Est. 2026
Every story begins with someone.
First Person is an independent publication exploring modern life through the people who live it.
We publish essays, reporting, conversations, and photography from people writing about something they have lived, witnessed, or cannot stop thinking about.
Some stories make headlines. Most don't. Those are the ones we're most interested in.
Volume One — open for submissions
What have you noticed that others have overlooked?
We publish people who notice things.
Essays & Reporting
Firsthand accounts of work, place, family, and the ordinary systems people move through every day.
Conversations
Interviews with people who understand something because they have been inside it.
Visual Storytelling
Photography, illustration, film, and art documenting a place, a practice, or a community as it is right now.
You don't need credentials or anything published before. You need to have been there.
Be there for Volume One.
New essays, conversations, and photography — sent when we publish. Nothing else.
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