We want you for headlight #27!
what we’re looking for
- Poetry
- 1-4 poems, up to 8 pages total
- Fiction
- Up to 4,000 words, no minimum
- Creative nonfiction
- Up to 4,000 words, no minimum
Submission guidelines
Interested in submitting your work? Give the following a read!
- One submission per genre. We accept multiple submissions only across genres.
- We accept simultaneous submissions, but if your piece is accepted elsewhere, let us know through either Duosuma or email as soon as possible.
- We do not accept reprints.
- Any submission containing hate speech, bigotry, or writing our team deems unacceptable will be rejected immediately.
Absolutely everyone is welcome to submit, and we strongly encourage submissions from BIPOC+ and 2SLGBTQIA+ writers.
READY TO SUBMIT?
Submit your work through DUOSUMA.
Note: Email submissions are not accepted!
Wait, what’s duosuma?
Duosuma is our submission manager. You will need to create a free Duotrope account in order to submit your work—though there is an optional tip jar which will help pay for Duosuma (and coffee for our volunteer editors!)
As previously stated, email submissions will not be accepted. It’s Duosuma or bust.
Words of wisdom from our editors
Poetry
Defining poetry is a fool’s errand, so let’s just say a poem is a place where one word does the work of ten. Surprise us.
Fiction
At Headlight, we’re drawn to stories that blaze through the dark: narratives that unsettle, demand reflection, and illuminate a new path. Send us fiction that resists easy answers, that risks something, and that we simply can’t (and won’t want to) forget.
Creative nonfiction
A piece of creative nonfiction contains a nugget of truth—a thread of real—and how that is brought to life is entirely up to the writer. What never happened is not a lie, and what’s been finely polished is not an embellishment. Instead, creative nonfiction is the beauty of a story retold with retrospect, inspired by what could be, and delivered through writing that connects meaningfully to readers.
Questions? Concerns? Prophecies?
Contact us at headlightanthology@gmail.com. You could also try screaming into the wind or writing a message on the back of a leaf—but email’s probably faster.
Probably.
What are you doing still reading? Start writing!
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