Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
The 2026 Debut Chapbook Winner and Finalists
The moment is finally here! We’ve read innumerable manuscripts, combed through dozens of individual poems, cried, laughed, agonized, and celebrated—all while adhering to our temporary pledge of sworn secrecy—to bring you the winner of the 2026 Debut Chapbook Prize. The…
Poetry: “Eve, Unfallen” by CP Nwankwo
CP Nwankwo’s poem takes the ancient biblical myth of Eve and gives her a new song to sing. Instead of the fall of mankind being something that happened to Eve, in this telling, she chooses knowledge and wisdom and to…
CP Nwankwo’s poem takes the ancient biblical myth of Eve and gives her a new song to sing. Instead of the fall of mankind being something that happened to Eve, in this telling, she chooses knowledge and wisdom and to…
September Deadlines: 9 Contests and Magazines With Deadlines This Month
There’s plenty of opportunities to submit your work this month, and there’s a wide variety of options—particularly contests for poems, chapbooks, and longer collections. It’s prime time to share your work with the world! Don’t forget that acceptances and rejections…
There’s plenty of opportunities to submit your work this month, and there’s a wide variety of options—particularly contests for poems, chapbooks, and longer collections. It’s prime time to share your work with the world! Don’t forget that acceptances and rejections…
Poetry: “Yang Gui-Fei Fresh Off Potomac Avenue” by Rongfei Mu
What might catch one’s attention immediately in “Yang Gui-Fei Fresh Off Potomac Avenue” is the bold persona and distinct voice captured in its lines. While Yang Gui-Fei lived and died hundreds of years ago, she speaks anew with a modern,…
What might catch one’s attention immediately in “Yang Gui-Fei Fresh Off Potomac Avenue” is the bold persona and distinct voice captured in its lines. While Yang Gui-Fei lived and died hundreds of years ago, she speaks anew with a modern,…
Read Our Award Winning Chapbooks
Opportunity Cost
read and download our 2021 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Kazim Ali
// by Abby Johnson //
IN THE YEAR OF OUR MAKING & UNMAKING
read and download our 2020 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Carl Phillips
// by Frederick Speers //
Shadow Black
read and download our 2019 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Jericho Brown
// by Naima Tokunow //
How Often I Have Chosen Love
read and download our 2018 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Joshua Roark
// by Xiao Yue Shan //
