The Hythe Review provides a space for literary conversations to take shape, coalescing around our shared inheritance of modernism, marxism(s), anti-colonialism, anti-racism, environmentalism, and a commitment to building literary political community around publications—as has always been the case with the work of the87press. The journal publishes interviews between critics, editors, and authors/artists alongside essays and new works of poetry, working through commissioned work and, ​from our second issue onwards, open submissions which we will extend warmly to racialised/global majority authors and authors who are neurodiverse, LGBTQ+, and/or working-class. 
 
We prioritise experimental poetry and poetics that engage language and cultural identity, the transgression of colonial bordering, the role of aesthetic education in fostering cosmopolitanism-from-below and the possibilities of poetic form. We also give space to interesting and well-styled cultural essays that explore contemporary works of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry released by independent publishers only.  

The Hythe Review is pleased to open our call for submissions for our second issue which will run from Midday on September 1st and Close at Midday on September 30th. 

We welcome poetry, reviews, and essays. Please use this portal to upload your finished work. Register an account (or login if you have an existing account) to begin the submission process. 

Please familiarise yourself with our work and ethos before submitting. 

All work submitted must adhere to the publisher's guidance on generative AI use; no work should be produced solely using generative AI such as an LLM. 

Guidelines:

Poetry

• All work must be typed in a word document using 12pt Times New Roman.
• Authors may submit 1 portfolio of poetry consisting of 3-5 poems with a maximum submission length of 15 pages. 

Reviews and Essays

• All work must be submitted in a word document using 12pt Times New Roman. Prose should be double spaced.
• Reviews should be of contemporary books from independent presses only (non-Big 5–Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan– and their imprints) which engage the book(s) in question with wider theoretical, literary, and political discourses.
• Essays which cover multiple books or wider cultural, literary, and theoretical trends are welcomed.
• The recommended word count is 3,000 words. Anything significantly outside of this remit can be discussed as a pitch.
• Referencing must be done to scholarly standards using MHRA.
• Completed works are to be submitted directly on this portal. Pitches are also taken and should be sent earlier in the timeframe. These should be sent to kashif@the87press.co.uk

Decision Making:

• Poetry is decided by the editors as part of an open review process.
• Reviews and essays are subject to a double anonymous peer review process.
• Decisions made and authors notified by November. Pitches will be accepted on a rolling basis.
• Publication at the end of January 2027
• Authors whose works are selected for Issue 2 will receive instructions on invoicing for their fee of £100 at publication.
  
   
  Before submitting, you should read over the 'Author Guidelines' and checklist below, ensuring that your submission also adheres to the 'Focus and Scope' of the journal, then register an account (or login if you have an existing account) to begin the submission process.