Submission Guidelines
YJHM welcomes submissions for publication from doctors, nurses, patients, family members, and others interested in the humanities and medicine. We welcome poetry, essays, and book reviews with some flexibility in those categories. Please read the entirety of this page before submitting so that you can be sure to follow the stated requirements. If your submission is not in accordance with these guidelines, it will not be considered.
Prose submissions (reviews, essays, etc.) should be Emailed to BOTH Howard Spiro (howard.spiro@yale.edu) and Michelle Joy (michelle.t.joy@gmail.com). Please keep in mind that YJHM is an online humanities journal, and full-length scholarly articles with many footnotes may not be best suited for our readers. Though there is no specific word limit, we tend to prefer shorter pieces that our readers can get through in one sitting. Please send no more than one prose submission at a time.
Poetry submissions should be directed to Bill Rector and Fred Platt, who share poetry@yjhm.org. Please send no more than three poems at one time.
Along with your submission, please include a brief publication-ready bio and photo of yourself. We will include these with your work if published; please indicate if you do not want them included. We also ask that you subscribe to the journal so that you can be notified when/if your piece is published and also be able to keep up with the other work that goes up on YJHM.
We will review your submissions as quickly as possible, usually within a month, and get back to you by email with our decision and any suggested revisions. We ask that you DO NOT INQUIRE about the status of your piece UNTIL FOUR WEEKS AFTER your submission (or acceptance) due to the high volume of material we receive. We appreciate your adhering to this request.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please inform us of that fact. You are welcome to withdraw your submission at any time prior to receiving either notification of acceptance or edits from our staff.
If your work is not accepted, please note that we welcome further submissions, though not for at least six months.
Of note, we also accept submissions for the YJHM blog. The blog is a spot for political, educational, or other commentary on the current state of affairs in medicine. We welcome informal submissions that otherwise might not fit the categories of YJHM homepage. Please Email Howard Spiro (howard.spiro@yale.edu) and Michelle Joy (michelle.t.joy@gmail.com) with blog submissions and indicate that the piece is intended for our blog.
Thank you for your interest in YJHM.