HMS is a Chicago-based arts and culture nonprofit and recipient of partial grants from National Endowment for the Arts, Illinois Humanities, Illinois Arts Council, and City of Chicago's CityArts Department of Cultural Affairs. And, since 2016, six essays published in Hypertext have been recognized as Honorable Mentions in Best American Essays, edited by Hilton Als.
HMS remains firmly rooted in the belief that engaging the creative mind is essential to both individual and community health. Since becoming a nonprofit in 2017, we have published 11 print journals and paid hundreds of contributors, visual artists, and graphic designers. Since 2010, Hypertext Magazine online has published thousands of writers, hundreds of interviews, visual art, and poetry. Not many wholly independent presses have been publishing for over a decade and we remain committed to continuing to amplify diverse and marginalized voices and actively solicit writing from the LGBTQIA+ community, women, BIPOC writers, and writers with disabilities