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Submissions for #27 open!
Like the title lightly suggests, submissions are now open for Headlight’s 27th issue. Head over to our submissions page to see our requirements and turn in your work! We look forward to hearing from you!
Forces AVENIR winner!
We are proud to announce that Headlight has won the Forces AVENIR 2023 prize in the Arts, Literature & Culture category! 🎉 Thank you to everyone from Concordia who supported us this Tuesday & to Forces Avenir for their generous award! You can watch Misha Solomon’s amazing interview and see the trophy moment below. ⬇
Call for New Editors!
Headlight, by definition, is always looking ahead! As happens every year, we are assembling a whole new team of Concordia students. The new team will be responsible for the production of Headlight #25. What? All positions are open, including Co-managing Editors, Genre Editors (Fiction, Poetry, CNF), Sound Editor, Web Designer, Graphic Designer, Printer/Bookmaker, Copyeditor, &…
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headlight (re)launch
Join us for the second event celebrating the launch of Headlight #24! With readings by several contributors, including ALHS, Nadia Trudel, Kim Poirier, Lauren Smith, Malaea Ergina, Paz O’Farrell—& special guest Manahil Bandukwala. When: August 31st, 2pm Where: 4TH SPACE, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W. (Concordia University’s Library Building), Tiohtià:ke/Montréal How much: Free event. Copies…
Forces AVENIR finalist
Headlight has been nominated as a finalist for the Forces AVENIR 2023 prize, in the Arts, Literature & Culture category! We are one of the three selected humanities projects in all of Québec! Being a finalist already means receiving a prize—but it also qualifies us to compete for the two biggest prizes (Category Winner &…
the multimedia issue 24
Issue #24 of Headlight Anthology was officially launched on June 22nd, 2022! For the first time ever, we have a triple-media journal: online, audio, & print!
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issue 24 launch(es)!
Join us for the first of two events to launch Headlight #24! When: June 22nd, 7pm Where: at De Stiil Bookstore, 351 Ave. Duluth E., Tiohtià:ke/Montréal How much: free event! Copies of the gorgeous new issue, printed with the CEP’s Risograph, will sell for $15 (we’ll also have special combos of new issue + any…
Issue 23 out!
Issue #23 of Headlight Anthology is being released online-only on December 1st, 2022! First titled “elevated” and later nicknamed “the lost issue,” issue #23 was upended by the pandemic more than once and had multiple editorial teams, as we explain in our “editor’s editor’s editor’s note.” At last, we may celebrate these fragments of a…
Subs open Dec 1, 2022!
We are reopening for submissions on Dec 1, 2022, for issue #24. We will accept unsolicited subs of poetry, fiction, & creative nonfiction till Jan 10.
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Issue 22 Launch!
We are launching issue 22 on Wednesday, April 17th! Copies of Headlight will be sold for $5, or two for $8. Please join us for some amazing poetry readings!
Join Us! 2018-2019 Call for Editors
Headlight is now seeking applications for 2018-2019 editorial positions from current graduate students in Concordia’s English Department. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in literary editing/publishing, support your fellow students, and engage with exciting creative work from emerging artists. Interested students should send a CV and cover letter to headlightanthology@gmail.com by Sept. 30,…
HEADLIGHT POSITION AVAILABLE
Headlight is currently looking for a graduate student from Concordia’s English program to fill the position of treasurer. If you are interested in applying for this position, please email the Headlight team at headlightanthology@gmail.com
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HEADLIGHT 20/20 LAUNCH
We’re celebrating the release of our 20th issue with a night of readings! Come out to hear pieces from the journal, and to meet our lovely contributors and editorial team. Copies of the journal will be available for purchase. READINGS @ 7:30PM FAWN PARKER MADELAINE CARITAS LONGMAN JESSICA BEBENEK DENISE MARQUES LEITAO NICOLA SIBTHORPE MATTEO…
EXTENDED — CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 2016-2017
HEADLIGHT ANTHOLOGY CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 2016-2017 **** DEADLINE EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 25 ***** Headlight Anthology is an annual journal published by graduate students in the English Department of Concordia University. Now in its twentieth year, Headlight continues to publish the best in contemporary creative writing, both from Concordia students and across the greater Montreal community.…
CALL FOR EDITORS
Headlight is currently seeking graduate students from Concordia to join our editorial team for 2016-2017. This is an opportunity to approach creative writing more deeply by engaging closely with works of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction from the perspective of an editor. Working in close proximity with authors will allow editors to develop a fine critical…
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CALL FOR EDITORS 2016-2017
Headlight is currently seeking graduate students from Concordia to join our editorial team for 2016-2017. This is an opportunity to approach creative writing more deeply by engaging closely with works of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction from the perspective of an editor. Working in close proximity with authors will allow editors to develop a fine critical…
Kailey Havelock in Conversation with Editors Talking Editing
The Off the Page literary festival presents Editors Talking Editing: The Other Side of Submittable, a discussion among editorial alumni of Concordia University’s Headlight Anthology and Soliloquies Anthology. Taking place March 17-19, Off the Page will feature readings by Ben Lerner, Anne Boyer, Jordan Abel, and Sonnet L’Abbé, and an array of panels on all aspects of literature. Former student editors Chalsley Taylor, Domenica…
Extended Deadline
We’ve extended our deadline for our call for Submissions and call for Editors! We will now be accepting works of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and visual arts until Sunday, December 20th at midnight from fellow Concordians, Alumni, and residents of Montreal. Any fellow Concordia English Graduate students who are interested in helping out with the vetting and editorial…
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HEADLIGHT 19 CALL FOR EDITORS
Headlight is looking for Concordia Graduate students to join our editorial board for the 2015-2016 year. If you’re a journal lover, close reader, and careful editor, we want you to help curate our 19th edition of creative writing from the Concordia and Montreal community. Headlight accepts works of poetry, prose, fiction, non-fiction, and visual art from all…
HEADLIGHT 19 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
We are now accepting submissions for Headlight 19: SOLIPSIST Concordia students, alumni, and current residents of Montréal are encouraged to submit work to Concordia’s graduate literary anthology. Explore and interpret this year’s theme of SOLIPSIST through self-revelations, self circulations, selfies, and getting stuck in your own head. Fiction (up to 2000 words) Poetry (up to…
Headlight Call for Editors-in-Chief
Headlight is offering a call-out for Editor-in-Chief positions for the 2015-2016 academic year. If you’re interested in getting involved with Concordia’s graduate student anthology, submit a CV and brief cover letter to headlightanthology@gmail.com by Sunday, September 6th, 2015. A position description is below: Headlight Anthology Editor-in-Chief Position As a team, the Headlight Editors-in-Chief will be responsible for every aspect of the…
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HEADLIGHT 18 LAUNCH PARTY W/ SPECIAL GUEST HEATHER O’NEILL
TUESDAY, MARCH 31st 2015 7:00 PM MCKIBBONS PUB 1426 Bishop Montreal QC Join us in celebrating the launch of Concordia’s graduate-run writing and visual arts anthology, Headlight #18: Lacunae! Featured readings by: Heather O’Neill (author of the Girl Who Was Saturday Night) Allison Shaw Graeme Desrosiers Liam McKinnon Fawn Parker Rudrapriya Rathore Bükem Reitmayer Purchase…
Deadline Extended on Issue 18 Call for Submissions
No time to submit your stories, poems, and artwork to Headlight? Don’t panic! We’re extending our submissions deadline another week, to Dec. 17, 2014. We’re still accepting the following from Concordia students and alumni: · Fiction (up to 3000 words) · Poetry (up to five pages or five poems) · Non-fiction (up to 3000 words)…
Reminder: 5 Days Left to Submit to Headlight!
We’re looking for: Fiction (up to 3000 words) Poetry (up to five pages or five poems) Non-fiction (up to 3000 words) Visual Art (up to five images) Email submissions to headlightanthology@gmail.com Written submissions should be in .doc or .docx format, and visual submissions should be high resolution .tiff and .jpg formats. Deadline: December 10, 2014.
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2015 SLS-DISQUIET Literary Contest
Summer Literary Seminars have begun a new collaboration with DISQUIET – winners of 2015’s literary contest will be rewarded with tuition, airfare, and accommodations at the 2015 DISQUIET International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal. Not too shabby! Note: there is a mandatory $17 application fee for each entry. Contest winners in the categories of fiction, poetry,…
Daphne Marlatt & Diane Wakoski: Performing the SpokenWeb Archive
EVENT: Daphne Marlatt & Diane Wakoski: Performing the SpokenWeb Archive (Open to the Public) Friday November 21st, 2014 Exhibits at 6:00 P.M. Reading at 7:00 P.M. Grey Nun’s Building Room: GN-M100 Address: 1185 Rue Saint Mathieu, Montréal, QC H3H 2H6 Phone: (514) 848-2424 ext. 8000 The SSHRC IG SpokenWeb Research Team is pleased to announce…
Oral Literary History: The Poetics of Real Life Stories with Daphne Marlatt & Diane Wakoski
Oral Literary History: The Poetics of Real Life Stories with Daphne Marlatt & Diane Wakoski (Open to the Public) Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling. LB- 1042 Friday November 21st at 11am-12pm Well known poets Daphne Marlatt, a member of the Order of Canada and winner of the Dorothy Livesay prize in poetry for…
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HEADLIGHT ANTHOLOGY CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Headlight Anthology is now accepting submissions for Issue 18. Concordia students and alumni are encouraged to submit work in the following categories: Fiction (up to 3000 words) Poetry (up to five pages or five poems) Non-fiction (up to 3000 words) Visual Art (up to five images) Email submissions to headlightanthology@gmail.com in .doc or .docx format. Visual…
HEADLIGHT ANTHOLOGY SEEKS EDITORS
HEADLIGHT ANTHOLOGY SEEKS EDITORS Headlight, Concordia University’s graduate creative writing anthology, is currently looking for editors: Fiction Poetry Creative Non-Fiction Visual Art Editors will be responsible for vetting submissions (in cooperation with Editors-in-Chief) and working directly with writers throughout the revision process. Graduate students in the English and Fine Arts departments are encouraged to apply.…
Biblioasis 10th Anniversary Montreal Bash
Biblioasis’s 10th Anniversary September 22nd, 7-10PM Atwater Library, 1200 Atwater Library Join Biblioasis as we celebrate ten years of great books and indie publishing! Co-presented by the QWF, our Montreal celebration on September 22nd will serve as the launch of The Freedom in American Songs by Kathleen Winter and Paradise & Elsewhere by Kathy Page, and will also feature readings from…
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