2019 WINNERS & FINALISTS

2019 POETRY CHAPBOOK COMPETITION

JUDGE: Diana Khoi Nguyen

WINNER

Chaelee Dalton, Mother Tongue

FINALISTS

  • Jean Yoon, White Guise
  • Chia-Lun Chang, An Alien Well Tamed
  • MT Vallarta, A Gesture Toward
  • Albert McWilliams, Waiting for an Echo
  • Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah, not without small joys

 2019 FICTION CHAPBOOK COMPETITION

JUDGE: Myriam Gurba

WINNER

Alejandro Heredia, You're the Only Friend I Need

FINALISTS

  • BMichael Martone, The Winesburg Appendix
  • Ashley Farmer, Parting Shots
  • DEmiliyi Koon, Everyone You Know, Everyone You Love, Everyone You Ever Heard Of
  • Samantha Solis, Keeping Touch
  • Allison Pinkerton, DM Me if You Want to #Repent

2019 NONFICTION CHAPBOOK COMPETION

JUDGES: Bhanu Kapil

WINNER

Gabrielle Civil, ( ghost gestures )

FINALISTS

  • Megan Milks, The Hooded Figure
  • Sarah Giragosian, Towards a Poetics of the Animal
  • Sayuri Ayers, PBeast-Mother
  • Hannah Stephenson, Nectuary
  • Gold Line Press | Ricochet
  • USC PhD Creative Writing & Literature
  • 3501 Trousdale Pkwy, THH 431
  • Los Angeles, CA 90089-0354