We publish both web features and a quarterly print journal; if you have a preference for web or print publication, you can note that preference in your cover letter; we will offer digital or print publication based on our current publishing needs. Regardless of platform, you can expect a payment of $50 for poetry and $100 for prose. (These are minimum payments and may increase in the event of increased funding or special initiatives.)
We are open for submissions of critical writing year-round, including reviews of books, performances, and exhibits; general nonfiction; literary and arts criticism; public-facing scholarship; and interviews.
We are open for submissions of poetry, fiction, literary translation, personal essay, and creative nonfiction in September and October; read our guidelines here. While we are not currently open to unsolicited submissions of non-literary visual art, we DO consider submissions of literary work with visual components (comics, visual poetry, photo essays, and so on), and you can submit those in the genre category you think fits best.
We are open to simultaneous submissions, but please withdraw your work promptly if it is accepted elsewhere. Please send a message if a flash fiction piece or poem from your submission is accepted elsewhere, so we know what's still available.
We open for contest submissions for the Stephen Dixon Fiction Prize for JHU affiliates and Anne Frydman Translation Prize for emerging and early career translators in April; read about the prizes and their guidelines here.
We open for the fMRI Writing Prize, a unique new flash fiction fiction contest for Baltimore's youth and adult writers, in June. This contest is free to enter. Read more here.
Our three-dollar administrative fee is waived for subscribers, as are our contest fees. If you are interested in becoming a subscriber, click here. Subscribers can send submissions of any kind year round; if you are a subscriber, email thehopkinsreview@gmail.com to request your fee-waived "Subscriber Submission" link.
For a sense of what we publish, buy an issue, check out our open-access web features, or take a look at the year's sample print issue on Project MUSE.
Thank you for your interest in The Hopkins Review.
We consider book reviews and literary essays/criticism, public-facing scholarship, and arts criticism (film, dance, theater, performance, visual art, and beyond) year-round. We welcome reviews of work in translation, books published by smaller presses and university presses, and work that has received less critical attention. If you are including work by another artist or artists (visual art or a substantial literary excerpt, for example) in your review or essay, it is your responsibility to obtain permission and cover any permissions fees. Submit one work at a time, but feel free to let us know in your cover letter if you would be interested in contributing critical writing on a more regular basis.
Please do not submit fiction, poetry, translation, or personal essays and creative nonfiction without a critical or craft connection; we consider those during our yearly open reading period for creative work in September and October.
We publish both web features and a quarterly print journal; while we can consider a preference for web or print, we cannot accommodate all such requests, and we will offer digital or print publication based on our current publishing needs. Regardless of platform, you can expect a payment of $100 for prose. (This may increase in the event of increased funding or special initiatives.)
Our submission fee is waived for subscribers. If you are interested in a subscription, click here. If you subscribe, email thehopkinsreview@gmail.com to request a private, fee-waived “Subscriber Submission” portal to submit your work. Subscribers can submit in any genre at any time of year.
For a sense of what we publish, buy an issue, check out our open-access web features, or take a look at the year's sample print issue on Project MUSE.
Thank you for your interest in The Hopkins Review.
We are actively seeking essays that engage with the seventeen years of literature and culture in The Hopkins Review’s quarterly print archive, available on Project MUSE. These essays could take a number of different forms including but not limited to essays that . . .
- contextualize a piece first published in The Hopkins Review aesthetically, historically, or in its author’s body of work
- give a close reading of a particular piece
- provide a pedagogical framework to encourage and enable instructors to incorporate work from The Hopkins Review in their teaching of creative writing or literature
- memorialize an author’s passing and celebrate their body of work using their work in The Hopkins Review as a jumping-off point
- draw attention to a newly published book that includes a piece or pieces first published in The Hopkins Review
- continue a conversation begun in a piece first published in The Hopkins Review
There is no submission fee to submit to this special call; a digital subscription or print+digital package gives access to THR's entire archive. Subscribe today.
Made possible by a generous gift from Dixon and Frydman’s daughters, Antonia and Sophia Frydman, the Stephen Dixon Fiction Prize and the Anne Frydman Translation Prize honor the memory of two literary luminaries with deep roots in the Johns Hopkins University community. Stephen Dixon, influential writer of innovative fiction and beloved Writing Seminars professor, passed in 2019, and Anne Frydman, accomplished poet, professor, translator, and scholar, passed in 2009. Through the prizes, we are proud to celebrate the literary legacy of these two incredible individuals.
To recognize Anne Frydman’s championing of literary translation, the Anne Frydman Translation Prize is open to all emerging and early-career translators of fiction or poetry, regardless of affiliation with Johns Hopkins University. This year's judge is Tracy K. Smith.
The winner of each prize is awarded $1,500. The Hopkins Review editorial team may also select additional translations for publication, which will receive standard THR contributor payment and appear in the print journal or online.
Writers can submit their work to these contests throughout the month of April through Submittable. Each entry must be accompanied by a $10 reading fee, which supports contributor payments. (Current subscribers can submit for free and should email thehopkinsreview@gmail.com for a private submission link.) Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but work accepted elsewhere must be withdrawn immediately. Please do not withdraw single poems from this contest submission if you are submitting poems, as the judge is judging a whole submission, not parts of it. Contest results will be announced by the end of the same calendar year and selected work will be published the following calendar year.
We are defining emerging and early-career translators as those who have published no more than one full-length book in translation. Entries should include a single work of fiction in translation, up to 8,000 words, OR a selection of up to eight poems. If possible, English translations should be accompanied by the original text in the same document. Whether or not this is possible, please note the original language and provide identifying personal information and contact information, along with a brief bio for both author and translator, through Submittable, NOT on the submission itself. Translators are responsible for having secured publication permission from the appropriate author, publisher, or estate. THR cannot pay reprint fees for translated work. Co-translations are allowed; the prize will be split evenly between co-translators. Close friends and former students of the judge, current members of the editorial team, and previous contest winners should not apply. Do not submit previously published translations.
In the case of financial hardship, you can email thehopkinsreview@gmail.com and request a fee waiver.
Made possible by a generous gift from Dixon and Frydman’s daughters, Antonia and Sophia Frydman, the Stephen Dixon Fiction Prize and the Anne Frydman Translation Prize honor the memory of two literary luminaries with deep roots in the Johns Hopkins University community. Stephen Dixon, influential writer of innovative fiction and beloved Writing Seminars professor, passed in 2019, and Anne Frydman, accomplished poet, professor, translator, and scholar, passed in 2009. Through the prizes, we are proud to celebrate the literary legacy of these two incredible individuals.
As Professor Dixon enjoyed connecting with students both in and beyond the Writing Seminars department at JHU, The Stephen Dixon Fiction Prize is open to all current students, all current employees, and all alumni of Johns Hopkins University. This year's judge is Yoon Choi.
The winner of each prize is awarded $1,500. The Hopkins Review editorial team may also select additional pieces for publication, which will receive standard THR contributor payment and appear in the print journal or online. Current THR editorial team members, close friends and former students of this year's judge, and previous contest winners are not eligible. Please do not submit work you have previously published elsewhere. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but work accepted elsewhere must be withdrawn immediately. Contest results will be announced by the end of the same calendar year and will be published in the following calendar year.
Entries should include a single work of fiction, up to 8,000 words. Cover letter should note details of JHU affiliation. Please provide identifying personal information and contact information, along with a brief author bio, in your cover letter, NOT on the story itself.
The reading fee is waived for current subscribers. You can subscribe to The Hopkins Review HopkinsReview.com/subscribe, then email thehopkinsreview@gmail.com for your fee-waived link. You can also email to request a waiver in the case of financial hardship.