Discover the Best of Missouri Life Awards

Missouri Life magazine's new editor-in-chief, Sandy Selby, greets readers through the My Missouri Life column.
I popped up from my nest of pillows and books in the back of the family station wagon and announced, “I’m going to live in Missouri when I grow up.” I made that declaration at age nine as my family traveled from our home in northeastern Oklahoma to Branson for a vacation.

The 2021 Missouri Life readers' choice awards are here!

The 2020 reader’s choice awards are here.

Here’s how Missourians are working together to revitalize downtowns across the state.