On going contest:
Anthony Grooms Short Fiction Prize
The Headlight Review’s Annual Anthony Grooms Short Fiction Prize contest for 2025 will open June 1. The winner will receive publication (a perfectly bound book with a full color or black/white cover), an award of $750, and 25 copies of the book.
Open submissions ending August 31
The Poetry Chapbook Prize 2026
The winner of The Headlight Review’s 2026 Poetry Chapbook Prize Contest will receive publication (a perfectly bound book with a full color or black/white cover), an award of $500, and 25 copies of the book. Submission period: Jan 1. - Mar. 31, 2026.
2025 Anthony Grooms Short Fiction Prize
The Headlight Review presents our third annual Anthony Grooms Short Fiction Prize!
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