The Harvard Advocate accepts submissions of art, fiction, and poetry of any form or length created by members of the Harvard community, as well as outside contributors at our discretion. All submissions are considered anonymously.
Fall 2026 Issue
Come in, come in, is anyone receiving? A SIGNAL coming from outer space or a head space. A disaster prone messaging platform; is anyone virtue signaling anymore? We signal our intent, our interest, our distress, our progress . . . duress?
Blink twice if this guy’s bothering you, Major Tom, three times if you're lost at sea.
Badges signal status without need of the bearer’s tongue; meanings, covert or explicit, travel below the layer of language across distances too vast to shout. Cues, signs, sighs. Eye contact, body language, radio waves, and flares. In group, out group, in-the-know: are you up to speed, or are you down to clown?
This issue, the Advocate thinks of all things SIGNAL. The air waves are crowded, the columns are packed, and the feeds are endless. What’s getting through, and who’s listening anyway?
CQ CQ CQ. Any station monitoring, this is Advocate standing by.
We are currently accepting submissions for our Fall 2026 issue.
Submissions for Fiction, Poetry, and Art are due April 10, 2026.
You can submit your work through the link above, or by emailing art@theharvardadvocate.com
Blink twice if this guy’s bothering you, Major Tom, three times if you're lost at sea.
Badges signal status without need of the bearer’s tongue; meanings, covert or explicit, travel below the layer of language across distances too vast to shout. Cues, signs, sighs. Eye contact, body language, radio waves, and flares. In group, out group, in-the-know: are you up to speed, or are you down to clown?
This issue, the Advocate thinks of all things SIGNAL. The air waves are crowded, the columns are packed, and the feeds are endless. What’s getting through, and who’s listening anyway?
CQ CQ CQ. Any station monitoring, this is Advocate standing by.
We are currently accepting submissions for our Fall 2026 issue.
Submissions for Fiction, Poetry, and Art are due April 10, 2026.
- We have no minimum or maximum word counts, but the work we publish tends to be between 700 and 7000 words.
- Please include a cover letter and brief third-person biographical statement with your submission.
- Attach your work as a Microsoft Word file. (Please consider double-spacing and using 12-point Times New Roman font with standard margins.)
- Because submissions are considered anonymously, please make sure your name is not anywhere in the document.
- Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please let us know immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
- We have no minimum or maximum word counts.
- If you'd like to, you may include a message to the editor with your submission. In this message you can describe your work, if you like, or give any background necessary to understand it.
- Attach your work as a Microsoft Word file or PDF file. Word files are the preferred format, but either is acceptable.
- Because submissions are considered anonymously, please make sure your name is not anywhere in the document.
- Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please let us know immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
- We primarily read and publish various styles of written poetry, but illustrated forms of poetry (like poetry comics)—along with other nontraditional poetic formats—can be submitted as well.
You can submit your work through the link above, or by emailing art@theharvardadvocate.com
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