Harvard Square Editions operates as an independent literary press rather than a periodical, and its rolling submission policy reflects an institutional posture of continuous reading rather than seasonal contest cycles. The press considers book-length manuscripts across fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, positioning itself within the tradition of the small literary house: editorially driven, resistant to the market logic of the Big Five, and attentive to work that might otherwise go unread by commercial acquisition committees. For the writer, this is not a prize, a residency, or a themed anthology call; it is an open door to a publishing relationship, which means the stakes and the expectations differ accordingly. Because the deadline is rolling, the press is not assembling a single cohort or issue around a curatorial thesis. There is no announced prize, no fee, and no stated geographic or career-stage restriction. What the submission represents, then, is a direct appeal to an editorial board whose tastes are not publicly codified in a single theme. The absence of a fee is notable in a submissions landscape increasingly shaped by pay-to-play reading models; it signals that the press is reading for its own list, not monetizing access. Writers should understand that a rolling call is not a lower bar—it is simply a different rhythm of evaluation, one that rewards a manuscript that is ready when it is sent. The curatorial vision, insofar as it can be inferred from the press's public identity, favors literary work with formal seriousness and an evident investment in language. Harvard Square Editions has positioned itself as a home for writing that is neither academic exercise nor commercial product. The strongest submissions will read as complete, considered artifacts—manuscripts that have already passed through revision and, ideally, through trusted readers. Because no theme is imposed, the burden of coherence falls on the writer: the work must make its own case for why it belongs on a literary list rather than in a drawer.