Medium’s Boost Nomination Program is our growing program to work in collaboration with independent publication editors on Medium to nominate high-quality stories for Boost. The program’s goal is to incentivize independent publication editors to help us 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 if they line up with Medium’s Quality 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 only 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 | johnnysilvercloud | 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 |
| 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 |
| Cantor’s Paradise | Math and Science | Cole | 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 |
| Deep. Sweet. Valuable. | Personal stories: Life, Self Improvement, LGBTQIA+ | strangecash | Submit |
| deterritorialization | Critical theory, philosophy, society, culture, politics | Buen Ravov | Submit |
| EduCreate | Education, Creator Economy, Soft Skills, Leadership, Technology | Lance Cummings PhD | Submit |
| Ellemeno | Memoir, Travel, Faith, Philosophy, Life Lessons | David Todd McCarty | 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 | antonkutselyk | 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 | ethantaylorwriter | Submit |
| Fashion Police | Fashion | Andrew Lalchan | 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 |
| 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 | rrgould.medium.com/ | 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 |
| Infosec Writeups | Cybersecurity, Infosec, Hacking | kmskrishna.me/ | 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 | mattkfujimoto | Submit |
| Language Lab | Language Learning | Gianina Buda, PhD | Submit |
| Lessons From History | History - Culture - Race | sal | Submit |
| Life Without Children | Childfree, Childless, Pronatalism, Infertility | ali-hall.medium.com/ | 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 | victoriacorindi | Submit |
| Modern Women | Women, their experiences, careers, and personal growth | ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE | Submit |
| MuddyUm | Humor, satire | Susan Brearley | 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 | vidyasury.medium.com/ | Submit |
| New East | Asian Art and Culture | yuriminamide0509 | Submit |
| Nursing Notes | Nursing, health, health education, caregiving | Barb Dalton | Submit |
| On Reflection | Personal reflections | Linda Caroll | Submit |
| Parenting Portal | Parenting | carol.finch1 | 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 | kennyminker | 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 |
| 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 | rickylanusse | 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 |
| Teatime History | History and archaeology | Prateek Dasgupta | Submit |
| Tech & Me | Technology | Anthony Lawrence | 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 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 Howling Owl and Scrittura | Poetry, Fiction, Prose, Essays, Prompts | Marilyn J Wolf | 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 | kimkellywrites | Submit |
| The Peregrine Journal | Living abroad, Culture, Travel, Immigrants | AlexPraytor | 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 | vaseghisam | 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 | darrenweir | Submit |
| Tastyble | Food and cooking | dimnikov | Submit |
| UX Collective | Design, Technology, UX, Artificial Intelligence | Fabricio Teixeira | Submit |
| Wedding Affair | Weddings, marriage, wedding planning, family | justinaki | Submit |
| Wise & Well | Health and wellness | Robert Roy Britt | 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 |
How do publications join the Boost Nomination Program program?
Any Medium member can start a publication, and then any publication can apply to join the Boost Nomination Program. Learn more here.