The Yale Historical Review is a history journal run by students at Yale College that publishes exceptional essays by undergraduate students from colleges and universities around the world. To get a sense of the pieces we have published in the past, please visit the Archive on our website. For consideration in our fall issue, essays should be submitted by September 1 at 11:59 pm. 

Essays should be submitted through this Google Form.

All essays undergo several rounds of blind assessment to decide which ones we will publish. This is a competitive process, and we accept articles on a wide range of historical periods, places, and subjects. If we accept your essay for publication, our co-editors-in-chief will email you to initiate a brief period of editing to prepare your essay for publication. Issues are published at the end of the fall and spring semesters.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected] at any point before or after submitting your essay. Thank you for considering publishing your work in the Yale Historical Review.