We’re excited to read your writing! We welcome work from both emerging and established writers, and we often publish new voices whom we first encounter in our Submittable queue. Please read our guidelines closely so we can best consider your piece. To determine whether your piece is a good fit for The Yale Review, submitters are encouraged to read recent issues of the journal (accessible online) and our online-only prose and poetry. We read submissions from September to May. We read everything with care, and we will respond—but it may take us time.

All submissions to The Yale Review must be in English. All submissions must be previously unpublished in print or online, including on private websites, Substacks, or blogs. We are happy to consider simultaneous submissions but ask that you notify us if a piece is accepted for publication elsewhere. Please note we do not consider pitches via Submittable, only completed pieces. (We consider pitches via email during designated windows, as detailed under our pitch guidelines.) 

The Yale Review relies primarily on its own funds to operate. To defray the labor and software costs associated with Submittable, we charge $3 per submission. Submitters may claim the cost against a new subscription to the journal. Because financial hardship should not be an impediment to submission, we offer a limited number of fee-free submissions; please email theyalereview@yale.edu with the subject line "Fee Waiver."

For information about fees for print and online pieces, please visit the Submissions page of our website. Print authors will receive two copies of the issue in which their work appears. Contributors to both print and web will receive a contract upon acceptance outlining payment and rights. Authors retain copyright of their work.

Please note that we reserve the right to edit accepted pieces for clarity, length, tone, and house style in collaboration with the author.