By submitting to us, you confirm that your work is original, previously unpublished, plagiarism-free, and AI-free.
Simultaneous submissions are fine but let us know promptly once your piece is accepted elsewhere. We also expect you to let other venues know if we pick up your work before they do and you accept publication with us.
No reprints. Work shared exclusively on social media or personal blogs/websites (including Medium, Substack, etc.) is considered previously published and is not eligible for submission.
No multiple submissions or resubmissions.
Send no bios. Biographies will be requested upon acceptance.
If accepted, do not ask us to wait until you have heard from another magazine, do not withdraw your work(s) once you accept publication with us, and do not ask us to switch the work(s) with one or more of your other works.
We neither charge for submissions nor pay our contributors. But once you publish with us, you are part of our extended family, that is, we will continue promoting you on social media and would be happy to write testimonials, blurbs, reference letters, etc. for you, if requested.
Submissions in all categories open on August 1, 2026. For closing dates, check category-specific details. Submissions sent before August 1 will be deleted unread.
If your work is accepted elsewhere before you hear from us, please withdraw the accepted work(s) from our queue immediately by emailing us at thehooghlyreview@gmail.com with the subject line: Withdraw Issue 5 [Category] – [Your Name]
We respond to all eligible submissions. Please email thehooghlyreview@gmail.com if you haven’t heard from us by September 30, 2026.
Poetry (August 1–15, 2026)
1–3 poems, up to 50 lines each, or up to 250 words each for prose poems
Begin each poem on a new page
Standard serif font, 12 pt., single-spaced, in .doc/.docx format
Upload a PDF only if there is special formatting.
File Name: Your Name, Poetry
Submit poetry through Google Form only. (Link will appear here when the reading window begins.) Email submissions shall not be responded to.
Prose (August 1–31, 2026)
Micro Fiction: 1–3 pieces, up to 400 words each
Flash Fiction: 1 piece, 401–1000 words
Short Story: 1 piece, 1001–3500 words
Creative Nonfiction: 1 piece, up to 2000 words
Paste in email body (no attachments) and send to thrprosesubmission@gmail.com with the subject line: Issue 5 – [your name] – [category]
A Word file with the accepted work(s) may be requested upon acceptance.
Play/Script (August 1–31, 2026)
1 piece, up to 4000 words
Email as a Word file (Standard serif font, 12 pt., double-spaced, fully left-aligned) to thehooghlyreview@gmail.com with the subject line: Issue 5 – [your name] – [category]
Art/Photography (August 1–31, 2026)
1–10 pieces
Upload your work to a drive folder and paste the drive link in the email body (no attachments) to thehooghlyreview@gmail.com with the subject line: Issue 5 – [your name] – [category]
An artist statement along with a title for the collection (if multiple pieces are selected) will be requested upon acceptance.
