Exora
What it means to make a home when life is in motion.
Submit a story by 20 December Issue 01 out Winter 2027. Be in it.The late-night talks. The goodbyes. The rooms that become yours.
Exora is written by residents, nomads and hosts, and printed as an A5 magazine, so you can still pack it with you.
Places and people change, the stories remain.
Exora explores the human side of living together on the move. No property valuations, no funding rounds, no polished brochures. Those have their own media.
Instead you'll find honest storytelling from residents and hard-won advice from hosts, so that nomads, residents and hosts can build real belonging wherever they land.
You don't need to be a writer to have a story.
You don't even need to spell it out, we welcome art pieces and photography too.
We hear everything and anything about coliving.
The overuse of “coliving” as an umbrella term for anything shared-housing can sometimes create a bad rep, or plain misunderstanding, around destination coliving. It would be sad to let a few bad apples make everyone dismiss the whole idea. Exora is where the people who actually live it make their voices heard and take back the narrative.
Like in every memorable coliving, no one is just a guest. Everyone co-creates the experience.
Exora works the same way. The people who read it are the people who write it, photograph it, draw it and decide what goes in. You're not just a subscriber.
- You writethe stories
- You shootthe photos
- You drawthe cover
- You shapewhat comes next
What we publish
These are the sections we can think of now. They might evolve depending on contributions.
These pages are yours.Claim a page
Behind the Front Door
Hosts on house meetings, boundaries, conflict, and the weight of holding space for dozens of transient lives.
Run a space? Tell us about the house meeting that changed everything.
Life on the Road
Goodbyes, nomad fatigue, and how to build deep friendships fast without losing the old ones.
What did your last goodbye teach you?
Rituals and Making a Home
The objects, habits and Sunday dinners that turn a rented bedroom into a sanctuary.
Which object, habit or Sunday dinner turned a room into home?
Slow Destinations and Local Roots
Places seen by staying long enough to belong, not through tourist lists.
Where did you stay long enough to belong?
Visual Essays
Documentary-style photography: messy kitchens, shared desks, communal meals, annotated floor plans.
Got a camera roll full of shared kitchens and communal tables?
Feeding the House
Recipes for a crowd: the one-pot dish that feeds twelve, the crowd pleaser everyone asks for, the meal you can cook in any shared kitchen in the world.
What do you cook when the whole house is hungry?
Send a Toucan
The last word goes to gratitude: a thank-you, a big up or a shout-out to a housemate, a host or a space that made shared living special. You too can make someone's day.
Who deserves a big up? A housemate, a host, a whole house?
The cover
Every issue has a cover drawn, painted or photographed by a reader.
Artists and illustrators: design the front of Issue 01.
Got a story? Do share!
Whether you've lived in shared houses for years, for two days or run your own space, we want your unfiltered stories, hard-won lessons and ideas. Submissions for this one close on 20 December 2026.
Formats
- Personal essays800 to 1,800 words
- Host guides600 to 1,200 words
- Short vignettes250 to 500 words
- Photo essays5 to 10 photos
- Cover artA5, portrait
How to pitch
Email a 2 to 3 sentence summary of your idea, or your full draft as a Google Doc or PDF.
Add a short bio, such as "digital nomad currently in Lisbon" or "co-founder of a 10-person coliving space in rural Spain".
For photos, share a link to a folder of low-res previews.
For cover art, send a rough sketch or idea of how you'd picture life in a shared home.
In return
Exora is independent and self-funded, made in spare time, so we can't pay in money yet. Not even to ourselves.
We can offer you a printed copy, promotion across our network, and sincere gratitude. We promise that if we ever make any money, you'll be the first to know.
Issue 01 is out in Winter 2027.
Design the cover of Issue 01
Illustrators, painters, photographers and collage makers: we're looking for one artwork to sit on the front of our first issue. Send a rough sketch or idea of how you'd picture life in a shared home. Your name goes on the cover.
Use the subject line: SUBMISSION: [Proposed Article Title] - [Category]. The button above fills it in for you, or write to morgane@lifeonfifth.com.
Where to find Exora
Three ways to get your hands on a copy, from a coffee table near you to your own front door.
In shared living rooms
Left on the coffee tables of partner coliving spaces around the world, starting with Selgars Mill in Devon.
At your door
Subscriptions for active nomads and space owners, in print or online.
In community hubs
Independent spaces where people gather. Want to co-create Exora? Say hello.
Get your copy
I'm not starting Exora to make money, but like any project that aims to make a lasting impact, it needs fuel. I have passion, energy and a bit of time. Sadly, funding is what's usually lacking.
If you'd like to support my work and the work of those who contribute, the best way is to order a copy or subscribe. Every copy sold helps make the next issue.
Four printed issues plus online access, posted worldwide. Postage included.
Get a year in printPrint prices include postage anywhere in the world.
Payments are processed securely by Stripe and made to Life on Fifth, the sole trader behind Exora, so that's the name you'll see on your receipt. Changed your mind? See our pre-order and refund policy.
My promise: if Exora ever makes money, whatever is left after covering costs will go straight to the contributors. As a writer myself, it matters enormously to me to be able to pay writers and photographers.
Want to gift a copy, order several for your coliving space, or have a question? Write to me.
Not ready to order? Get an email when Issue 01 lands, or follow @exoramagazine on Instagram for news and sneak peeks.
Get notified by emailAdvertise with Exora
Most ads interrupt. In Exora, they're part of the conversation: a handful of brands, chosen because our readers will genuinely be glad to discover them.
Four ads an issue. Hand-picked. Read cover to cover, by a whole house at a time.
01A hard-to-reach audience
Remote workers, digital nomads and the hosts who run their houses. They move every few weeks, so they rarely see the same billboard twice. The US alone has 18.5 million digital nomads, staying 6.4 weeks per place on average (MBO Partners, 2025).
02One copy, a whole house of readers
Exora lives on the coffee tables of partner coliving spaces, picked up by every resident who passes through for weeks after it arrives. That's a reach no social post can match.
03Undivided attention
A printed A5 magazine that people keep, read slowly and pass on. With four ads per issue at most, yours never fights for space.
04In good company
We only feature products and services our readers genuinely need.
A natural fit for
Travel and health insurance, banking and money transfers, coworking and coliving operators, luggage and travel gear, language learning, visa and relocation services, remote job boards, and anything else that makes life in motion a little easier.
Where your ad goes
- Every printed copyPosted worldwide
- Partner coliving spacesOn the coffee table
- The online editionEmailed to readers
Founding partners
Be part of the very first issue. Founding partners get our launch rate, a thank-you in every copy, and first pick of placement in Issue 02.
Become a founding partner