Submit to Our Open Issue!

Submissions are now OPEN for our Open Issue 29.1! Send us your best poems, fiction, or nonfiction on any topic. There is no thematic requirement for this issue. Submissions are open today through March 15th via our Submittable portal.

Please note that there is a $3 submission fee. Submissions will be free for one day only on February 15th, a day intended for writers who cannot otherwise afford to submit.

Prose writers should submit flash of no more than 1,000 words and full-length stories and essays of 5,000 words maximum. Poets should submit 3 to 5 poems in a single document.

Accepted contributors will receive an honorarium of $50 per poem or flash piece and $100 per story or essay. Please read our instructions on Submittable for full details before submitting.

Please reach out to us at ihlr.mail@gmail.com with any questions. We look forward to reading your work!