Page Text: Share Your Story: Join Our Community, Post a Thought or Ask a Question
If you’re new to The Mighty, posting Thoughts or Questions is a great place to start.
They’re like a post on social media and are perfect for sharing short personal updates, photos, poetry, and asking for support from the community. You can share your diagnosis journey, talk about your day, or discuss a struggle you’re facing. You can also join Groups to share Thoughts with people who have similar interests, concerns, and/or health conditions.
Thoughts are not edited by Mighty staff but are monitored by our Moderation team to keep the community a safe and supportive environment.
For a how-to guide to posting a Thought or Question, see here .
Write for Us: Become a Contributor
Contributor Stories are published articles on the Mighty website that are written by members of our community. Contributor Stories range from relatable personal experiences with health/illness to responses to current events, health-related book and movie reviews, self-care tips, gift guides, and so much more.
Contributor Stories are edited by Mighty staff for spelling, grammar, clarity, and to meet our editorial guidelines . Contributor Stories are distributed through The Mighty’s social channels and shared with our nonprofit and media partners. If you found us via a story shared on social media or when searching the web, it was probably written by a contributor!
You don’t need professional writing experience to become a contributor, but if you do, that’s great too.
To submit your story for the first time, head here .
If you’re already a contributor, you can visit your contributor portal here .
Where Does My Story Fit?
Check the following to see which content type would be best suited for your submission. While we can’t guarantee publication if you submit a story, we’ll be able to consider it.
“I’m a professional writer and I want to share an article/my story.”
Great! Your story would be best suited as a Contributor Story submission.
“I just want the community to read my story.”
Your story would be perfect as a Thought.
“I want my work to be read on your social media and shared widely.”
Your story would be best suited as a Contributor Story submission.
“I’m a blogger and want to republish my articles on The Mighty and/or write new articles.”
Your story would be best suited as a Contributor Story submission.
“I want to share a poem.”
We love poetry at The Mighty! Our editorial team doesn’t publish poetry submissions as Contributor Stories, but you can share your poetry with our community by posting a Thought in our Mighty Poets group. Use the #MightyPoets hashtag too so more members can discover your wonderful work!
“I want to submit my fiction.”
Right now, we only publish first-person nonfiction essays and blogs. However, as with poetry, you can share your fiction as a Thought if you want others to read it.
“I want to share my journey in full.”
Your story would be best suited as a Thought for the community to read.
“I want to meet others who understand what it’s like.”
We’d love for you to join our Mighty community by sharing a Thought or Question.
“I need help” or “I’m feeling suicidal.”
We’re here for you. If you need urgent medical help, please call 911 or your local emergency number. You can also contact any of the crisis centers listed here to chat with someone in a safe, supportive environment. Our community is also here if you’d just like to talk about what’s on your mind.
Before submitting a story for consideration, please read our editorial guidelines . Stories that follow our guidelines are far more likely to be accepted for publication. You can also read our Contributor FAQs .
Unless you’ve written about a timely topic or current event, it often takes a month or longer for a Contributor Story to be published. You can post a Thought right away without waiting for an editor to review it. If you’re waiting for longer than a month and you want to check your submission’s progress, you can email us at [email protected] .
Contributor Stories and Thoughts are important parts of the Mighty community. Both show up in our community members’ feeds, and both start important conversations that often leave people feeling more understood and less alone.
Here are some examples of recently published stories we loved: