Letters From The Editors Archives - The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org/category/columns/letters-from-the-editors/ Literary Arts Journal Sat, 20 Sep 2025 07:19:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/hyacinthreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-Hyacinth-H-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Letters From The Editors Archives - The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org/category/columns/letters-from-the-editors/ 32 32 199531397 Our Autumn Favorites: 2025 https://hyacinthreview.org/our-autumn-favorites-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-autumn-favorites-2025 Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=7727 The season of mists is upon us, and what better way to celebrate it than with a bit of poetry and our Autumn Favorites? We hope that summer treated you well and we look forward to seeing all of your wonderful work in the upcoming winter open call (keep an eye on your inbox for…

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]]> 7727 Our Summer Favorites: 2025 https://hyacinthreview.org/our-summer-favorites-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-summer-favorites-2025 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 03:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=7648 Summer has arrived!  The world is humming in shades of green, the sun is ever-present, and we are melting. While we have left the milder pleasures of Spring behind us, we are doing what we can to embrace the new season before us. So whether you’re looking for something to read on the beach, new…

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]]> 7648 Our Spring Favorites: 2025 https://hyacinthreview.org/our-spring-favorites-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-spring-favorites-2025 Sat, 29 Mar 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=7537 Spring has sprung and the seemingly endless winter has finally relented. We’re celebrating the warmer weather and sunshine with another seasonal list of our favorite things – spring-related or otherwise. We’d also like to thank everyone who submitted their work to our latest open call, Books & Literature. We had a wonderful time reviewing each…

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]]> 7537 Our Winter Favorites: 2025 https://hyacinthreview.org/our-winter-favorites-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-winter-favorites-2025 Sat, 15 Feb 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=7277 Here we are in 2025 with a whole new year ahead of us. We have missed sharing updates with you all, so we are hoping to revive that tradition with seasonal columns sharing what inspired, moved, or interested us most as of late. As we write this first installment of this series, we find ourselves…

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]]> 7277 December: Our Winter Favorites https://hyacinthreview.org/december-our-winter-favorites/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=december-our-winter-favorites Tue, 19 Dec 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=5470 As the year comes to a close and the holidays near, another special occasion is upon us – the second anniversary of The Hyacinth Review! When we founded this humanities journal it started off as a way for us to put our own work out into the world in a more formal way, but it…

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]]> 5470 October: Our Autumnal Favorites https://hyacinthreview.org/october-2023-our-autumnal-favorites/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=october-2023-our-autumnal-favorites Sun, 08 Oct 2023 02:18:19 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=5195 Spooky season has arrived once again, and we’re more than thrilled to be free from the summer heatwaves. To celebrate cooler months, we thought we’d put together a selection of our favorite autumnal picks: books, shows, films, music, art, and more! Also take a look at last year’s October: A Month In Favorites, which is…

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]]> 5195 The Poetic Forms Series https://hyacinthreview.org/the-poetic-forms-series/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-poetic-forms-series Sat, 01 Jul 2023 22:44:56 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=5103 We’re excited to announce a new series here at The Hyacinth Review highlighting various poetic forms! Each post in the series will focus on a specific form, its history, construction, and a few of our favorite examples.  We hope that this will serve to inspire and motivate those of you who love poetry as much…

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]]> 5103 Open Call Announcement + Our June Favorites https://hyacinthreview.org/open-call-announcement-our-june-favorites/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-call-announcement-our-june-favorites Sat, 17 Jun 2023 03:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=5060 New season, new submissions! To celebrate the summer solstice we’re opening submissions for all mediums under the theme Nautical: We want all your work maritime, oceanic, and seafaring. We want to hear about marine life, the ancestry of sea navigation, the mythos of seagoing people and aquatic mysteries of the deep. We want your coastal…

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]]> 5060 Letter From The Editors: Our Stance & Policy On AI https://hyacinthreview.org/letter-from-the-editors-our-stance-policy-on-ai/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-from-the-editors-our-stance-policy-on-ai Sat, 27 May 2023 03:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=4768 We hope you’re having a wonderful May so far! Instead of our usual monthly post, we thought we’d take a moment to address our stance on AI (Artificial Intelligence) generated work, both in regards to our submission policy and our personal thoughts on the subject as creators and supporters of the arts. To sum up:…

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]]> 4768 April Favorites: National Poetry Month https://hyacinthreview.org/april-favorites-national-poetry-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=april-favorites-national-poetry-month Sat, 29 Apr 2023 21:03:13 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=4508 April was National Poetry Month, so we thought we’d celebrate by sharing a few of our favorite poems. Poetry is one of the most universally beloved and ancient forms of turning the human experience into connection, a form of communication that transcends time and the rules of language. A poem can say a dozen different…

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