Since its beginning, the magazine has dealt with the area where literature bears on the intellectual life of the time and on diverse aspects of American culture. It has no university affiliation and is not committed to any narrow academic aim or to any particular political perspective. The magazine serves as a major forum for the work of new writers and for the exploration of new developments in literature and the arts. By consistently maintaining its critical standards and a commitment to excellent writing, The Hudson Review has made a significant impact on the international literary climate. It has a distinguished record of publishing little-known or undiscovered writers, many of whom have become major literary figures. Each issue contains a wide range of material including: poetry, fiction, essays on literary and cultural topics, book reviews, reports from abroad, and chronicles covering film, theatre, dance, music and art. The Hudson Review is distributed in twenty-five countries.
The Hudson Review publishes fiction, poetry, essays, book reviews; criticism of literature, art, theatre, dance, film and music; and articles on contemporary cultural developments.
We read unsolicited submissions. Prose manuscripts should be under 10,000 words; if you have a novel, please make an excerpt of a section that stands well by itself. Please do not submit more than seven poems at one time; again, it is very helpful to us if you make a selection of your best work.
We do not publish work that has already been printed elsewhere or that is due to appear in book form in the near future. We do not consider simultaneous submissions, and we do not accept electronic submissions.
If you are interested in writing reviews for our magazine, please note that we consider first-time review submissions on an 搊n approval?basis only.
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Unsolicited manuscripts are read according to the following schedule:
Poetry: April 1 through June 30
Fiction: September 1 through November 30
Nonfiction: January 1 through March 31
Unsolicited manuscripts received at other times will be not be read. Out-of-season manuscripts will only be returned if you have included sufficient postage. Manuscripts submitted by subscribers who so identify themselves will be read throughout the year.
As noted on the masthead, the Editors are responsible for the entire contents of the magazine. The Hudson Review does not have special 揚oetry,?揊iction,?揂rticles,?or 揃ook Review?editors. Unsolicited manuscripts should be addressed to: The Editors, The Hudson Review, 684 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021.
We do not specialize in publishing any particular "type" of writing; our sole criterion for accepting unsolicited work is literary quality. The best way for you to get an idea of the range of work we publish is to read a current issue. Click here to order a single issue. Click here to subscribe.
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