We invite you to submit all forms of literary essays and sub-genres of creative nonfiction including memoirs, personal essays, lyric essays, flash, research-based essays, literary journalism, travelogues, and other literary nonfiction. Send only one essay per submission and wait until you have received a response regarding your submission before submitting more work to SHR. While we are open to submissions of any length, the essays that get published in our journal are generally no more than 12,000 words.
We honor SHR's legacy by also considering scholarly essays. We seek essays that are directed to a general humanities audience (and avoid specialized jargon). Translations are welcome, if they include PDF scans of the original and written permission from the copyright holder (if applicable).
For translation submissions, please include PDF scans of the original as well as written permission from the copyright holder (if applicable).
Poetry: Please submit up to three poems at a time.
Fiction: Please send only one story per submission. Manuscripts should be no longer than 8,000 words, double-spaced.
Nonfiction: We invite you to submit all forms of literary essays and sub-genres of creative nonfiction including memoirs, personal essays, lyric essays, flash, research-based essays, literary journalism, travelogues, and other literary nonfiction. Send only one essay per submission. Manuscripts should be no longer than 12,000 words, doubled-spaced (including notes, if necessary).
Wait until you have received a response regarding your submission before submitting more work to SHR.
Please only submit English translations of Sri Lankan poetry, fiction, or nonfiction.
Please share what language your translation was originally written/published in.