What are we looking for?
The ASAP Corner is our home for reviews, conversations and excerpts—best served hot.
Send us:
- reviews of books, films, TV, web/OTT content, theatre, music albums, video games, etc.
- conversations with individuals practising any creative form of expression, including but not limited to writers, poets, playwrights, translators, painters, digital artists, muralists, sculptors, actors, musicians, filmmakers, etc.
- excerpts from forthcoming or recently-published books (submissions of book excerpts must come either directly from the publisher, or be accompanied by the publisher’s consent letter/email)
Submissions are rolling, and we will try to publish all accepted works as soon as we humanly can.
Submission Checklist
- Your submission in doc/docx format (12-pt, any readable serif font, and references instead of footnotes, if any).
- File name: <Your Name(s)_Category> (e.g. John Doe and Margaret Atwood_review, Phoebe Buffay and Joey Tribbiani_conversation, J.M. Coetzee_excerpt)
- Preferred word limit: 1200 for reviews and conversations, and 3500 for excerpts
- Photo of the book, film, album cover, etc. attached as jpg/jpeg/png file (for review/excerpt submissions).
- We don’t require CW/TW, but you’re welcome to include them.
- Bio(s) of up to 100 words, with social media handles, websites, other links, etc., if any.
- Please mention if it is a simultaneous or exclusive submission.
- Email thehooghlyreview@gmail.com with the subject line: ASAP Corner Submission – <category> (e.g. ASAP Corner Submission – review, ASAP Corner Submission – conversation, ASAP Corner Submission – excerpt)
Incorrect/incomplete subject line may cause us to misplace your email, leading to a non-response from our end.
Please do not send multiple emails and create more than one email thread regarding the same submission. Also, do not send in a new submission in an existing email thread.
Please visit our About page for our publication ethics to make a note of what we will not consider and for additional insight into our editorial process.
For further clarification, please check the FAQ or contact us via email or social media DM.
F.A.Q.
Submission deadline: We are open year-round.
Strictness on Word Limits: We won’t mind you going a little over the word limit.
Sim-subs: Yes, just let us know upon acceptance elsewhere & withdraw. However, if we have accepted and you’ve agreed, please don’t withdraw or request us to replace already accepted work with another work.
Reprints: No unsolicited reprints.
Response Time: Within a month (often sooner, but can vary). Feel free to query after a month has passed.
Submission Fees: No.
Payment: We wish we could.
Rights:
Copyright of the work remains with the contributor.
We ask for First Electronic Publication Rights and credits when your work is republished.
We also ask for Archival Rights on our website indefinitely.
For further clarification, please contact us via email or social media DM.
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