regular issue guidelines
Submissions that are sent without following submission guidelines will be deleted unread.
submission/reading period
CURRENTLY CLOSED
for the April Issue, we start reading from January 1
for the October Issue, we start reading from July 1
we close submissions in individual categories as soon as we have accepted enough pieces, announcements on the same are made exclusively on our Twitter: @HooghlyReview
publication schedule
we're bi-annual with issues on April 15 and October 15
kind of work we're looking for
We want your bittersweet wins and the losses you're thankful for. Show us hope. Give us a glimpse of your faith and your spirituality. Tell us why you live. Tell us of the things that keep you sane. We want your dreams. Comfort us. Embrace us. Assure us we're not alone. Shine a light on forgotten places and things. Give us your nostalgia. Make us laugh. Break our hearts. Remind us to breathe. Remind us to love.
We want the things that keep you up at night. Tell us why you're scared of yourself. Smack us in the face. Make us wince. Horrify us. Give us your insanity. Scream. Rebel. Be weird. Share your darkness. Tell us of your addictions. Show us your transgressions, your blasphemy. Give us misery. Give us satire. Cast us into your hell.
submit
fiction/cnf
1-3 pieces of 200-500 words each, or 1 piece of 500-2500 words
novel excerpts can be sent, provided they work as standalone pieces
we won't mind you going a little over the word limit. it is the quality of the work that should speak to us
short plays/short film scripts
1 piece of upto 2500 words
no limits on the number of acts/scenes, please mention if the play has been performed/short film produced
poetry
1-6 pieces of under 50 lines each; for prose poems, upto 300 words per piece
all forms and styles of poetry are acceptable (except haiga, please see below)
if submitting visual poetry/shape poetry/etc., please submit as jpg/jpeg/png
if you're a songwriter and the lyrics of your song qualify as poetry, you may submit it, provided it has already been performed live/recorded and released, and please provide the details of the same
art/photographs/haiga/photo essays
1-10 pieces
artist statement required for art/photography/photo essays
art includes cartoons, artist statement required if piece(s) not self-explanatory
artist statement not mandatory for haiga
if submitting a collection, please name it
dimensions no bar, we will require high-resolution versions upon acceptance
short comics/graphic narratives
1-3 pieces
no artist statement required
preference for single-page pieces but please keep it under 5 pages
dimensions no bar, we will require high-resolution versions upon acceptance
book reviews/essays on literature
1 piece
on solicitation only, please email a pitch, guidelines same as below
things to keep in mind
cover letter: yes; short and crisp
contributor bios & photos: no, we'll solicit upon acceptance
multiple submissions: no, please submit in any one category at a time
resubmissions: not unless requested
sim-subs: yes, just let us know upon acceptance elsewhere & withdraw
reprints: no unsolicited reprints
response time: within a month (often sooner, but can vary)
submission fees: no
payment: we wish we could
other stuff:
We have a strict policy against plagiarism and work deliberately intended to offend any person or group. Upon receiving such submissions, we reserve the right to ban you permanently from submitting to our magazine.
Our readers are (hopefully) mature adults. Eroticism/sensuality in literature and art is wonderful, but we will reject pornographic work.
Hit us with experimental themes, and difficult subject matters.
Your work may be political but we don't want to be preached at.
While we love work that brings forth your culture, we don't want religious work intended to proselytize.
send to
thehooghlyreview@gmail.com with the subject [genre] SUBMISSION - [your name]
please paste your submission in the email body
Submission emails must mention that the work being submitted is the author's original creation and is previously unpublished. Exceptions apply only for translations (refer to specific guidelines) and solicited reprints (no unsolicited reprints, please).
Please note that submissions without the above undertaking will not be considered.
please see this sample cover letter which includes formatting guidelines
rights upon acceptance & publication
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. Additionally, our issues will be PDFs and Flipbooks, so it will not be possible for us to unpublish your work for any reason whatsoever.
We will, however, be able to retract work via announcement if we are legally required to. Additionally, there will be suo motu retraction on our part in case we discover plagiarised content or someone, whether the original creator or someone else, brings it to our notice.
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, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, etc.