A little more time for the story you haven’t finished yet.
The Hayden’s Ferry Review Fiction & Poetry Contest deadline has been extended to March 14.
Winners receive publication and cash prizes from a $2,500 pool.
Send us your fiction and poetry.
Promotional graphic for Hayden’s Ferry Review announcing its Fiction & Poetry Contest with free submissions open. The design features green and gold tones and states that 50 free submissions are available in each genre on February 7 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. MST, or until the submission cap is reached. A link to haydensferryreview.com/hfrcontest appears at the bottom.
Surprise! 🎉 Today, for 12 hours only between 8 am - 8 pm MST, you can submit to HFR’s Fiction & Poetry Contest for FREE!
The entry fee will be waived for the first 50 submissions in each genre (Fiction and Poetry) submitted between 8AM and 8PM (MST) today!
Link in comment for more details!
Warm gold/orange graphic with bird silhouettes and abstract circles. White text reads “Hayden’s Ferry Review,” then “Disintegration” by Salha Obaid. Below: “Translator Kathleen Davis Sullivan.” “HFR” logo bottom right.
Warm gold/orange graphic with bird silhouettes and abstract circles. White text reads “Hayden’s Ferry Review,” then “Getting News of My Brother” by Du Fu. Below: “Translator Scott Dalgarno.” “HFR” logo bottom right.
Warm gold/orange graphic with bird silhouettes and abstract circles. White text reads “Hayden’s Ferry Review,” then “To S.E.” by Marina Tsvetaeva. Below: “Translator Margaree Little.” “HFR” logo bottom right.
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Warm gold/orange graphic with bird silhouettes and abstract circles. White text reads “Hayden’s Ferry Review,” then “Sappho to Erinna/Erinna to Sappho” by Rainer Maria Rilke. Below: “Translator Sionnaín Buckley.” “HFR” logo bottom right.
Warm gold/orange graphic with bird silhouettes and abstract circles. White text reads “Hayden’s Ferry Review,” then “Three Visions in Memphis” by Victor Cabrera. Below: “Translator James Richie.” “HFR” logo bottom right.
![Warm gold/orange graphic with bird silhouettes and abstract circles. White text reads “Hayden’s Ferry Review,” then “Catullus, on his 85th birthday” and “[I do and don’t]” by Gaius Valerius Catullus. Below: “Translator Matthew Nisinson.” “HFR” logo bottom right.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zwd5qzt2qbkolmyu5zlwt4i5/bafkreiheka76mb337bc47brpbkqdioiw7gnr5hnpuqr4nrzfa3vgkh66zi)
Warm gold/orange graphic with bird silhouettes and abstract circles. White text reads “Hayden’s Ferry Review,” then “Catullus, on his 85th birthday” and “[I do and don’t]” by Gaius Valerius Catullus. Below: “Translator Matthew Nisinson.” “HFR” logo bottom right.
We’re so happy to share our Translation Anthology Nominations.
These poems hold so many worlds—history, intimacy, argument, music—and each one comes to us through the attentive work of a translator. Please take your time with the names on these slides: they’re part of the poem’s story.
A promotional flyer for Hayden’s Ferry Review’s Fiction & Poetry Contest. The background is green with golden sparkles. Text reads: "Hayden’s Ferry Review Fiction & Poetry Contest $2,500 total prize pool Contest opens Feb 1 – Feb 28" At the bottom are two circular portraits: Left: Gina Chung, labeled "Fiction Judge," wearing a white outfit with long black and green hair. Right: Sarah Ghazal Ali, labeled "Poetry Judge," shown in a dark-toned portrait wearing a maroon hijab.
A golden flyer for Hayden’s Ferry Review’s Fiction & Poetry Contest. The text reads: "Fiction & Poetry Contest Submissions Open Feb 1 – Feb 28 $2,500 Total Prize Pool" Below that: "Fiction and Poetry Winners receive $1,000 each + publication. Runners-up in both genres receive $250 + publication" Followed by: "100 Free Submissions Free submission window announced via newsletter – sign up by 2/3 (link in bio) to be notified!" At the bottom: "haydensferryreview.com"
HFR’s Fiction & Poetry Contest is open! Win $1,000 + publication 🎉
Judges: Gina Chung (fiction), Sarah Ghazal Ali (poetry)
Submit 1–3 poems or up to 20 pages of fiction by Feb 28 ✍️
$23 entry (includes 1-year sub)
Free subs for newsletter folks 👀
Link in comment!
Hayden’s Ferry Review Issue 77 cover propped in front of stacked copies, framed by a leafy border.
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A hand holds an HFR bookmark outdoors with greenery and orange fruit blurred behind it.
HFR Issue 77 is here 📚✨ Our newest print issue is available now—grab your copy via link in the comments!
And a little extra we’re excited about: every print copy comes with a FREE collectible bookmark featuring art from our cover artist. Read it, keep it, gift it, share it 💛
Slide announcing the translation nominee: “Erinna to Sappho” by Rilke, translated by Sionnain Buckley, with elegant typography and a vibrant background.
Slide showcasing poetry nominees: “THE DRUM” by Diya Abbas and “Horticulture Ghazal in Conversation with my Ancestors” by Rukan Saif, with artistic color blocks and bold fonts.
Graphic announcing Hayden’s Ferry Review Pushcart Prize nominees with the HFR logo, colorful design elements, and a celebratory layout.
Slide featuring nominee Molly Biskupic for her fiction piece "Fish Skin," with bold text and a background of soft gradient colors.
Slide presenting nonfiction nominees: “Perception” by Faith Palermo and “Flash Truth: Swarm” by Alexandra Teague, with a clean modern layout and colorful design.
We’re thrilled to announce our Pushcart Prize nominees! 🎉 Join us at the HFR launch party to celebrate these incredible works—and all the brilliant voices in this issue. 📚✨
Links in comments!
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Issue 77 cover spread featuring artwork by Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi. Full magazine cover and back spread for Hayden’s Ferry Review (HFR), Fall/Winter 2025, issue seventy-seven. The design features abstract, painterly imagery in deep blues, greens, and purples, resembling fluid pours, marbled textures, and organic forms. The front cover shows large mint-green “HFR” lettering with “hayden’s ferry review” beneath it, over a surreal composition with a dark central void framed by coral-like shapes and delicate line drawings. The back cover includes dripping paint effects over intricate patterned textures, the text “seventy-seven,” “fall/winter 2025,” and a barcode in the lower corner.
Issue 77 cover reveal!
We're in love with our cover, featuring artwork by Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi 💚
This issue will be landing in subscriber mailboxes in the coming weeks. More details about our web preview, virtual launch party, and how to order the issue coming soon!
A vibrant blue and green graphic announcing Hayden’s Ferry Review’s call for submissions for the Web Issue Aftercare. Large pale-green text reads “call for submissions,” with “by Dec 31st” beneath it. At the top, white text reads “Hayden’s Ferry Review” and “Web Issue Aftercare.” Along the left side are vertical genre labels: “Fiction,” “Poetry,” “Art,” “Translation,” and “Creative Nonfiction.” At the bottom, smaller text reads: “gaze to what follows intensity, crisis, or rupture & the fragile moments.” The background features abstract, blurred green shapes over deep blue.
After the fracture, the tending—send us what gathers in the fragile quiet.
Our spring web issue, Aftercare, turns to what follows intensity, crisis, or rupture. Borrowed from the language of kink, aftercare asks what it means to stay, to tend, to rebuild.
Links in comments for more info!
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✨ Good news! You still have time to send us your work. ✨
Hayden’s Ferry Review has extended our submission deadline to December 31st.
No caps, all genres welcome — we’d love to read what you’ve been creating. guidelines link in comment.
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