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

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Apprentice House Chapbook Contest for poets previously unpublished in book form.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

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

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