Pine Hills Review seeks submissions of previously unpublished fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. We’re interested in quality work, regardless of genre, form, or style. Hybrid and experimental works are especially encouraged.
Our regular reading period is September 1–April 30. Submissions sent to us out of the reading period will not be considered.
We publish work as features on our front page, usually on Wednesday afternoons at 4:20pm. We don’t publish or use the word “issues.” Once featured, the work remains in our Archives page thereafter. We promote new pieces on our social media channels , and send work out to the “Best Of” anthologies.
We publish unpublished work. We do not consider previously published work. Copyright reverts to the author upon publication.
We typically work with a 7- to 9-month lead time for publication dates of our features. Contributors know will be notified in advance of their date of publication.
Please limit submissions to two per reading period. This also applies if we encourage you to send more work in the future.
We do not offer payment for published work.
We do encourage submissions from female, nonbinary, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ writers.
How to Submit
Send your work as a single Word or PDF file that includes your cover letter, contact information, and a short third-person bio. Please don’t send multiple attachments. This helps us stay organized during review meetings.
- Poetry: Up to six poems total, combined in one document.
- Nonfiction and fiction: : Up to 3,000 words.
- Hybrid, cross-genre, or visual work: Up top 3,000 words total. If including visual elements, paste images into the Word or PDF file or attach as JPEGs.
Format the email subject line and file name as follows:
Genre — Your Name — Submission
(e.g., Poetry — Sylvia Plath — Submission)
Send submissions to pinehillsreview@gmail.com
Before You Submit
To learn more about Pine Hills Review, read us! To get a sense of our editorial preferences and our general vibe:
- Check out this interview our editor did with Becky Tuch for Lit Mag News Roundup.
- Consult our entries in Duotrope, Poets & Writers, and CLMP directories.
- Read interviews our editor did for Trish Hopkinson’s website and Six Questions For…with Jim Harrington.
Simultaneous Submissions and Communication
We do accept simultaneous submissions —just mention it in your cover letter. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please reply to your original submission email to withdraw it. Keeping all messages in the same thread helps prevent mix-ups.
(If you’re using Gmail, as we are here, “replying” to your original message automatically keeps the correspondence in the same email thread. Please don’t start a new message.)
Please use that same thread for any follow-ups or withdrawal notices. It helps us stay efficient and clear in communication.
Response Times
Our response time averages 4–8 weeks, though it can be shorter or longer. Please wait at least eight weeks before querying about your submission, and do so in the same email thread.
Diversity of Voices
To encourage a diversity of voices, we limit each writer’s published appearances in Pine Hills Review to two features total. This policy helps us make space for new contributors and a wider range of perspectives. (We may revisit this guideline in the future.)
After Acceptance
We’ll ask for a contributor photo and bio prior to publication. We also invite (but don’t require) authors to record an audio reading of their work to include with their feature.
If your piece later appears in a collection or anthology, we’d appreciate a shout-out in your acknowledgments—it’s the cool thing to do.
To encourage a diversity of voices, we limit the times our writers have contributed to two times. That may change in the future.
After acceptance, we ask for a photo or image with publication as well as a contributor’s bio. One feature we’ve recently added is including audio recordings of readings of pieces by the authors. This is optional, but if this is something an author is willing to do, we will include it with the feature.
If an author’s work appears in a collection or anthology, we ask that you include us in the acknowledgements because it’s the cool thing to do.
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