritual awakening, but here I am writing from the middle of it about burnout, reinvention & feminine leadership. Dropping the armor to lead from alignment.
Meghan Walbert has more than two decades of experience as a journalist and writer. She's a former foster parent and is raising her two teenage boys (plus a terrier and a number of fish) with her husband in Eastern Pennsylvania.
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