Browse 100+ publications in the Boost Nomination Program

Medium’s Boost Nomination Program is our growing program to work in collaboration with independent publication editors on Medium to nominate stories for Boost consideration. The program’s goal is to incentivize independent publication editors to help our curators find the new, niche, and unknown stories on Medium.

Editors in the Boost Nomination Program can nominate stories in their topical focus, regardless of whether the stories are in their publications. These nominations are reviewed by Medium’s internal curation team to see how they line up with Medium’s Distribution Guidelines. If a nominated story is selected for Boost by our curators, it gets higher priority to be distributed in readers’ feeds.

Nominations from Boost Nomination Program participants account for about half of the stories selected for Boost, with the other half sourced directly by our internal curation team.

The list of publications below is not exhaustive -- it only shows the publications that have agreed to be public about their involvement in the Boost Nomination Program. We update this list monthly.

Publication name	Topics	Nominator	Submission guidelines
A Teacher’s Life	Teaching, Education, This happened to me, Life Lessons	GB Rogut	Submit
A-Culturated	Culture, Society, Travel, Self, Relationships	Maria Garcia	Submit
AfroSapiophile	Society, Politics, Love, Life Lessons, History	Johnny Silvercloud	Submit
AI Advances	Artificial Intelligence	Shunyu (Andy) Tang	Submit
Age of Empathy	Personal Essays, Creative Non-Fiction	Sally Prag	Submit
Ai-Ai-OH	Artificial intelligence, technology	Jeff Hayward	Submit
All 4 Inclusion	Disability, neurodiversity and mental health	Scott Whitney	Submit
Analyst’s corner	Business analysis, enterprise architecture, agile	Igor Arkhipov	Submit
Asian American Book Club	Asian American Women’s Literature, Books, Reading, Book Recommendations, Publishing, Writing, Asia, Translations, Reading	marie myung-ok lee	Submit
Bay Area Travel Writers	Travel, Culture, World	David A. Laws	Submit
Better Marketing	Marketing, SEO, sales	Zulie Rane & Sinem Günel	Submit
Beyond the Scoreboard	Sports memoir, and other unique sports features, essays, or satire	Mike Butler	Submit
Bitchy	Feminism, women, equality, identity, and culture	June Kirri	Submit
Black Bear	Addiction, Sobriety, Mental Health, Depression, Alcoholism	Michele Maize	Submit
Books are our superpower	Books, reading, authors	Anangsha Alammyan	Submit
Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs	Humor, politics, relationships, mental health, LGBTQ	Jason Provencio	Submit
CanadEH	Canadian politics, news, travel, culture	Jeff Hayward	Submit
Career Paths	Career, business, leadership	James Bellerjeau	Submit
Code Like A Girl	Diversity in Tech, Software Development, Technology, Future of Work, Leadership	Dinah Davis (She/Her)	Submit
Contemplate	Essays, poetry, short story with meaning, non-fiction	Susan Brearley	Submit
Coping with Capitalism	Capitalism, Self and Collective Coping Paths, Social Justice, Economics, Personal Anecdotes, Uplifting Marginalized Voices	Shawn Jr	Submit
Corporate Underbelly	First person stories of corporate misconduct	Sean Kernan	Submit
Counter Arts	Art, Culture, Equality, Literature, Film, Music, Photography	Sadie Seroxcat	Submit
Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age	Aging well, retirement, health and wellness, life lessons	Nancy Peckenham	Submit
Dancing Elephants Press	Emotional and mental support, spirituality	Dr. Gabriella Korosi	Submit
Data Driven Investor	Investments, finance	Justin Chan, Ph.D.	Submit
Deconstructing Christianity	Religion, atheism, skepticism	Lilith Helstrom	Submit
deterritorialization	Critical theory, philosophy, society, culture, politics	Buen Ravov	Submit
EduCreate	Education, Creator Economy, Soft Skills, Leadership, Technology	Lance Cummings PhD	Submit
Entrepreneur’s Handbook	Entrepreneurship, Founder Stories, Business, Startups	Stephen Moore & Dave Schools	Submit
Entropy	Dark Literature in Lovecraft Tradition	Susan Brearley	Submit
EVROPA	European culture, politics, life and travel	Anton Kutselyk	Submit
E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower	General interest	Malky McEwan	Submit
Fanfare	Pop culture, film, TV, gaming, books, music	Eric Pierce	Submit
Farewell Alarms	Travel, Adventure, Personal Stories	Ethan Taylor	Submit
Fashion Police	Fashion	Andrew Lalchan	Submit
Flashbacks	True stories	Julia Kantic	Submit
Fourth Wave	Focus on women and other challenged groups with an eye towards reducing prejudice in all its iterations and increasing equality for all	Patsy Fergusson	Submit
Fossils et al.	Paleontology, Science, Evolution	Sílvia PM, PhD	Submit
Frame Rated	Film and television review and features	Dan Owen	Submit
Frazzled	Parenting Humor	Andrew Knott	Submit
Full Frame	The art of photography	Rodrigo S-C	Submit
Garden of Neuro	Women’s Literature, Women-Focused Stories and Issues, Historical Fiction, Memoir, Essay Collections, Neurodiversity, Humor, Poetry, Women’s History/Herstory, Women’s Leadership	Susan Brearley	Submit
Gardening, Birding, and Outdoor Adventure		Dan Pfeifer	Submit
Global Literary Theory	World literature, Literary history, Translation	Rebecca Ruth Gould, PhD	Submit
Globetrotters & In Living Color	Travel, photography, culture, life	JoAnn Ryan	Submit here for Globetrotters and here for In Living Color
Grief Book Club	Grief, Loss, Death, Dying, Mourning	Jacqueline Dooley	Submit
History of Women	Women’s History	Linda Caroll	Submit
Human Parts	Personal narratives	Jay Ludlow Martin	Submit
I Taught the Law	Current Legal Topics	JoAnne Sweeny	Submit
ITNEXT	Software Engineering, IT development, Fullstack, Cloud engineering	Kiarash Irandoust	Submit
Iberospherical	Spain, Portugal, Latin America — culture, history, language, travel	Matthew Clapham	Submit
Imogene’s Notebook	Poetry, micro fiction, and fiction	Debra G. Harman, MEd.	Submit
In Fitness And In Health (IFAIF)	Fitness	Neeramitra Reddy	Submit
Internet of Technology	Technology, Programming	Oliver Lövström	Submit
Infosec Writeups	Cybersecurity, Infosec, Hacking	Sai Krishna Kothapalli	Submit
Invisible Illness	Mental health	Ryan Fan	Submit
Jane Austen’s Wastebasket	Humor, satire, comics	Kyrie Gray	Submit
Japonica	Japanese culture, language, travel, current events, all the wonderful things about life in Japan as well as the many challenges	Alvin T.	Submit
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself	Self-awareness, life lessons, spirituality	Diana C.	Submit
Language is Life	Language, Linguistics, Philosophy of Language	Matt Fujimoto	Submit
Lessons From History	History - Culture - Race	Sal	Submit
Life Without Children	Childfree, Childless, Pronatalism, Infertility	Ali Hall	Submit
Lit Up	fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction	Julia Kantic	Submit
Live View	Photography	Derrick Story	Submit
Lives Well Lived	obituary / life stories / remembrance	Alison Acheson	Submit
Long COVID Connection	Long COVID and related post-infection chronic illness	Tara Haelle	Submit
Management Matters	Management, Leadership, Work	Chris Sowers	Submit
Microbial Instincts	Science, Vaccines, Coronavirus, Health, Infectious Disease	Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)	Submit
Middle-Pause	Menopause, women, aging, mental health	anonymous	Submit
Minds Without Borders	Culture, society, politics, media, economics	Michelle Teheux	Submit
Mlearning.ai	Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Art, Data Science, AI art	Dariusz Gross #DATAsculptor	Submit
Modern Mothers	Motherhood	Victoria Corindi	Submit
Modern Women	Women, their experiences, careers, and personal growth	ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE	Submit
MuddyUm	Humor, satire	Susan Brearley	Submit
Music For Thought	Essays about trending topics in the music industry (not reviews)	Stanley C.	Submit
Mystic Minds	Spirituality, Life, Self-improvement, Personal Growth, Spiritual Growth	Kimberly Fosu	Submit
My Menopause Brain	Menopause, Perimenopause, Postmenopause, Aging, Women's Health	Ronke Babajide	Submit
Namaste Now!	Life lessons through Self-Awareness, Inspiration, Joyful Anecdotes	Vidya Sury	Submit
New East	Asian Art and Culture	Yuri Minamide	Submit
Nursing Notes	Nursing, health, health education, caregiving	Barb Dalton	Submit
On Reflection	Personal reflections	Linda Caroll	Submit
Parenting Portal	Parenting	Carol Finch	Submit
Philosophy Today	Philosophy, logic, religion, spirituality, culture	Romaric Jannel	Submit
Pink Hair & Pronouns	Parenting gender nonconforming kids, growing up gender non-conforming	All My Little Words	Submit
Policy Panorama	Public Policy	Kenny Minker	Submit
Pragmatic Wisdom	Simple, useful, and effective guidance	James Bellerjeau	Submit
Prism & Pen	LGBTQ (fiction, nonfiction, poetry)	James Finn & Sieran Lane	Submit
Publishous	Lifestyle and better living	Nicole Akers	Submit
Psychology of Workplaces	Psychology, Work, Leadership	Bette Ludwig	Submit
Pythoneers	Python Programming, Machine Learning, AI, Data Science, Deep Learning, GUI Development, Ethical Hacking, Python Testing	Abhay Parashar	Submit
Radio Hackers	Cybersecurity, Hacking, Signals Intelligence & Software Defined Radio	Investigator515	Submit
Re-Thinker	Culture, Insights, business, philosophy, inspiration	David W Litwin	Submit
Read Or Die	Community building	Adrian CDTPPW	Submit
Rome	Politics	David Todd McCarty	Submit
Rooted	food and drink culture	Charlie Brown	Submit
Runners Life	Running	Jeff Barton	Submit
Said Differently	Unorthodox thinking	James Bellerjeau	Submit
Science Spectrum	Math and Science	Cole Frederick	Submit
Screenwriting & Storytelling	Screenwriting, Storytelling	Jim Mercurio	Submit
Scribe	Poetry, Essay, Humor, Fiction	Thomas Gaudex	Submit
Sharing Food	Food, Culture, and International Cuisine	Jillian Amatt — Artistic Voyages	Submit
Simply Wild	Wildlife, wilderness, and nature	Warren Thurlow	Submit
Slackjaw	Humor	Alex Baia	Submit
Southern Winds	Climate change, politics, culture, hope	Ricky Lanusse	Submit
Speaking Bipolar	Bipolar disorder, mental health, mental illness, poetry	Scott Ninneman
Sybarite	Pleasure — including travel, cities, food, fashion, beauty	Adeline Dimond	Submit
Symbiotica	Nature connection, planetary health, mental health and nature, nature prescriptions, circular economy, biodiversity	Kelly Baldwin Heid	Submit
The Backyard Church	Spirituality, Christianity, Religion, Faith & Culture	Dan Foster	Submit
The Belladonna	Humor and satire	Kristen Mulrooney	Submit
The Book Cafe	Book reviews with a personal approach as opposed to critique	Linda Caroll	Submit
The Collector	History, Art, Travel, Photography, Society	Carlos Garbiras	Submit
The Digital Traveler	Geography, Travel, Language, Culture	The Sturg	Submit
The Environment	Environmental Issues, Climate Change, Sustainability	S M Mamunur Rahman	Submit
The Generator	Generative AI	Thomas Smith
The Gray Area	Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity	Graham Zemel	Submit
The Honest Perspective	Self-reflection and personal development, relationships	ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE	Submit
The Hub Publication	General interest	Misbah Sheikhh	Submit
The Interstitial	The Human Condition	Linda Caroll	Submit
The Kraken Lore	Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-fi, Dystopian	Jonathon Sawyer	Submit
The Mad River	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction, Magical Realism, Fairy Tales, and Experimental Work	Peculiar Julia	Submit
The Memoirist	Memoir, creative nonfiction, personal essay	Kiki Walters	Submit
The Mom Experience	Parenting, Motherhood, Family	GB Rogut	Submit
The Narrative Arc and In For a Penny	Memoir & personal essays	Debra G. Harman, MEd.	Submit
The New Climate	Climate change, the environment, biodiversity, renewable energy, net zero, regeneration, rewilding and climate action	Tim Smedley	Submit
The New Outdoors	Outdoors, nature, health, wellness, mindfulness	Ray Wirth	Submit
The Panopticon	Politics, geopolitics, foreign policy, mental health, mental health, education, military and war, philosophy, and spirituality/theology. All topics are covered from differing perspectives in a nuanced voice with opposing arguments.	Benjamin Sledge	Submit
The Penny Pub	Writing Prompts, LGBTQ, Neurodiversity, Culture, Lifestyle	Kim Kelly	Submit
The Peregrine Journal	Living abroad, Culture, Travel, Immigrants	Alex Praytor	Submit
The Point Of View	Politics, Technology, Gender, Social Media, Society, Culture	June Kiri	Submit
The Political Prism	Politics, law, and policy	Johnny P	Submit
The Pragmatic Programmers	Programming, Data Science, Tech Stories	Margaret Eldridge
The Quantastic Journal	Science and Technology	Sam Vaseghi	Submit
The Signifier	Art, Design, and Media	Remy Dean	Submit
The Taoist Online	Religion, philosophy, spiritually, mindfulness, environment, veganism and other lifestyles	Patrick Stewart	Submit
The Unexpected Autistic Life	Autism, Disability, Equality, Mental Health, Relationships	GB Rogut	Submit
The Virago	Feminism, Culture, Relationships, Abuse, Mental Health	Suzanna Quintana	Submit
The Wind Phone	Grief, death, dying, the afterlife	Christine Schoenwald	Submit
The Writing Cooperative	Writing	Justin Cox	Submit
Thirty Over Fifty	Supportive and uplifting topics by writers aged fifty and over, including Life Lessons, Travel, and Relationships	Grace Mary Power	Submit
Thought Thinkers	General interest	Ben Ulansey	Submit
Three Imaginary Girls	Music, music memoir, pop culture	Imaginary Liz	Submit
Towards AI	Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science	Towards AI Editorial Team	Submit
Towards Data Science	Data science, machine learning, AI	Ben Huberman	Submit
Travel Memoirs	Travel, Memoir, Non-fiction	Darren Weir	Submit
Tastyble	Food and cooking	Dim Nikov	Submit
UX Collective	Design, Technology, UX, Artificial Intelligence	Fabricio Teixeira	Submit
Wise & Well	Health and wellness	Robert Roy Britt	Submit
With Love	Relationships	Dona Mwiria	Submit
Women in Technology	Technology, Women in Tech, Career in Technology, Career advice	Mariana Carvalho	Submit
Write & Review	Reviewing books, often independently published	Alison Acheson	Submit
Write Under The Moon	Poetry, Fiction, Non Fiction	Claire Kelly	Submit

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