Hearts of Thunder Magazine where sensitivity is life

🌩️ Call for Submissions are open 365 days a year

Hearts of Thunder is a digital literary magazine created by and for Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) — those who move through life attuned to subtleties, textures, and quiet intensities. We are the listeners, the empaths, the deep feelers. We see beauty where others glance past.

We invite you to explore the extraordinary within the ordinary — the taste of silence, the weight of color, the electricity of human connection. How does your sensitivity shape the way you see, hear, touch, and know the world?

Hearts of Thunder is suitable to a PG-13 readership; we welcome emotional depth and difficult subjects handled with restraint and craft.

We welcome:

Essays — Personal reflections, lyrical nonfiction, meditations on sensory experience (up to 2,500 words)

Poetry — Up to 5 poems that engage the senses or emotional perception

Visual Art — Photography, illustration, painting, or mixed media (up to 5 pieces, high-res preferred)

Whether your work whispers softly or hums beneath the skin, we want to experience the world through your senses.

We accept submission from younger sensitives as well, as follows:

If you are a teen (13-18), please begin your email subject line with “HST” — for example, HST — “Poem Title” — Poetry. HST stands for Highly Sensitive Teen and helps us route your work to the right editor. All teen submissions are handled under our safeguarding protocols, including parent or guardian consent prior to publication.

✉️ Submission Guidelines

Send your work as a Word or PDF file (artwork as high-res JPEG or PNG).

Include a brief bio (75 words max) and a short note about what being an HSP means to you (optional).

Simultaneous submissions are welcome; please notify us if accepted elsewhere.

No entry fee.

Contributors receive publication and a featured artist/writer spotlight on our website and social media.

We require first publication rights for all accepted submissions. All rights revert back to the author/artist upon publication.

⚡ How to Submit

Email your submission to **hearts.of.thunder.magazine@gmail.com**

Subject line: “Submission – [Your Name] – [Genre]”

🌧️ About Hearts of Thunder

Hearts of Thunder is a sanctuary for those who feel deeply and create from that place of depth. We celebrate sensitivity as strength — the pulse that connects art, emotion, and awareness.

Let your words shimmer.

Let your art speak in color and vibration.

Let us see the world through you.