Substacks recommended by Nelly Bryce

Recommended by Nelly Bryce

Built with a soft burning passion for obscure places, people, folklores, and the unseen threads that bind our personal and collective stories

Sparkle on Substack

By Claire Venus ✨

Master Substack, write, build your DREAM business with joy! Global Top 10 Publication. Twice monthly space holding (co-working, workshops, teaching). Weekly chats, podcasts. A bespoke membership to help you stay creative and grow on Substack! 💫

Not sure why Sparkle on Substack wasn't already on my recommendations list. Of course I'll recommend it. Claire is wonderful and knows her stuff!

- Nelly Bryce

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

By Jeannine

For people who do language. Writing saved my life—so I teach writing as if it can save yours.

Necessary Salt by Joy Sullivan

What it means to be a woman in the world making slow, chewy art. Subscribe to receive a link to my free poetry workshop in your inbox!

HannahRoWrites

Semi-to-very-autobiographical poetry about life, love and everything in between.

The Day Job | Matt Abbott's creative & practical poetry tips

By Matt Abbott

Creative and practical resources from an experienced full-time poet.

Great advice and guidance for all would-be poets.

- Nelly Bryce

Words to live by - with Donna Ashworth

Notes for a life well-lived

Earth and Verse

By Alix Klingenberg

Art, poetry, and creative practices for multi-passionate people looking to reclaim their attention and live thoughtfully in a distracted, extractive world.

Beautiful poetry, always heartfelt.

- Nelly Bryce

The Shadow Mirror

By Tamsin 🍂 🐸 🪞

Poems, anecdotes, stories, life ramblings; some true, some not. Scribblings, rantings and musings pepper this blog. Sometimes the words are good to me, more often than not they refuse to be used. ND and queer friendly.

Pondering & Doodling

By Rach

My ponderings (and maybe some doodles) about life and my experience as a late diagnosed autistic woman.

Human Stuff

By Lisa Olivera

A newsletter that explores the spiral of aliveness: the aches, the joys, and the liminal, from a therapist/writer/human. When the Ache Remains is out 4/28/26.

what to do on a Saturday morning

By Nicola Rowlands

The light under the clouds. Radical honesty. Curved lines. Making space, unbound, intricate clutter, the edge of courage, palms wide open, the moon a melon skin crescent, paper cuttings of the week and other items found beneath the bed.

The writing speaks for itself. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

- Nelly Bryce

Mary Oliver's Drunk Substack

By Lyndsay Rush (Mary Oliver's Drunk Substack)

Bonus french fries (poems! jokes! insider info!) in your inbox

If you've read even one of Lyndsay Rush's poems then you don't need me to tell you why you should subscribe. Brilliance.

- Nelly Bryce

Poems and that

By Lisa O'Hare

Sometimes poetry, sometimes not. 2023 BBC Words First Finalist.

Portobello Literary

By Caro Clarke

Musings from a literary agent by the sea

SO much wisdom and insight delivered with such generosity. I'd recommend this publication to anyone remotely interested in publishing a book one day.

- Nelly Bryce

Out of the Blue

By Mari Andrew

By writer and artist Mari Andrew, exploring life's full range of colors

Another World is Possible

By Annette

Home of the SELKIE CIRCLE: reclaiming our power together, in a system that insists we have none – by a post-activist, feminist, French mother of four living and swimming on the east coast of Ireland.

Beautiful soulful writing

- Nelly Bryce

For Dear Life with Maggie Smith

A newsletter about writing & other things that make this life dear—from the poet, not the dame

Poetry Pals

By Nelly Bryce

Pen pal posts that share a love of poetry. Eternally optimistic. Home of Poetry Book Club and the friendliest poetry community!

So Darling

By Grace O'Neill

Original essays from Grace O'Neill

Rebecca Calles Rijsdijk

By Rebecca Rijsdijk

Poetry and writing by Rebecca Rijsdijk.

Exceptionally good writing. What else is there to say.

- Nelly Bryce

Pencil Led Life

By Lillias

I’m an artist with aphantasia sharing stories from my life as a picture book illustrator, writer, unschooler, and family cycle adventurer—join me for behind-the-scenes glimpses into my vibrant, pencil-led world!

I could read this writing all day. Beautifully crafted with gorgeous illustrations to match.

- Nelly Bryce

Journaling Wild

Recommended by Nelly Bryce