Harvard Review publishes short fiction, poetry, and essays. Writers at all stages of their careers are invited to submit, however, we can only publish a very small fraction of the material we receive.
Please submit no more than one piece of prose or up to five poems in a given reading period. Simultaneous submissions are encouraged. Please notify us if the work has been accepted elsewhere via your Submittable account.
No submissions will be accepted outside of the submission period. Please note that it can take us up to a year to respond, though we try to get back within six months.
This is a contest for prose works in translation, either fiction or nonfiction. Translations may be from any language. Submissions must be unpublished and between 15,000 and 30,000 words. Only one submission per person.
Translators must include a copy of the original text and proof of permission to translate. Please do NOT include any personal information (name, mailing address, etc.) on the translated manuscript. Please double-space, paginate, and use a readable 11 or 12-pt font.
Finally, this is a contest for people not bots. No AI-generated material, please.