The quarterly literary journal of the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University, our mission is to publish today’s vital voices and visions in literature, culture, criticism, public-facing scholarship, and the arts.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 250 days after submission*/Editor reported data172 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 2.5%*/Editor reported data5.44%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Publication
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Best American, Best Of The Net, Best Small Fiction, Pushcart
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
How to submit
Process
Submittable
Cover letter
Not specified.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Not specified.
Author's rights
Not specified.
Additional info
We strive to celebrate our contributors’ work. To that end, we submit each issue of THR for consideration in Best American Poetry, Best American Essays, and Best American Short Stories. Subject to eligibility, we also nominate for Best Small Fictions, Best New Poets, the O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction, the PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize for Emerging Writers, Best Literary Translations, the Nina Riggs Poetry Award, and the Pushcart Prize. We nominate work first published as a web feature for Best of the Net as well.
Tracker statistics
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Total submissions tracked
172 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
94 days
Fastest response time
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