Since its 2006 launch, Smith has been heralded as “a vision for the future of populist storytelling,[2]” “a gigantic cocktail party to which everyone is invited to come, listen, and contribute their own personal stories,"[3] and “the pulse of today’s cultural narrative.

"[4] In the spring of 2006, Smith launched the critically acclaimed webcomic Shooting War, which became a full-color graphic novel from Grand Central Publishing in the fall of 2007.

In January 2007, Smith launched its second webcomic, a true story of Hurricane Katrina called A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge.

Not Quite What I Was Planning collects almost 1,000 six-word memoirs, including pieces from celebrities like Stephen Colbert, Jane Goodall, Dave Eggers, and more.

Vanity Fair magazine wrote that Not Quite What I Was Planning "will thrill minimalists and inspire maximalists," while Publishers Weekly said it made for "compulsive reading and prove arguably as insightful as any 300+-page biography.

Six-Word Memoirs are simple stories told in six words (no more, no less) that describe anything from the mundane details of someone's childhood to the most private events in a romantic relationship.

The Love & Heartbreak projected culminated in a book [8] which SMITH Magazine touted as a "roller-coaster ride through the complexities of the human heart.

In February 2009, Smith Magazine, along with several other websites/magazines, hosted a special event: “The Valentine’s Day Personal Media Mixer & Confessional Culture Variety Show.” PostSecret, Found Magazine, Mortified, and Cassette From My Ex joined SMITH for an evening of storytelling, singing, and multimedia projects.

In 2009, Smith Magazine held another Six-Word Momoir contest, this time partnering with the websites truuconfessions and Postcards from Yo Momma.

Nancy Elliot In 2008, Smith Magazine and the National Constitution Center asked readers to help ten-President-elect Barack Obama inspire America.

Six contest winners were chosen and won a Six-Word Memoir book, and a one year's membership to the National Constitution Center.

This is an ongoing Smith reader project that invites writers to share their memoirs-in-progress or a personal essay.

This is an ongoing Smith reader project that invites writers to share their stories about unexpectedly running into celebrities.

Contributors included Jonathan Ames, Nick Bertozzi, Josh Neufeld, and Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor.

My Home Birth was a graphic memoir created by Christen Clifford and drawn by David Heatley, published on SMITH in 2009.

Graphic Therapy: Notes from the Gap Years was the illustrated diary of single Jewish artist Emily Steinberg making her own way through life, work, and psychoanalysis.

A.D. is a nonfiction graphic novel, a new approach to storytelling, and a multifaceted peek into the personal tales emerging from the storm of the century.

It was released online as a short series, but eventually turned into an 11 biweekly chapters as reader and media interest grew.

In the fall of 2006, the story was acquired by Grand Central Publishing for publication as a hardcover graphic novel in North America, and in the U.K. by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.