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Harvard Review

Harvard Review
Forms: 
Drama, 
Fiction, 
Non-Fiction, 
Poetry
Format: 
Print
Frequency: 
Biannual
Reading period: 
November 1 to May 31
Response time: 
1 - 6 months
Payment: 
copies
Simultaneous submissions: 
Yes
Accepts reprints: 
No
Reading fee: 
Varies
Founded: 
1986
Website: 
http://www.hcl.harvard.edu/harvardreview/

In the nearly two decades since it was launched, Harvard Review has emerged as a major American literary journal with an eclectic mix of contributors in a wide variety of genres and styles. Contributors to the journal include: Arthur Miller, Joyce Carol Oates, Seamus Heaney, Jorie Graham, John Updike, John Ashbery, Alice Hoffman, and Gore Vidal, as well as those who are making their literary debut. Recent selections have been anthologized in: Best American Essays 2010, 2009, 2004, and 2003, Best American Poetry 2008, 2006, and 2002, Best American Short Stories 2005 and 2003, Best American Mystery Stories 2006, Best New Poets 2008, Pushcart Prize Anthology 2004 and 2001.

Recent Reviews

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Spring 2016 review by Marjorie Hakala
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Spring 2015 review by Laurence Levey
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Summer 2014 review by Ben Tuthill

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