CHAPBOOK MANUSCRIPT CONTESTS

Alabama State Poetry Society
John & Miriam Morris Chapbook Competition
http://alabamapoets.org/poetry_contests.php?contest_id=18

All Nations Press
All Nations Press Chapbook Contest
http://www.allnationspress.homestead.com/submissions.html

Amsterdam Press
Flip Kelly Poetry Prize
http://amsterdampress.net/wordpress/?page_id=12

Anabiosis Press
Anabiosis Press Chapbook Contest
http://anabiosispress.org/chapguides.html

Apprentice House
Apprentice House Chapbook Contest for poets previously unpublished in book form. Winner receives $250 prize and 20 copies. $25 submission payable to AH. Deadline March 14 postmark. Submit at least 30 pages of typed poetry.
http://www.apprenticehouse.com/resources

Assume Nothing Press
http://assumenothingpress.blogspot.com/

Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press
http://home.earthlink.net/~astoundingbeautyruffianpress/

Backwards City Review
Backwards City Review Poetry Chapbook Contest
http://homepage.mac.com/languageismycopilot/backwardscitydotnet/contests/contests.html

Bateau Press
BOOM Chapbook Contest
http://www.bateaupress.org/boom.html

Black Lawrence Press
Black River Chapbook Competition
http://www.blacklawrencepress.com/

Bright Hill Press
Bright Hill Press Poetry Chapbook Competition
http://www.brighthillpress.org/

Burnside Review
Title of Prize: Burnside Review Chapbook Competition
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 20-28 pages
Reading Period: March 15-June 30
Reading Fee: $15
Monetary Award: $200 (plus 50 copies of chapbook)
Restrictions: Individual poems may be previously published, but not the manuscript as a whole
http://burnsidereview.org/contests.php

ByLine Press
ByLine Press Chapbook Contest
http://www.bylinemag.com/poetry.asp

Caketrain
Caketrain Chapbook Competition
http://www.caketrain.org/competitions.html

Camber Press
Title of Prize: Camber Press Poetry Chapbook Award
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: up to 24 pages
Reading Period: Postmarked by July 15
Reading Fee: $15
Monetary Award: $1,000
Restrictions: No translations
http://www.camberpress.com/submissions.html

Center for Book Arts
Center for Book Arts Poetry Chapbook Competition
http://www.centerforbookarts.org/newsite/opportunities/

Codhill Press
http://www.codhill.com/

Comstock Review
Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Competition
http://www.comstockreview.org/nilescompetition.html

Concrete Wolf
Concrete Wolf Poetry Chapbook Contest
http://concretewolf.com/current/contest.htm

Cranky Literary Journal
Title of Prize: Cranky Chapbook Contest
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 20-45 pages
Reading Period: Postmarked by April 15
Reading Fee: $15
Monetary Award: $500 (and 25 copies of the published chapbook)
Restrictions: Manuscript cannot include poems previously published in Cranky
http://www.crankymag.org/contest.html

Dallas Poets Community
http://www.dallaspoets.org/

Dancing Girl Press
http://www.dancinggirlpress.com/guidelines.html

DIAGRAM
/New Michigan Press
DIAGRAM Chapbook Contest
http://thediagram.com/contest.html

Dream Horse Press
Dream Horse Press National Poetry Chapbook Prize
http://veenet.value.net/~dbear/dhpcontests.html

Elixir Press
Elixir Press Chapbook Competition
http://www.elixirpress.com/guidelines.html#chapbook

Finishing Line Press
Title of Prize: New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: 16-26 pages
Reading Period: Postmarked by January 15
Reading Fee: $15
Monetary Award: $100 and 25 copies (or 10% of press run, whichever is highest)
Restrictions: For women authors who have never before published a full-length collection (chapbook publication is fine and does not disqualify)
http://www.finishinglinepress.com

Title of Prize: Finishing Line Press Prize in Poetry
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: up to 26 pages
Reading Period: Postmarked by June 30
Reading Fee: $15
Monetary Award: $1,000 (and 25 copies of the published chapbook)
Restrictions: None
http://www.finishinglinepress.com

Firewheel Editions
Title of Prize: Firewheel Chapbook Award
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: up to 20 pages
Reading Period: Postmarked by September 29
Reading Fee: $15
Monetary Award: The recipient of the award will receive 50 copies out of a limited edition
Restrictions: Preference is for innovative work (liberally interpreted), work that crosses genres, work that combines images and text, work in formats other than the traditionally bound book, or work that may have difficulty finding publication elsewhere due to the nature, typography, or format of the work.
http://firewheel-editions.org

Floating Bridge Press
http://www.scn.org/floatingbridge/submit.html

Flume Press
Flume Press Poetry Chapbook Contest
http://www.csuchico.edu/engl/flumepress/#contest

Gertrude Press
http://www.gertrudepress.org/guidelines/chapbook.html

Grayson Books
Grayson Books Poetry Chapbook Competition
http://www.graysonbooks.com/flash.html

Greenboathouse Books
Reads submissions in June and July
http://www.greenboathouse.com/chapbooks/index.htm

GreenTower Press
Midwest Chapbook Series
http://catpages.nwmissouri.edu/m/tlr/

Gribble Press
http://www.greymaredit.com/2715/2736.html

Hotmetalpress
http://www.hotmetalpress.net/ChapbookPrize.html

Kent State University Press
Wick Poetry Center Chapbook Competition
http://dept.kent.edu/wick/publications.html

Kulupi Press
http://www.kulupi.com/index.html

Laurel Review/GreenTower Press
http://catpages.nwmissouri.edu/m/tlr/

Ledge Press
Ledge Poetry Chapbook Competition
http://www.theledgemagazine.com/

Longleaf Press
Longleaf Press Chapbook Contest
http://www.methodist.edu/longleaf/contest.htm

Main Street Rag
Main Street Rag Poetry Chapbook Contest
http://www.mainstreetrag.com/ChapCont.html

Midwest Writing Center
Mississippi Valley Poetry Chapbook Contest
http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org/Chapbook%20Contest.htm

Nerve Cowboy
Nerve Cowboy Chapbook Contest
http://www.onr.com/user/jwhagins/ChapContest.html

New American Press
http://www.newamericanpress.com/contest.html

Noemi Press
http://www.noemipress.org/contest.html

North Carolina Writers’ Network
Randall Jarrell/Harperprints Poetry Chapbook Competition
http://www.ncwriters.org/programs/competitions/jarrell.shtml

Panhandler Publishing
http://www.thepanhandler.org/

Pavement Saw Press
Title of Prize: Pavement Saw Press Chapbook Award
Type of Prize: Open
Manuscript Length: up to 32 pages
Reading Period: postmarked by December 30
Reading Fee: $12 (includes two previous chapbooks or one previous book)
Monetary Award: $500 (and 50 copies of the published chapbook)
Restrictions: None
http://www.pavementsaw.org/pages/contests.htm

Pecan Grove Press
Pecan Grove National Chapbook Contest
http://library.stmarytx.edu/pgpress/contest/index.html

Permafrost
Midnight Sun Chapbook Contest
http://www.uaf.edu/english/permafrost/contest.html

Plan B Press
Plan B Press Chapbook Contest
http://www.planbpress.com/contests.html

Platonic 3Way Press
http://www.platonic3waypress.com/evilchap.html

Poet’s Corner Press
Poet’s Corner Press Chapbook Poetry Contest
http://www.poetscornerpress.com/

Poetry Society of America
Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowships
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-chapbook.html#guide

Poetry West/The Eleventh Muse
Poetry West/Eleventh Muse Chapbook Competition
http://www.poetrywest.org/chapbook.htm

Portlandia Group
Portlandia Poetry Chapbook Contest
http://www.karenbraucher.com/PortlandiaTop.htm

Predator Press
http://www.homepage.mac.com/inkwellliterary

Providence Athenauem
Philbrick Poetry Award
http://www.providenceathenaeum.org/programs/guidelines.html

Pudding House Publications
Pudding House National Looking Glass Chapbook Competition
http://www.puddinghouse.com/

Red Mountain Review
http://www.redmountainreview.net/rmrwebsite_002.htm

Riverstone Press
Riverstone Poetry Chapbook Award
http://www.riverstonepress.org/

Saki Press
Virgil Hutton Haiku Memorial Award Chapbook Contest
http://www.geocities.com/sakipress/

San Diego Book Awards Association
SDBAA Poetry Chapbook Contest
http://www.sdbookawards.org/poetry_chapbook_contest.htm

Seven Kitchens Press
Robin Becker Chapbook Prize for L/G/B/T poets. Winner receives $100 and 25 copies. Final judge is Robin Becker. Reading period March 1 - May 15. Submit up to 24 pages of poetry with $12 fee; all entrants receive winning copy. Complete guidelines at Seven Kitchens Press site.
http://sevenkitchens.blogspot.com

Shadow Poetry
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/contests/getpublished.html

Sheltering Pines Press
http://www.shelteringpinespress.com/chapbookcontest3.html

Slapering Hol Press
Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition
http://www.writerscenter.org/shpcompetition.html

Slipstream Press
Slipstream Poetry Chapbook Competition
http://www.slipstreampress.org/contest.html

South Carolina Poetry Initiative
http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/poetry/poets.htm#chapbook

Southeast Missouri State University Press
Copperdome Poetry Chapbook Award
http://www6.semo.edu/universitypress/Copperdome_Contest.htm

Southern Hum Press
http://southernhumpress.squarespace.com/contests/

Sow's Ear Poetry Review
http://sows-ear.kitenet.net/competition.html

Spire Press
Spire Poetry Chapbook Competition
http://www.spirepress.org/contest.html

Spring Garden Press
Robert Watson Poetry Award
http://www.springgardenpress.com/contests.html

Subito Press
http://www.colorado.edu/English/crw/chapbook.html

Terminus
Terminus Chapbook Competition
http://www.terminusmagazine.com/

Texas Review Press
Robert Phillips Poetry Chapbook Prize
http://www.shsu.edu/~www_trp/trpchbk.html

Toadlily Press
Quartet Chapbook Series
http://www.toadlilypress.com/sub.htm

Tupelo Press
Tupelo Press Snowbound Series Chapbook Competition
https://www.tupelopress.org/indexssl.shtml

Turtle Light Press
Turtle Light Press Haiku Chapbook Competition
Turtle Light Press is glad to announce its first bi-annual Haiku Chapbook Competition. In general, the press is open to both traditional and modern-style haiku but has a particular fondness for haiku/senyru that deal with both people and nature. Please submit an original, unpublished collection or sequence of poems on a theme of your choice between 12 - 24 pages, two haiku per page maximum, postmarked by December 1, 2007. For entry fee and more details, please visit website.
http://www.turtlelightpress.com/chapbook.shtml

White Eagle Coffee Store Press
White Eagle Coffee Store Press Chapbook Contest
http://members.aol.com/wecspress/page3.htm

Wings Press
http://www.wingspress.com/body.html