Hourglass Literary Magazine is an annual, bilingual print and digital publication written in English and the BCMS languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. It exists to create an intercultural literary forum to encourage understanding and tolerance through art, and to discuss literary and cultural questions.
Hourglass has launched its first writing contest, the Hourglass Literary Contest. The winning entry in each of three categories – short story, essay and poem – will be awarded $1,000.
Short stories may be between 700 and 7,000 words. Poem submissions should be between 1,000 and 3,500 words, and poets may submit up to three poems in an entry. Essays may be up to 9,000 words. There are no boundaries of theme or genre in any category.