In collaboration with the Center for Imaginations in the Borderlands (CIB); RED INK: International Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art, & Humanities; the Thousand Languages Project; and the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, Hayden's Ferry Review announces its first Indigenous Poets Prize. Natalie Diaz, Pulitzer-prize-winning poet and the director for the CIB, will serve as the judge. Diaz will select four recipients in youth and adult categories, Arizona-based and nationally-based.

Award recipients will be announced and published online in HFR’s The Dock in August 2023 as well as appear in the next HFR print issue (expected Fall/Winter 2023). Recipients will each receive $300 and participate in a virtual reading in August 2023 alongside the judge to celebrate their work. During the 2023-2024 academic year, these poems will also be translated by Thousand Languages interns and appear as a special folio on the database the following year.

Eligibility for Youth category (Arizona)

• Writers with a commitment to Indigenous communities, who are 19-years-old or younger and based in Arizona, are eligible to submit. We define ‘commitment’ as those who advocate for Indigenous communities, have personal experience with/within these communities, or contribute in some capacity to supporting Indigenous communities. 
• We encourage submissions from individuals with Indigenous backgrounds. 
• All individuals are able to submit without regard to sex, race, national origin, religion, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
• Close friends, family, or former and current students of the judge should refrain from submitting.
• ASU staff, faculty, and students are eligible to submit unless they are close friends, colleagues, and former or current students of the judge.  Note: if you are an ASU student who is awarded a prize, the $300 will first be applied to any outstanding ASU balances.
• We define a "former or current student" as someone who has done a semester-length course with the judge or who the judge has served as a thesis advisor. If you attended a one- or two-week-long workshop or similar with the judge, you are still eligible.
• If you were published in one of HFR's print journals or web issues in the past two years, you CAN submit to this contest. (See our "general notes on submission" for specific guidelines about this for our print and web issues.)
• If you’re uncertain about your eligibility, contact us at haydensferryreview (at) gmail (dot) com.

Submission info

• Please submit 1 poem no longer than 3 pages. Each entrant can submit only once.
• We welcome the opportunity to receive submissions in English and Indigenous languages so long as there is an English translation/version so our readers can access them.
• Submitted work must be original work by the writer and unpublished.
• Submissions are free and open from May 1 - June 10.
• Submissions will be read anonymously. Please do not include your name or other identifying information in the submission file you upload.

In collaboration with the Center for Imaginations in the Borderlands (CIB); RED INK: International Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art, & Humanities; the Thousand Languages Project; and the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, Hayden's Ferry Review announces its first Indigenous Poets Prize. Natalie Diaz, Pulitzer-prize-winning poet and the director for the CIB, will serve as the judge. Diaz will select four recipients in youth and adult categories, Arizona-based and nationally-based.

Award recipients will be announced and published online in HFR’s The Dock in August 2023 as well as appear in the next HFR print issue (expected Fall/Winter 2023). Recipients will each receive $300 and participate in a virtual reading in August 2023 alongside the judge to celebrate their work. During the 2023-2024 academic year, these poems will also be translated by Thousand Languages interns and appear as a special folio on the database the following year.

Eligibility for Youth category (national)

•  Writers with a commitment to Indigenous communities, who are 19-years-old or younger and based outside of Arizona, are eligible to submit. We define ‘commitment’ as those who advocate for Indigenous communities, have personal experience with/within these communities, or contribute in some capacity to supporting Indigenous communities. 
• We encourage submissions from individuals with Indigenous backgrounds. 
• All individuals are able to submit without regard to sex, race, national origin, religion, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
• Close friends, family, or former and current students of the judge should refrain from submitting.
• ASU staff, faculty, and students are eligible to submit unless they are close friends, colleagues, and former or current students of the judge.  Note: if you are an ASU student who is awarded a prize, the $300 will first be applied to any outstanding ASU balances.
• We define a "former or current student" as someone who has done a semester-length course with the judge or who the judge has served as a thesis advisor. If you attended a one- or two-week-long workshop or similar with the judge, you are still eligible.
• If you were published in one of HFR's print journals or web issues in the past two years, you CAN submit to this contest. (See our "general notes on submission" for specific guidelines about this for our print and web issues.)
• If you’re uncertain about your eligibility, contact us at haydensferryreview (at) gmail (dot) com.

Submission info

• Please submit 1 poem no longer than 3 pages. Each entrant can submit only once.
• We welcome the opportunity to receive submissions in English and Indigenous languages so long as there is an English translation/version so our readers can access them.
• Submitted work must be original work by the writer and unpublished.
• Submissions are free and open from May 1 - June 10.

Submissions will be read anonymously. Please do not include your name or other identifying information in the submission file you upload

In collaboration with the Center for Imaginations in the Borderlands (CIB); RED INK: International Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art, & Humanities; the Thousand Languages Project; and the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, Hayden's Ferry Review announces its first Indigenous Poets Prize. Natalie Diaz, Pulitzer-prize-winning poet and the director for the CIB, will serve as the judge. Diaz will select four recipients in youth and adult categories, Arizona-based and nationally-based.

Award recipients will be announced and published online in HFR’s The Dock in August 2023 as well as appear in the next HFR print issue (expected Fall/Winter 2023). Recipients will each receive $300 and participate in a virtual reading in August 2023 alongside the judge to celebrate their work. During the 2023-2024 academic year, these poems will also be translated by Thousand Languages interns and appear as a special folio on the database the following year.

Eligibility for Adult category (Arizona)

• Writers with a commitment to Indigenous communities, who are 20-years-old or older and based in Arizona, are eligible to submit. We define ‘commitment’ as those who advocate for Indigenous communities, have personal experience with/within these communities, or contribute in some capacity to supporting Indigenous communities. 
• We encourage submissions from individuals with Indigenous backgrounds. 
• All individuals are able to submit without regard to sex, race, national origin, religion, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
• Close friends, family, or former and current students of the judge should refrain from submitting.
• ASU staff, faculty, and students are eligible to submit unless they are close friends, colleagues, and former or current students of the judge.  Note: if you are an ASU student who is awarded a prize, the $300 will first be applied to any outstanding ASU balances.
• We define a "former or current student" as someone who has done a semester-length course with the judge or who the judge has served as a thesis advisor. If you attended a one- or two-week-long workshop or similar with the judge, you are still eligible.
• If you were published in one of HFR's print journals or web issues in the past two years, you CAN submit to this contest. (See our "general notes on submission" for specific guidelines about this for our print and web issues.)
• If you’re uncertain about your eligibility, contact us at haydensferryreview (at) gmail (dot) com.

Submission info

• Please submit 1 poem no longer than 3 pages. Each entrant can submit only once.
• We welcome the opportunity to receive submissions in English and Indigenous languages so long as there is an English translation/version so our readers can access them.
• Submitted work must be original work by the writer and unpublished.
• Submissions are free and open from May 1 - June 10.
• Submissions will be read anonymously. Please do not include your name or other identifying information in the submission file you upload.

In collaboration with the Center for Imaginations in the Borderlands (CIB); RED INK: International Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art, & Humanities; the Thousand Languages Project; and the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, Hayden's Ferry Review announces its first Indigenous Poets Prize. Natalie Diaz, Pulitzer-prize-winning poet and the director for the CIB, will serve as the judge. Diaz will select four recipients in youth and adult categories, Arizona-based and nationally-based.

Award recipients will be announced and published online in HFR’s The Dock in August 2023 as well as appear in the next HFR print issue (expected Fall/Winter 2023). Recipients will each receive $300 and participate in a virtual reading in August 2023 alongside the judge to celebrate their work. During the 2023-2024 academic year, these poems will also be translated by Thousand Languages interns and appear as a special folio on the database the following year.

Eligibility for Adult category (national)

Writers with a commitment to Indigenous communities, who are 20-years-old or older and based outside of Arizona, are eligible to submit. We define ‘commitment’ as those who advocate for Indigenous communities, have personal experience with/within these communities, or contribute in some capacity to supporting Indigenous communities. 

• We encourage submissions from individuals with Indigenous backgrounds. 
• All individuals are able to submit without regard to sex, race, national origin, religion, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
• Close friends, family, or former and current students of the judge should refrain from submitting.
• ASU staff, faculty, and students are eligible to submit unless they are close friends, colleagues, and former or current students of the judge.  Note: if you are an ASU student who is awarded a prize, the $300 will first be applied to any outstanding ASU balances.
• We define a "former or current student" as someone who has done a semester-length course with the judge or who the judge has served as a thesis advisor. If you attended a one- or two-week-long workshop or similar with the judge, you are still eligible.
• If you were published in one of HFR's print journals or web issues in the past two years, you CAN submit to this contest. (See our "general notes on submission" for specific guidelines about this for our print and web issues.)
• If you’re uncertain about your eligibility, contact us at haydensferryreview (at) gmail (dot) com.

Submission info

• Please submit 1 poem no longer than 3 pages. Each entrant can submit only once.
• We welcome the opportunity to receive submissions in English and Indigenous languages so long as there is an English translation/version so our readers can access them.
• Submitted work must be original work by the writer and unpublished.
• Submissions are free and open from May 1 - June 10.
• Submissions will be read anonymously. Please do not include your name or other identifying information in the submission file you upload.

Submission Guidelines

Translations submissions should be works translated into English from any other non-English language, and must include the original text along with the translated text.

• Translators should secure rights to translate the work they are submitting.
• Submit up to 6 poems/micro-fictions, or one essay/story.
• Prose should be double-spaced. We do not have a strict word count, though we favor pieces under 17 pages, and rarely accept work that is over 20. Please do not submit pieces that are over 25 pages.
• Please include your entire submission in one file, and be sure your name and contact information are included on the first page of the file.
• All work should be uploaded through our submissions manager. Acceptable file formats include .doc, .docx, and .pdf.
• Please send one submission per genre at a time, and wait for a response before you submit additional work.
• Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please notify the editors immediately by adding a message to your submission in Submittable.
• Withdraw your submission using Submittable. If you are only withdrawing a section of your work (for example: 2/5 poems), add a message to your submission.
• We do not accept previously published material.
• We do not consider book-length works. Submitters are strongly encouraged to read the journal before submitting. Sample work from current and past issues is available on our website.
• Upon acceptance, we will request a translator's note on your translation process (similar to an artist statement).

We are waiving our reading fee for Black and Indigenous writers. Please submit via the Black and Indigenous Authors submission link: https://hfr.submittable.com/submit. If you have any questions please email us (haydensferryreview at gmail dot com)

Submission Guidelines

We are looking for visual art in all categories. 

Please submit 5-8 pieces at a time. We may ask for additional art based on this submission. We accept work that has been previously published on the artist's social media or personal website but we do not accept work that has been previously published in other journals.

Upon acceptance, we will request high res files, an author's bio, and an artist's statement. We publish art in full color, often selecting between 2 and 4 artists for each issue. One of these will receive cover credit and bookmark credit. 

Submission Guidelines

We are waiving our submission fee for Black and Indigenous writers. Please submit your translation pieces here. If you have questions concerning this policy, please email us.

• Translations submissions should be works translated into English from any other non-English language, and must include the original text along with the translated text.
• Translators should secure rights to translate the work they are submitting.
• Submit up to 6 poems/micro-fictions, or one essay/story.
• Prose should be double-spaced. We do not have a strict word count, though we favor pieces under 17 pages, and rarely accept work that is over 20. Please do not submit pieces that are over 25 pages.
• Please include your entire submission in one file, and be sure your name and contact information are included on the first page of the file.
• All work should be uploaded through our submissions manager. Acceptable file formats include .doc, .docx, and .pdf.
• Please send one submission per genre at a time, and wait for a response before you submit additional work.
• Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please notify the editors immediately by adding a message to your submission in Submittable.
• Withdraw your submission using Submittable. If you are only withdrawing a section of your work (for example: 2/5 poems), add a message to your submission in Submittable.
• We do not accept previously published material.
• We do not consider book-length works. Submitters are strongly encouraged to read the journal before submitting. Sample work from current and past issues is available on our website.
• Upon acceptance, we will request a translator's note on your translation process (similar to an artist statement).