THIS CALL IS UNTHEMED.
Your work should be literary, but you can put in elements from any genre. Our taste is eclectic, and we like surprises.
But no hate speech, no preaching, no proselytising, no gratuitous violence and no pornography.
Please read guidelines before submitting. We have a Google Form for poetry, and two different emails for other categories. The two minutes you spend reading our guidelines will help us respond to your submissions sooner and without fail.
By submitting to us, you confirm that your work is original, previously unpublished, plagiarism-free, and AI-free.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 are open.
For closing dates, check category-specific details.
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 the Google Form only. Email submissions shall not be responded to.
Closing on August 15 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time
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.
Closing on August 31 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time
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]
Closing on August 31 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time
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.
Closing on August 31 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time
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.
If we ever plan an anthology from the work published in our magazine, we’ll request permission from the contributor.
We nominate our contributors for awards such as the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, Best Spiritual Literature, etc.
