Volume 8 Is Out Now!!

Thank you to everyone who made this volume possible! Check out the online version on our "Volumes" page! We are so excited to share this year's magazine with you, and we hope you enjoy the pieces as much as we do. 

Return to In-person

We at Happy Captive Magazine are pleased to announce our full return to in-person meetings and events for the 2022-23 school year. While Covid-19 is not fully behind us yet, we will be sure to take the proper safety measures to assure the health of our staff and contributors. 

Submissions for Volume 9 are officially OPEN!!

Some examples of things we have published in the past are: creative nonfiction, poetry, fiction, short stories, fantasy fiction, photography, paintings, drawings, sketches, etc. Basically, if it can be published in a print format, we want to see it! 
 Please follow these guidelines for your submission.
  • submit your pieces as an email to hcmsubmissions@gmail.com with the word "submission" in the subject line of the email
  • attach individual works separately, making sure that your name doesn't appear anywhere in your submission — please no PDFs!
  • in the body of your email, please include your: name, email, clear identification of your title(s), and the form (e.g., short fiction, poetry, photography, painting, etc.)
  • you can include an artist statement or anything else that you want us to know about it (however, this is not required)
  • please submit no more than 5 pieces at a time; we only publish 5 pieces per person at the maximum in each issue (this means if some pieces aren't accepted, you can submit more until you have 5 accepted pieces) 
Our submission period is from now until mid-February so feel free to send anything our way!

About the Magazine

Happy Captive ​Magazine is published annually by undergraduate students at Miami University in Oxford, OH, and features poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art from fellow university students. We believe that the best stories are the ones that suck us in, make us think, and keep us prisoner until the final punctuation mark or last brush stroke.
 
Founded in 2014 by a group of English majors who wanted to provide a platform for eclectic and resonant undergraduate creative work, the magazine seeks moving narratives, and diverse voices, no matter the medium.