Type Of Publisher
Online
Genres Published
Poetry, Essays, Reviews, Visual Art
Year Established
2019
Address
Lexington, VA
Name
Julie Phillips Brown
Title
Founding Editor
Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
House Mountain Review is an online literary journal that publishes innovative, aesthetically-diverse poetry and visual art. HMR welcomes works that explore various forms of difference, broadly defined, and that interrogate aesthetic conventions. We particularly encourage submissions by writers and artists from underrepresented perspectives and backgrounds. House Mountain Review is named in homage to House Mountain in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Together its two peaks, Big and Little House Mountains, form a peerless landmark rising above the surrounding blue hills. In the words of Wallace Stevens, HMR is a place for poets to go their “own way,” but also to find their “unique and solitary” mountain homes. Like Stevens, we believe in the poem’s power to preserve, transform, and sustain new realities, and like its namesake, HMR aspires to be an outlook—an enduring reference point in the fields of innovative poetry and visual art.
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions
Yes
Submission Guidelines URL
Reading Period
Varies
Response Time
1 - 3 months
Charges Writers A Submission/Reading Fee
yes
Contests
yes
Contest Guidelines
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Average Unique Visitors Per Month
200
Do You Have Any Cover Letter Advice?
We prefer cover letters that specify the titles of the works under consideration and that mention any previous publications that may be relevant. Brief biographical information and social media links are also encouraged.
What Do You Look For In A Submission?
HMR welcomes works that explore various forms of difference, broadly defined, and that interrogate aesthetic conventions. We particularly encourage submissions by writers and artists from underrepresented perspectives and backgrounds.
What Advice Do You Have For First-time Submitters?
Try, and then keep on trying!
Who Is Your Ideal Reader?
Our ideal reader would be someone who delights in challenges to convention, and whose tastes are omnivorous.
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