Hole In The Head Review is committed to publishing the best contemporary poetry and visual art. We publish emerging and established artists, photographers, and writers. We are committed to responding to submissions within 45 days of submission.

Hole In The Head Review reserves first North American serial rights. All rights revert to the author upon publication. If you republish your work in a print or other journal, please credit Hole In The Head Review for the first publication.

We welcome your work.

All submissions should include:

  • A title for your submission
  • A brief 3rd person bio
  • A cover letter and/or submission description (optional)
  • We accept simultaneous submissions; please inform us immediately If you need to withdraw part of your submission.

Poetry submissions: Please submit no more than five poems at once, and upload them as a single file - preferably a Word file using a 12 point font; no more than one poem per page

Visual submissions: 

  • Photographs - Please submit no more than five images in jpg format, no smaller than 5"x7".  Keep the file sizes below 2 meg. If you can set the resolution, use 72 pixels per inch.
  • Video/other - we accept .jpg, .png, .tif, .mov, .mp4, .mpg, .wmv files. 

If you have questions, please contact us directly: editor@holeintheheadreview.com

$3.00

Visual Art and Photography: We consider a wide range of visual art including but not limited to:

  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Videography
  • Sculpture
  • Collage ​

Visual art and photography submissions should each include:

  • A title for each piece (that matches the file name)
  • A blurb of 75 to 100 words to accompany each piece (optional)
  • A brief 3rd person bio.

Please submit no more than five photos in jpg format, no smaller than 5"x7".  Keep the file sizes below 2 meg. If you can set the resolution, use 72 pixels per inch. Do not submit more than five images at a time. Hole In The Head Review reserves first North American serial rights. All rights revert to the artist upon publication. If you republish your work in a print or other journal, please credit Hole In The Head Review for the first publication.

Ends on This opportunity will close after 100 submissions have been received.$3.00
$3.00

Hole In The Head Review is committed to publishing the best contemporary poetry and visual art. The editors seek to publish emerging and established artists, photographers, and writers. We are committed to responding to submissions within 45 days of submission.
Please send no more than five poems at once, and upload them as a single file–preferably a Word file–no more than one poem per page. We accept simultaneous submissions; please inform us immediately If you need to withdraw part of your submission. Please submit only previously unpublished poems.
PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT IF YOU HAVE SUBMITTED WORK FOR  EITHER OF THE PREVIOUS TWO ISSUES.
Please note that we cap submissions at 100.
Hole In The Head Review reserves first North American serial rights. All rights revert to the author upon publication. If you republish your work in a print or other journal, please credit Hole In The Head Review for the first publication.  
A REMINDER: PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT IF YOU HAVE SUBMITTED WORK FOR EITHER OF THE PREVIOUS TWO ISSUES.

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