HerStry is currently accepting submissions in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Profile Pitches for our 2027 Winter Issue: Light.
HerStry centers the experiences and words of underrepresented voices. We’re looking for work from bigender/polygender persons, cisgender women, intergender persons/intersex persons, non-binary persons/gender non-conforming persons, transgender women/transfeminine persons, two-spirit. In other words, if you are a cis man, please refrain from submitting.
Nonfiction: HerStry publishes creative nonfiction up to 5,000 words. Manuscripts should be submitted with all identifying information removed. Work should be double spaced, Times New Roman (or similar), with 12pt font and 1-inch margins. Please submit only one work at a time.* We do not require a cover letter and won’t read one if you submit it. We’re interested in the quality of the work in front of us, not how many times or where you have been published.
Fiction: HerStry publishes works of short fiction up to 10,000 words. Manuscripts should be submitted with all identifying information removed. Work should be double spaced, Times New Roman (or similar), with 12pt font and 1-inch margins. Please submit only one work at a time.*
Poetry: HerStry accepts up to three poems at one time, all submitted in a single document.
Profiles: HerStry is seeking pitches for our AMPLIFY series in which we seek to amplify an unknown or underrepresented cis woman, trans woman, queer woman, or nonbinary person. When pitching, do not send us entire essays. One or two well thought out paragraphs will do the trick. Please do not submit more than one pitch per cycle.
Please note, we do not require a cover letter and won’t read one if you submit it. We’re interested in the quality of the work in front of us, not how many times or where you have been published. We do not publish reprints. We are looking for fresh, original work.
