Gertrude Press

Gertrude Press

http://www.gertrudepress.org/index.php/chapbook-contest/guidelines

floatingbridgepress@yahoo.com

http://www.facebook.com/gertrudepress

http://twitter.com/gertrudepress

Indicate how you learned of the contest in your cover letter.

Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition

Slapering Hol Press

http://www.writerscenter.org/shp-sanger-stewart-chapbook-competition

jennifer@writerscenter.org

http://www.facebook.com/hvwriterscenter

http://twitter.com/HVWritersCenter

September

Unpublished (book or chapbook). Plus reading at The Hudson Valley Writers' Center. 12 point Times New Roman or Garamond.

Joan & Miriam Morris Chapbook Competition

Alabama State Poetry Society

http://alabamapoets.org/poetry_contests.php?contest_id=55

None

Black River Chapbook Competition

Black Lawrence Press

http://www.blacklawrence.com/submissions-and-contests/the-black-river-chapbook-competition/

editors@blacklawrencepress.com

http://www.facebook.com/BlkLawrencePress

http://twitter.com/BlackLawrence

Midwest Chapbook Series

Green Tower Press

http://thelaurelreview.submittable.com/submit

TLR@nwmissouri.edu

https://www.facebook.com/groups/53630767502/

August

Midwest Writers. Reading at Northwest Missouri State University

Sibling Rivalry Press Open Reading Period

Sibling Rivalry Press

http://siblingrivalrypress.com/submissions/

info@siblingrivalrypress.com

https://www.facebook.com/siblingrivalrypress/

https://twitter.com/SRP_Bryan

September

Robert Phillips Poetry Chapbook Prize

Texas Review Press

http://texasreviewpress.org/press/competitions.html

eng_pdr@shsu.edu

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Texas-Review-Press/147992145246851

https://twitter.com/TxReviewPress

Anabiosis Press Chapbook Contest

Anabiosis Press

http://anabiosispress.org/chapguides.html

rsmyth@anabiosispress.org

None

http://www.twitter.com/anabiosis

October

Burnside Review Chapbook Competition

Burnside Review

http://burnsidereview.org/chapbook-guidelines/

sid@burnsidereview.org.

http://www.facebook.com/burnside.review

Projective Industries

Projective Industries

http://www.projectiveindustries.com/

projective.industries@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/projective.industries

Letter Machine Editions

Letter Machine Editions

http://www.lettermachine.org/about/

http://www.lettermachine.org/contact/#email-mail-sm

https://www.facebook.com/Letter-Machine-Editions-157692040923343

https://twitter.com/Letter_Editions

Dream Horse Press Poetry Chapbook Prize

Dream Horse Press

http://jp-dancingbear.squarespace.com/dhpguidelines/

dreamhorsepress@yahoo.com

None

Delphi Poetry Series

Blue Lyra Press

http://bluelyrapress.org/submit/

bluelyrareview@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/BlueLyraPress

https://twitter.com/bluelyrareview

3 authors in one chapbook. Looks for "poems about nature and science imagery, persona and historical poems, and poems about or by minorities in all sense of the word. They "prefer free verse but love a few form poems thrown in," as well as prose poems and poems a few pages long.

Ugly Duckling Presse

Ugly Duckling Presse

http://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/submissions/

info@uglyducklingpresse.org

https://www.facebook.com/uglyducklingpresse/

https://twitter.com/udpbooks

Query first with paragraph about yourself, one paragraph about the author/text you are working with, one paragraph addressing your approach to translation, one paragraph explaining why you think this book is perfect for UDP, and a 10-12 page work sample (source-language text not necessary at this time).

Micro-Chapbook Reading Period

Pork Belly Press

https://porkbellypress.wordpress.com/subs/

porkbellypress@gmail.com

http://www.facebook.com/porkbellypress

http://twitter.com/porkbellypress

Garamond 12 point. 3 max submissions per reading period.

Greying Ghost Chapbooks

Greying Ghost

http://greyingghost.bigcartel.com/about

http://greyingghost.bigcartel.com/contact

None

http://www.twitter.com/greyingghost

September

Requests that submitters purchase chapbooks ($3 - $7) in lieu of a contest fee.

Dancing Girl Press

Dancing Girl Press

http://www.dancinggirlpress.com/index2.html

dancinggirlpress@yahoo.com

http://www.facebook.com/dancing-girl-press-studio-142076675812534

http://twitter.com/dancinggrlpress

Female Poets.

Gold Line Press

Gold Line Press

http://dornsife.usc.edu/goldlinepress/guidelines/

editors@goldlinepress.com

http://www.facebook.com/gold.line.chapbooks

http://twitter.com/ricochetedition

January

30 copies to review venues.

Susan K. Collins/Mississippi Valley Poetry Chapbook Contest

Midwest Writing Center

http://www.mwcqc.org/contests/chapbook-contest/

mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Midwest-Writing-Center/129521793794870

http://www.twitter.com/MWC_WRITE

Spring

Ugly Duckling Presse

Ugly Duckling Presse

http://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/submissions/

info@uglyducklingpresse.org

https://www.facebook.com/uglyducklingpresse/

https://twitter.com/udpbooks

Query first with one paragraph about yourself, one paragraph about your project, one paragraph explaining why you think this book is perfect for UDP, and a 10-12 page work sample

Black River Chapbook Competition

Black Lawrence Press

http://www.blacklawrence.com/submissions-and-contests/the-black-river-chapbook-competition/

editors@blacklawrencepress.com

http://www.facebook.com/BlkLawrencePress

http://twitter.com/BlackLawrence

Blast Furnace Poetry Chapbook Competition

Blast Furnace

http://www.blastfurnacepress.com/p/current-call-for-submissions.html

None

January

No previously published chapbooks

Little Red Leaves

Little Red Leaves

http://www.textileseries.com/submissions/

http://www.textileseries.com/contact

http://www.facebook.com/littleredleaves

http://www.twitter.com/dawnpen

Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Competition

The Comstock Review

http://www.comstockreview.org/nilescompetition.html

poetry@comstockreview.org

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Comstock-Review/186488898068352

http://twitter.com/comstockreview

December

Sunken Garden Prize

Tupelo Press

http://www.tupelopress.org/sunkengarden.php

http://www.tupelopress.org/contact.php

https://www.facebook.com/tupelopress/

https://twitter.com/tupelopress

Winter

Festival Reading

Essay Press Chapbook Contest

Essay Press

http://www.essaypress.org/submit/

http://www.facebook.com/EssayPress

http://twitter.com/EssayPress

January

Free digital chapbooks. 12 judges and 12 awards.

Coal Hill Review Chapbook Contest

Autumn House

http://www.autumnhouse.org/contest-submissions/coal-hill-review-chapbook/

cstroud@autumnhouse.org

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Autumn-House-Press/197379852358?ref=hl

http://twitter.com/AutumnHousePrs

Bright Hill Press Chapbook Contest

Bright Hill Press

http://www.brighthillpress.org/brighthillpoetrybookchapbook.html

brighthillpress@stny.rr.com

https://www.facebook.com/brighthp

https://twitter.com/brighthillpress

Spring

Concrete Wolf Chapbook Contest

Concrete Wolf

http://concretewolf.com/current/contest.htm

concretewolf@yahoo.com

http://www.facebook.com/Concrete-Wolf-Poetry-Series-101240193314001

Slipstream Poetry Chapbook Competition

Slipstream Press

http://www.slipstreampress.org/contest.html

https://www.facebook.com/SlipstreamPress

Summer

Rick Campbell Chapbook Prize

Anhinga Press

http://www.anhingapress.org/

info@anhinga .org

http://www.facebook.com/anhingapress

http://www.twitter.com/Anhinga_Press/

Center for Book Arts Poetry Chapbook Competition

Center for Book Arts

http://centerforbookarts.org/opportunities/for-writers/

http://centerforbookarts.org/about/staff-board/

http://www.facebook.com/CenterForBookArts

http://twitter.com/center4bookarts

450 lines. 2 books max. Millay Residency.

PSA Chapbook Fellowship

Poetry Society of America

http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/chapbook_fellowship/guidelines/

https://www.facebook.com/poetrysociety/

Month-long residency at PLAYA and $1,000 for teaching a class at Purchase College. Anyone without a full-length manuscript. Cannot apply to both fellowships.

PSA Chapbook Fellowship under 30

Poetry Society of America

http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/chapbook_fellowship/guidelines/

https://www.facebook.com/poetrysociety/

Month-long residency at PLAYA and $1,000 for teaching a class at Purchase College. Anyone under 30 without a full-length manuscript. Cannot apply to both fellowships.

Pavement Saw Chapbook Contest

Pavement Saw Press

http://www.pavementsaw.org/pages/chapcontest.htm

info@pavementsaw.org

http://www.facebook.com/groups/25857379734

Equiv. in Press Titles

Major review attention.

Boom Chapbook Contest

Bateau Press

http://www.bateaupress.org/chapbooks/boom/contest-submission-guidelines

info@bateaupress.org

https://www.facebook.com/bateaupress/

http://twitter.com/BateauPress

Frost Place Chapbook Competition

Bull City Press

http://bullcitypress.com/submissions-top/frost-place-chapbook-competition/

submissions@bullcitypress.com

http://www.facebook.com/TheFrostPlace

http://twitter.com/Frost_Place

5-Day Residency at the Frost House Poetry Seminar ($1,500 value) and reading, as well as One-Week Residency in September

BEST PRIZE Chapbook Contest

Big Lucks Books / FOLIO

http://www.biglucks.com/best-prize/

editors@biglucks.com

http://www.facebook.com/bigluckslit

http://twitter.com/big_lucks

Writers of Color

Diode Editions Chapbook Contest

Diode Editions

http://www.diodeeditions.com/contests.html

diodeeditions@gmail.com

http://www.facebook.com/diodepoetry

http://twitter.com/pattypaine

Rattle Chapbook Prize

http://www.rattle.com/poetry/chapbooks/guidelines/

tim@rattle.com

http://www.facebook.com/RattleMagazine

http://twitter.com/rattlemag

5,000 Subscribers

Chapbook Reading Period

Pork Belly Press

https://porkbellypress.wordpress.com/subs/

porkbellypress@gmail.com

http://www.facebook.com/porkbellypress

http://twitter.com/porkbellypress

Garamond 12 point. 3 max submissions per reading period.

Turnbuckle Chapbook Contest

Split Lip Press

http://splitlip.submittable.com/submit

http://www.splitlipmagazine.com/#!contact/cntf

http://www.facebook.com/splitlippress

http://twitter.com/splitlippress

Fiction, Poetry, CNF or hybrid

Vinyl 45 Chapbook Contest

YesYesBooks

http://yesyesbooks.submittable.com/submit/

kmasullivan@yesyesbooks.com

http://www.facebook.com/yesyesbooks

http://twitter.com/YesYesBooks

$250 for Tour Expenses.

Breitling Chapbook Prize

Phantom Books

http://phantombooks.net/submissions/chapbooks/

editors.phantom@gmail.com

None

Snowbound Series Chapbook Award

Tupelo Press

http://www.tupelopress.org/snowbound.php

http://www.tupelopress.org/contact.php

https://www.facebook.com/tupelopress/

https://twitter.com/tupelopress

Spring

Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award

Floating Bridge Press

http://www.floatingbridgepress.org/chapbook/subguidelines/

floatingbridgepress@yahoo.com

https://www.facebook.com/floatingbridgepress

https://twitter.com/fbpress

Spring

Washington State Poets

Longleaf Press

Longleaf Press

http://www.methodist.edu/longleaf/contests.htm

rgreene@methodist.edu

None

Unpub. NC,SC,AL,TN,VA,GA,MS,LA,DE,FL Authors

Omnidawn Poetry Chapbook Contest

Omnidawn

http://www.omnidawn.com/contest/poetry-contests.htm

submissions@omnidawn.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Omnidawn-Publishing/88905988488

http://twitter.com/omnidawn

September

Format for a 5.5 x 7 inch chabook. Display ads.

DIAGRAM Chapbook Contest

New Michigan Press

http://thediagram.com/contest.html

editor@thediagram.com

http://www.facebook.com/diagramnewmichicganpress

http://twitter.com/EL_DIAGRAM

Hyacinth Girl Press

Hyacinth Girl Press

http://hyacinthgirlpress.com/

hyacinthgirlpress@gmail.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hyacinth-Girl-Press/236439423041225

September

Focus on melding of feminism, mysticism, and scientific inquiry. Authors also receive 7 review copies.

Ahsahta Chapbook Prize

Ahsahta Press

http://ahsahtapress.org/open-submissions/chapbook-prize/

ahsahta@boisestate.edu

http://www.facebook.com/ahsahtapress

https://twitter.com/jhahsahta

August

Sow's Ear Poetry Review Chapbook Contest

The Sow's Ear Poetry Review

http://www.sowsearpoetry.org/chapbook-contest.html

SEPoetryReview@gmail.com

http://www.facebook.com/SowsEarPoetryReview?ref=hl

http://twitter.com/SowsEarPR

AFTER HOURS LTD

AFTER HOURS LTD

http://afterhrsltd.com/About

https://www.facebook.com/eric.amling

https://twitter.com/ericamling

Beard of Bees

Beard of Bees

http://www.beardofbees.com/

editor@beardofbees.com.

None

http://twitter.com/beardbeespress

Belladonna Chaplets

Belladonna

http://www.belladonnaseries.org/submission-policy/

belladonnaseries@gmail.com

http://www.facebook.com/belladonnacollaborative

http://twitter.com/bella_collab

Focus on Women Poets

Bloof Books Open Chapbook Submission Period Bloof Books

Bloof Books

http://news.bloofbooks.com/2011/09/way-we-work.html

info@bloofbooks.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bloof-Books/169950859729674

http://twitter.com/BloofBooks

Factory Hollow Press

Factory Hollow Press

http://www.factoryhollowpress.com/contact/

factoryhollowpress@flying-object.org

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Factory-Hollow-Press/197034633274

http://twitter.com/FactoryHollow

Floating Wolf Quarterly

Floating Wolf Quarterly

http://floatingwolfquarterly.com/editions

info@floatingwolfquarterly.com

None

http://twitter.com/floatingwolf

Hooke Press

Hooke Press

http://www.hookepress.com/about.html

acloudintrousers@yahoo.com

None

Horse Less Press

Horse Less Press

http://horselesspress.org/guidelines/

https://www.facebook.com/horse-less-press-286299526003/?fref=ts

Lame House Press

Lame House Press

http://lamehouse.blogspot.com/

gina.myers@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/lamehousepress

Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs

Portable Press

http://yoyolabs.com/contact.html

brenda@yoyolabs.com

https://www.facebook.com/Portable-Press-at-Yo-Yo-Labs-118931911410

Spooky Girlfriend Press

Spooky Girlfriend Press

http://spookygirlfriendpress.tumblr.com/about

spookygirlfriendpress@gmail.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Spooky-Girlfriend-Press/115694128530750

http://twitter.com/Spooky_GF_Press

Female-identified Authors

The Song Cave

http://main.the-song-cave.com/about

info@the-song-cave.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Song-Cave/179287056448

http://twitter.com/thesongcave

Tinfish Press

Tinfish Press

http://tinfishpress.com/?page_id=63

press.tinfish@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/TinfishPress

https://twitter.com/TinfishPress

Query first with sample poems.

Purple = Unverified

Total Open Markets Submission Fees

? = Recommended Prize but Possible Aesthetic Clash

Selected Yearly Chapbook Contests

Selected Yearly Chapbook Contest Fee Submission Costs

Average Cost of Selected Book Contests

Birds of Lace

http://www.birdsoflace.org/aboutbol/

Argos Books

http://argosbooks.org/?page_id=15

Doublecross Press

http://www.doublecrosspress.com/news/submissions

Above/Ground Press

http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/

Hollyridge

https://hollyridgepress.com/about/

Unicorn Press

http://www.unicorn-press.org/submissions/

7 Kitchens

https://sevenkitchenspress.com/series-guidelines/

Quarternote Chapbook Series

Sarabande Books

http://www.sarabandebooks.org/submissions/

Two Sylvias Press

http://twosylviaspress.com/chapbook-prize.html

Albion Books

http://www.brianteare.net/albion-books

MIEL Books

http://miel.ohbara.com/

Accents Publishing

http://www.accents-publishing.com/contact.html

Kattywompus Press

http://kattywompuspress.com/submissions/

Astrophil Press

http://www.astrophilpress.com/submissionguidelines-bedford/

Charlotte Mew Chapbook Contest

Headmistress Press

http://headmistresspress.blogspot.com/p/submissions_5396.html

Mayapple Press

http://mayapplepress.com/submissions/

Throwback Books

http://www.throwbackbooks.org/#!blank/con8

Frontier Digital Chapbook Contest

Frontier Poetry

https://www.frontierpoetry.com/poetry-awards/

Grayson Books

http://graysonbooks.com/submission.html

Bone and Ink Press

Radioactive Clouds

https://radioactivecloud.weebly.com/submit.html