The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide

A bimonthly Gay & Lesbian LGBT journal of history, culture, and politics with contributors like Edward Albee, Christopher Bram, Susie Bright, Michael Bronski, Samuel Delany, Martin Duberman, John D'Emilio, Melissa Etheridge, Lillian Faderman, Barney Frank, Jewelle Gomez, Hillary Goodridge, Marilyn Hacker, Andrew Holleran, Gore Vidal, Evan Wolfson, Armistead Maupin, Ruthann Robson, and many more.

Writers' Guidelines for Submission

Thanks so much for your expression of interest in submitting your work to The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide. Here are the guidelines for submission as well as some tips to help you decide whether to submit your work and how to frame it for publication:

  1. READERSHIP. The journal is targeted to "literate non-specialists," i.e. well-educated readers who span a wide range of professions and interests. A high level of intellectual sophistication can be assumed; however, specialized jargon or a highly academic language should be avoided. Lively, thought-provoking, and readable are some watchwords for articles that we publish.

  2. GENRES. The G&LR publishes essays, reviews, interviews, and poems -- but not short fiction, and rarely personal memoirs or journals. Reviews can pertain to books, plays, films, television shows (rarely), or live performances of various kinds.

  3. SUBMISSIONS. Both proposals and completed pieces are accepted. Writers who have not previously been published in the G&LR are encouraged to send a writing sample (or link to same on the Internet)
    • For feature articles, writers are asked to be mindful of the "themes" of upcoming issues. Themes are announced in the Bulletin Board section of each issue. Writers of papers that were originally intended for a different venue are urged to adapt their work to the G&LR's readership and style. Proposals are encouraged when the writer wishes to develop an idea for a particular issue.
    • For book reviews, writers are encouraged to request the current list of "targeted books" for guidance. Proposals for reviews of books that are not on this list are acceptable as well.

  4. LENGTH OF ARTICLES:
    • Feature articles range from 1,500 words to 5,000 words, with a "golden mean" of 2,500 to 3,000 words.
    • Reviews of books or other works range from 600 to 1,200 words. There are two standard formats for reviews, one for pieces from 600 to 900 words, and one for pieces over 1,000 words. In addition, each issue includes a space for "Brief" reviews of some 200 to 250 words.

  5. SUBMISSION PROCESS:
    • Submission can be either by hard copy or by e-mail (addresses below).
      • For hard copy, only one copy is required. SASE (stamped, self-addressed envelope) not required unless you want your manuscript returned.
      • For e-mail, send as either an attachment or in the main body of the message. If an attachment, acceptable platforms are MS Word, RTF, ASCII, and most others.
    • The G&LR is a carefully edited publication, and few pieces are accepted exactly as submitted. Contributors are often asked to make revisions or even to rewrite a piece for publication.
    • Mail your submission to: G&LR Editor, PO Box 180300, Boston, MA 02118. Or send it via e-mail to: HGLR@aol.com

  6. POETRY. A few poems are published in each issue. While there is no hard-and-fast limit on length, poems of over 50 lines become hard to accommodate. Please submit no more than three poems at a time. Send your work in hard copy to our PO box and include an SASE for notification purposes. Please do not submit poetry by e-mail.

  7. BOOK REVIEWS. Assignments for book reviews are normally made by the Review's editorial committee. However, proposals for book reviews are accepted; unsolicited reviews are discouraged. As for content, a book (or other) review should provide, in addition to a general description of the book, some background on the writer or subject matter that place the work in a larger context. It should not be simply a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" on the work.

  8. RETURN OF MANUSCRIPTS. Submissions will not be returned unless the author specifically requests it.

  9. PAYMENT. Contributors of original feature articles receive a flat fee of $100, or may choose to waive this fee and receive payment in kind in the form of four gift subscriptions to parties of their choice. Contributors of full-length book reviews can request $50 or the option of four gift subscriptions. All contributors receive a few copies of the issue in which their article appeared, as well as a new or updated subscription to the G&LR.

Again, please accept my thanks for your interest in the G&LR.

Sincerely yours,

Richard Schneider, Jr., Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief
The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide

G&LR
PO Box 180300
Boston, MA 02118
617-421-0082
HGLR@aol.com