In this week's edition of the Writer's Gauntlet, Sadie Kaye grills Kelly Field, who trained for a decade to understand human behaviour and remains completely baffled by her own. thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-v...

We are open for Issue 5 submissions. 📢 Read the guidelines and send us your poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, plays, scripts, art and photography. thehooghlyreview.com/submission-c...

This week on The Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye, time traveler Jay Oatway returns with the one simple trick of getting your novel published! (And editors hate him!) thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-v...

Our next regular issue is closer than it appears. Submissions for Issue 5 open August 1. Check the guidelines and get your files ready. We can't wait to see your work! thehooghlyreview.com/submission-c...

This week, Arpita Bhawal takes matters of the heart to the park, and Curtis C. Morgan has a Michelin-starred honeymoon in 1970s France. thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu...

Running the Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye this week is the multi-talented Joãowow Lucas, who, in the pic below, survives near-fatal choking by a much better writer, the author of 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘣—Chuck Palahniuk. thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-v...

Twenty writers and a photographer. Eleven countries. Twenty-one stories and a photo feature. What should you expect in these pages? Everything—we refuse to prepare you this time. See you on the other side. thehooghlyreview.com/issues/prati...

This week, Rijuta Pandey shows a mirror to Bollywood, and Shruti Goel serves legacy fresh from the wok. thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu...

This week on the Writer's Gauntlet, Sadie Kaye brings us, from Lisbon's best basements, Jen Nafziger—the worst comedy hack we've ever seen. thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-v...

Presenting the front and back covers of प्रतिभासिक | Pratibhāsika, our forthcoming speculative fiction issue. Stay tuned. ⏳️

The Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye returns, with Mat Ricardo, the America’s Got Talent loser who wrote a book for kids about how to be criminals. (Mat's book does, in fact, teach kids how to pick locks.) thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-v...

Megan Kimber reviews Howard McKenzie-Murray's Hungerford Award-shortlisted novel, 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦 (Fremantle Press, 2026). thehooghlyreview.com/review-howar...

Thrilled to know we have two writers on the 2026 Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist. Congratulations, Saraswati Nagpal and Johnny Roach! 🥂 "Woman of the House" by Saraswati Nagpal: thehooghlyreview.com/woman-of-the... "All Things Considered" by Johnny Roach: thehooghlyreview.com/all-things-c...

This week, Rini Sultana gives a primer on evil eye, and Snigdha Agrawal revisits a house steeped in history. thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu...

This week the Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye features "a voluptuous, kind-eyed, strong man," the Tennessee-born, Hong Kong-raised Jonathan Han who is currently working on a story about a swineherder. thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-v...

This week, Lina Krishnan smells something garlicky on campus, and Aditi Surana takes eat, swear, love a notch higher. thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu...

The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye is back, this time with Scotland-born Hong Kong-resident Stewart McKay, whose words have been described as ‘absorbing and gritty’, ‘deeply moving and often funny’, and—perhaps most importantly of all—‘enjoyably sexy’. thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-v...

Rajvi reviews 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑊𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑎 2 on our ASAP Corner. thehooghlyreview.com/the-curse-of...

New on our ASAP Corner: Vijayalakshmi Sridhar in conversation with Shobha Viswanath, Founder/Director of Karadi Tales, the award-studded children's publishing house on the New York Public Library's recommended reading list. thehooghlyreview.com/vijayalakshm...

Sadie Kaye's new column, The Writer's Gauntlet, gets off to a celebrity start, thanks to the wit and support of Helen Lederer, fairy godmother to witty women everywhere and founder of the Comedy Women in Print Prize. thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-v...

We have given the inimitable Sadie Kaye her own nook to put witty writers through her Writer’s Gauntlet of questions! Sadie's column kicks off next week with her firing at the fairy godmother of comedy. (That's enough spoilers!) Keep watching this space. thehooghlyreview.com/the-writers-...

The idea of THR in Print has been brewing for a while. Murals is just the beginning. Prepared for print by Press Pause Press with @fbereaud.bsky.social, Murals is in San Diego bookstores and museum gift shops, and can also be ordered worldwide. Order here: thehooghlyreview.com/thr-in-print/

📢 Announcement ✨️ Our ASAP Corner now includes conversations and excerpts, in addition to reviews. Check the guidelines and send us exciting new reviews, conversations, and excerpts. thehooghlyreview.com/asap-corner-...

This week, Howard McKenzie-Murray senses something shitty at a friend's house, and Sadie Kaye solves the mystery of an unaccounted for turd. thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu...

We're in the list of MONARCH 2026 Anthology Finalists. Heartiest congratulations to James, all the finalists, and the winners! 🥂💜 Finalists: monarch.gay/monarch-2026... Winners: monarch.gay/monarch-2026/ Do check out James' stunning visual art in Issue 4: thehooghlyreview.com/issues/issue...

This week, Aditi Patil follows birds in the mountains, and Sabyasachi Roy struggles with grammar back home. thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu... #humorwriting #travelwriting #weeklyfeatures #thehooghlyreview

Who is Atlas A? We are pleased to present our maddest pursuit yet—a prompt-based short story anthology where every story features the enigmatic Atlas A. Discover 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒔 𝑨, as recorded by twenty-two scribes. 👇 thehooghlyreview.com/issues/the-m...

We're Best Microfiction winners!🏆🥳 The mighty Diane Seuss has chosen "Breasts" by Allison Field Bell, from our Issue 4, for Best Microfiction 2026. Congratulations to Allison and everyone else on the list. Our sincerest gratitude to Diane and the Best Microfiction series editors. 🙏

On today's Weekly Features: Sabyasachi Roy shares love notes on birdwatching, and Devin James Leonard has an audition of a lifetime. thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu...