Margin Notes is a publishing platform for essays, stories, and ideas worth sitting with for more than a few seconds. It's built for readers who still enjoy a well-written piece, and for writers who want a clean, distraction-free place to publish one.

What you'll find here

Personal essays, opinion pieces, short fiction, and practical guides — written by people who wanted to say something and took the time to say it well. Stories are organized by category and tags, and every writer has their own profile you can follow.

Who's behind it

Margin Notes is an independent publishing project, built and maintained by its founder as a space free of the algorithmic noise that crowds out most writing online. It's a small, ongoing project — improved a little at a time.

Want to write here?

Anyone can sign up and publish — there's no submission process or approval queue. Your story goes live the moment you hit publish. We just ask that what you publish is your own, genuine work.

Get in touch

Questions, feedback, or something to report? Visit our Contact page.