Survive & Thrive occupies a distinct position at the intersection of literary craft and medical inquiry. The journal publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that engage with illness, caregiving, recovery, and the body as a site of knowledge. Its editorial scope is shaped by the conviction that narrative is not ancillary to medicine but constitutive of it—that the stories patients, clinicians, and families tell are themselves acts of healing and witness. The journal's commitment to medical humanities and narrative as medicine places it within a tradition that includes figures like Oliver Sacks, Susan Sontag, and Arthur Frank, while remaining open to emerging voices. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis, which allows for sustained engagement rather than the compressed rhythms of contest deadlines. There is no fee indicated, and no prize is offered; the reward is publication within a dedicated readership of practitioners, scholars, and writers who take this subject seriously. What the journal seeks is work that resists sentimentality and didacticism. The best submissions will demonstrate formal control, emotional precision, and a willingness to complicate the easy narratives of triumph or tragedy. Whether the perspective is that of a physician, a patient, a caregiver, or an observer, the writing should illuminate the ethical and existential dimensions of health and illness without reducing them to case study or confession.