Tag: Chapbook Contest

Chapbook contest + editor interview – Slapering Hol Press, DEADLINE: June 15, 2022

Slapering Hol Press, founded in 1990, is one of the oldest chapbook presses in the United States. The covers are letterpress and the bindings are hand-sewn. Slapering Hol Press is known for its close attention to design and for mentoring its poets, who frequently go on to win […]

Chapbook contest ($11 fee) + editor interview – Paper Nautilus, DEADLINE: April 20, 2020

Paper Nautilus is a small press publishing chapbooks each year through two contests: the Vella Chapbook Prize, and the Debut Series Chapbook Prize. There is a reasonable fee for each contest, but if the fee is an economic hardship to an eligible submitter, please contact them, and they […]

4 things to look for in a poetry contest – guest blog post by Lisa Mangini of Paper Nautilus Press

It's hard to believe that Paper Nautilus, the small press I started at my kitchen table, will turn 8 years old this year! By the end of this Spring, we will have published a free digital anthology, six annual print issues, and 27 chapbooks in various genres. While […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview — elsewhere, DEADLINE: Always open

elsewhere is a new online literary magazine publishing flash fiction, prose poetry, and nonfiction on a bi-monthly basis. I wondered how and why this anthology came to be, so I asked editor Zach Power a few questions to find out. See my interview with Power and a link to their submission guidelines below. […]

Poetry Chapbook Contest $10 fee, 25 Copies – Two of Cups Press, DEADLINE: June 15, 2015

I read A LOT of submission guidelines, contest guidelines, and especially I spend A LOT of time wading through contests that charge fees to insure that when I spend my hard earned dough to submit to a contest, the press is not only legit, but offering a good […]

"A Crash Course in Shameless Book Promotion" Tips from Blue Light Press

Blue Light Press provides an easy to read list with great advice on how to shamelessly promote your poetry book or chapbook. Tips include things like: sending out review copies setting up readings publication parties attending open mics having an elevator speech ready And many more! This is […]

“A Crash Course in Shameless Book Promotion” Tips from Blue Light Press

Blue Light Press provides an easy to read list with great advice on how to shamelessly promote your poetry book or chapbook. Tips include things like: sending out review copies setting up readings publication parties attending open mics having an elevator speech ready And many more! This is […]

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