the html review

The HTML Review is an annual journal of literature made to exist on the web. It is edited by Shelby Wilson and Maxwell Neely-Cohen.

Works we have published have been awarded the New Media Writing Prize, been featured in Best of Australian Poems, and displayed at institutions like CultureHub, Rhizome, Brooklyn Public Library, Smack Mellon, Pioneer Works, and the de Young Museum. Our efforts have been covered by Frieze Magazine, MIT Technology Review, Longreads, The Tiny Awards, and the German radio program Netzkultur.

Submissions

We are open for submissions each year from November 1st–December 1st for each issue, which we publish on the first day of Spring. Submitted work should not have been previously published or released. Send your pitch, prototype, or work-in-progress, and a bit about yourself to [email protected]

We pay $500 per contribution. While we keep a copy of the code for archival purposes, all contributors own their own work in perpetuity. Our editorial process includes text, design, and code. We do not set specific issue themes from the outset, but instead allow those connections to form organically.

What we look for

We look for submissions that take full advantage of the web as a medium. Poetry, fiction, non-fiction, essays, graphic storytelling, and experiments are all welcome. Whether in aesthetic or subject matter, we love singular standalone works that have an ultra-specific focus.

Our contributors come from a wide range of backgrounds. We are always honored to be the first place a writer or poet has ever experimented with code, or the first place an artist or engineer has ever gone through an editorial process.

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