
Chapbook Prize
The 2026 Poetry Chapbook Prize opens August 1st - October 30th
The chapbook prize includes 10 free copies and $300. We publish perfect-bound chaps with ISBN. Our chapbooks are sold exclusively through the Gasher website, our distributor Asterism, independent bookstores, and book fairs.
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Submit manuscripts between 20-37pgs, excluding front/back matter.
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Manuscripts must include a table of contents.
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Do not include any preambles in the manuscript.
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Nowhere in your document file should you include your name, acknowledgements, or contact information.
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Do not include an author bio anywhere in your submission, including in the Submittable sections reserved for the book synopsis and craft statement.
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We accept simultaneous submissions. Please withdraw your submission immediately if accepted elsewhere.
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Manuscripts must be submitted as either .pdf or .docx
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We currently seek work strictly from those residing in the United States for our chapbook prize.
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We do not accept works composed, either in part or entirely, with the use of Artificial Intelligence.
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We do not accept manuscripts that have been previously published in their entirety, though individual poems or smaller works from the manuscript may be previously published. We consider self-published collections as published.
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Please do not submit updates, either of the manuscript, individual poems, or acknowledgements once you have submitted your work.

2025 Winner
Benjamin Niespodziany
Uncle Time
Benjamin Niespodziany is a Chicago-based writer whose work has appeared in Bennington Review, Fence, Indiana Review, Fairy Tale Review, Conduit, and elsewhere. Along with one book of microfictions (out with X-R-A-Y) and one book of poems (out with Okay Donkey), his writing has been featured in the Wigleaf Top 50 and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best Microfiction, and Best of the Net. He is the host of the Neon Night Mic reading series and he recently launched Piżama Press. You can find more at neonpajamas.com.
Past winners
Winter 2024
Katie Jean Shinkle Transference
Spring 2024
Kristyn Garza Dictionary of Bodies
2023
Zedekiah Gonsalves Schild Elegies for the Undead
2022
Aaron Zhang Forgotten Hours
2021
Dan Mallette Letters to Harrison