Western Humanities Review ★Work published here has won or been selected for: O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays.

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Western Humanities Review is a triannual University of Utah journal publishing contemporary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, essays, reviews, and hybrid work.

Response time info: 9 months or more

Read the full guidelines at westernhumanitiesreview.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryPays: Two copies of the print magazine; no other payment or royalty.

Accepts unsolicited, original, unpublished fiction year round; simultaneous submissions are allowed, and the journal publishes about 2% of submissions.

nonfictionLiteraryPays: Two copies of the print magazine; no other payment or royalty.

Accepts unsolicited, original, unpublished nonfiction and creative nonfiction year round; simultaneous submissions are allowed, and the journal publishes about 2% of submissions.

otherLiteraryPays: Two copies of the print magazine; no other payment or royalty.

Accepts unsolicited, original, unpublished hybrid work, essays, and reviews year round; simultaneous submissions are allowed, and the journal publishes about 2% of submissions.

poetryLiteraryPays: Two copies of the print magazine; no other payment or royalty.

Accepts unsolicited, original, unpublished poetry year round; simultaneous submissions are allowed, and the journal publishes about 2% of submissions.

fictionLiterary

The 2026 Mountain West Writers Contest accepts prose from writers currently living in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming, or Utah; winners receive a $500 cash award and publication.

poetryLiterary

The 2026 Mountain West Writers Contest accepts poetry from writers currently living in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming, or Utah; winners receive a $500 cash award and publication.

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