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.
Please include only one story (generally not exceeding 8,000 words) or up to four pieces of flash fiction per submission. We also welcome fiction in translation; however, it is the translator's responsibility to have secured all necessary permissions, and any associated permissions fees are the responsibility of the translator. We do not consider previously published fiction. Translated fiction can be previously published in its original language or by other translators, but your submitted translation should be previously unpublished.
Our submission fee is waived for subscribers. If you are interested in taking out a subscription to the Review, click here. If you subscribe, please email thehopkinsreview@gmail.com and request a fee-waived link for subscribers.
If this would be your debut fiction publication, please note that in your cover letter, so we can consider it for nomination for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers, if accepted. If you would be eligible for other specific post-publication awards (for example, the Caine Prize for African Writing), we encourage you to note your eligibility in your cover letter.
For a sense of what we publish, we encourage you to subscribe, buy an issue, check out our open-access web features, or take a look at the year's sample print issue on Project MUSE.
Submit one personal essay, memoir excerpt, or piece of creative nonfiction at a time (generally not exceeding 8,000 words). We do consider work in translation; however, it is the translator's responsibility to have secured all necessary permissions, and any associated permissions fees are the responsibility of the translator. We do not consider previously published writing. Translated writing can be previously published in its original language or by other translators, but your submitted translation should be previously unpublished.
Our submission fee is waived for subscribers. If you are interested in taking out a subscription to the Review, click here. If you subscribe, please email thehopkinsreview@gmail.com and request a fee-waived link for subscribers.
If this would be your debut publication (or debut in this genre), please note that in your cover letter. If you or your work would be eligible for any specific post-publication awards or anthologies (for example, the Best American Science and Nature Writing), we encourage you to note that in your cover letter.
For a sense of what we publish, we encourage you to subscribe, buy an issue, check out our open-access web features, or take a look at the year's sample print issue on Project MUSE.
Submit up to five poems (no more than ten pages total). We also welcome poetry in translation; however, it is the translator's responsibility to have secured all necessary permissions, and any associated permissions fees are the responsibility of the translator. We do not consider previously published poetry. Translated poetry can be previously published in its original language or by other translators, but your submitted translation should be previously unpublished.
Our submission fee is waived for subscribers. If you are interested in taking out a subscription to the Review, click here. If you subscribe, please email thehopkinsreview@gmail.com and request a fee-waived link for subscribers.
If you have not yet published a debut book of poetry, please note that in your cover letter, so we can consider it for nomination for the Best New Poets anthology, if accepted. If you would be eligible for other specific post-publication awards, we encourage you to note your eligibility in your cover letter.
For a sense of what we publish, we encourage you to subscribe, buy an issue, check out our open-access web features, or take a look at the year's sample print issue on Project MUSE.