Congratulations to the winners, runners-up, and finalists of the 2025 Hayden’s Ferry Review Fiction & Poetry Contest!
The fiction winner, selected by Gwen Kirby, is Mariah Geese’s “Choose Your Own Sorrow.”
The runner-up is Faye Wikner’s “This Universe, You’re Next.”
The poetry winner, selected by Hieu Minh Nguyen, is Hajjar Baban’s suite of 3 poems.
The runner-up is Mai-Linh Hong’s “Field Notes From Aliens Who Float.”