Founded in 2010 by Christine Maul Rice (see bio below), Hypertext is an independent literary arts nonprofit. Our publications have always amplified the work of underrepresented, emerging, and established writers and visual artists. Hypertext is the place where innovative and genre-bending work coexist with more traditional forms. We publish startling short fiction, literary nonfiction, poetry, interviews, and delightful surprises that merge genres and bend rules.

Hypertext Magazine & Studio is highly committed to not only the literary community but our extended community in Chicago and beyond. Online, readers from around the world can access all content—including visual art and interviews—at no cost.

Since becoming a nonprofit in 2017, we have published 14 print journals and paid thousands of writers and visual artists. We are committed to continuing to champion high-quality writing from professional writers—including BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized communities—and to promote that writing to our already robust readership. In the spirit of providing additional publicity, we regularly publish interviews with writers who have books forthcoming from independent publishers.

Since 2017, six essays have been recognized as “Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction” in HarperCollins The Best American Essays collections and one essay won an Illinois Arts Council Award. Short stories have been recognized by the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers.

HMS is a recipient of partial grants from Illinois Humanities, Illinois Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, and Chicago’s CityArts Department of Cultural Affairs (DCASE). We are firmly rooted in the belief that engaging the creative mind is essential to both individual and community health.

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