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Harvard Review publishes new poetry, essays, fiction, drama, criticism, book reviews, and interviews. From its beginnings, the journal has been committed to showcasing the work of emerging writers alongside established voices, or, as we like to think of it, publishing writers who will be famous next to writers who already are.
Over the years we have published a number of important writers at an early stage of their careers, including Nam Le, Mary Ruefle, Jhumpa Lahiri, Carl Phillips, David Foster Wallace, and Mary Karr. Some of the authors we have debuted include Paul Harding, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2010; Ben Shattuck, whose first published story was selected for PEN America’s Best Debut Short Stories in 2017; Moira McCavana, whose debut story was published in the O. Henry Prize Stories Anthology in 2018, and Charles Yu, winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for some submissions. They charge fees for electronic submissions, except for cases of financial hardship. The fee is USD $3.
Important: Do not submit more than twice in one year. Postal submissions accepted year-round.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States Established in 1992

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationUnknown publication frequency.
Print Publication Print PublicationPublished 2 x per year.

Fiction Temp Closed
Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General.

Lengths:
Short Story1,000 - 7,000 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Unknown payment Unknown payment.

Submissions:

Methods: Submittable submission manager (fees apply). Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Nonfiction Temp Closed
Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:
EssayUp to 7,000 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Unknown payment Unknown payment.

Submissions:

Methods: Submittable submission manager (fees apply). Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Poetry Temp Closed
Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General.

Lengths:
PoemNo line limits known; Up to 5 pieces.
Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Unknown payment Unknown payment.

Submissions:

Methods: Submittable submission manager (fees apply). Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Harvard Review Submission Statistics — Free Preview!

The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics.
This project ranks among the 25 Slowest Fiction Publishers in our database.
This project ranks among the 25 Slowest Nonfiction Publishers in our database.
AccuracyWe have received 127 reports from 120 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported7 min | 185.8 mean avg | 202.5 median | 516 max days (392.1 std dev)
Responses84.25 %
Acceptances0.00 % No publication has a 0% acceptance rate. This data is based on submission reports sent to Duotrope, and we have not received reports of any acceptances yet.
Rejections84.25 % (170.3 avg. days per rejection) | 6.5 % personal, 71.0 % form, 22.4 % unspecified | 0.8 % shortlisted
Non-Responses15.75 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded3.94 % (286.2 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)
Withdrawals11.81 % (136.3 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending87 responses are pending (119 min | 174.5 mean avg | 171.0 median | 275 max days waiting | 605.2 std dev) from 85 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 180 days. (54.3 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 180 days.)
The editors request that you don't query on the status of your submission.
The most common submission fee paid: USD $3.00. (66.0 % of reports specified whether they paid a fee; of those, 99.1 % paid fees.)
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 18 Apr 2025.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 27 Oct 2024.

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Dates

Last Updated: 14 Apr 2025
Last Audited: 10 Mar 2025. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 03 Apr 2006

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