2024 Lefty Blondie Press
First Chapbook Award Winner
EDITH FRIEDMAN is a poet, parent and sometime project manager who lives in Northern California. She admires the ways of people and plants, and tries not to second guess. She has an MFA from Saint Mary’s College of California. Recent writing appears in Rogue Agent, Five Minutes, Aôthen, Wild Greens and Nifty Lit. www.edithfriedman.net
2024 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award
​2024 winning manuscript to be selected by Lee Ann Roripaugh
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Recipient of the LBP First Chapbook Award receives:
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$250 USD
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10 (ten) author copies
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Copy numbers 1-10 of 250 copies published
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40% author discount on additional copies
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Public reading with the final judge
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Participation in Paper Poet Series (optional)
Lefty Blondie Press will:
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Print a first run of 250 carefully edited, handbound, hand-cut, and hand-numbered chapbooks
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Organize a limited run of an original broadside of a poem from the collection
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Promote finalists and the winning chapbook widely on our website, social media, and other outlets
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Sponsor a public reading with Lee Ann Roripaugh in Pittsburgh, PA (or online as necessary) in September 2024.
​$20 reading fee includes submitter's choice of a limited- edition broadside (while supplies last) or $10 LBP gift card!
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Winner & finalists will be announced in June 2024
2024 chapbook contest judge
Thanks to everyone who submitted a manuscript!
We are deeply honored to read your work
& grateful to you for trusting us with it.
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JANUARY 1 - MARCH 31, 2024
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18-24 pages of poetry (not including title page, table of contents, endnotes).
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Any form or topic (though we find a unifying theme works best)
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One poem per page (each new poem starts on it's own page)
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Your name should not appear anywhere in or on the manuscript.
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Individual poems may be previously published, with acknowledgement
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Simultaneous submissions accepted. Please notify us at LeftyBlondiePress@gmail.com immediately if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere.​
MANUSCRIPT
CRITERIA
We welcome chapbook submissions from poets who
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Are age 40 years and older
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Self-identify as a woman or non-binary person
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Are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, writing in English, currently living in the U.S.
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UPDATED CRITERIA: Have yet to publish a POETRY chapbook or full-length POETRY collection before September 30, 2024
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We strive to follow the CLMP Contest Code of Ethics Please contact us if you are unsure whether your past relationship with a judge might constitute a conflict of interest.
AUTHOR
CRITERIA
SUBMIT YOUR CHAPBOOK
MANUSCRIPT
January 1-March 31, 2024
We accept manuscripts for this contest: January 1-March 31, 2024
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Lefty Blondie Press holds first serial rights for work that we publish, and the right to reprint that work in other formats with your permission.
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Upon publication, all rights revert to the author.
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Please cite Lefty Blondie Press if your poems, published with LBP, are republished elsewhere in the future.
READING FEE & PAYMENT METHOD
This year, the $20 reading fee includes your choice of a limited-edition broadside or $10 LBP gift card!
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The $20 reading fee supports Lefty Blondie Press's mission as we publish and promote the winning chapbook, cover the judge's fees, and continue to support the poet’s work with prize money
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This year, the $20 reading fee includes your choice of a limited-edition broadside or $10 LBP gift card!
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We accept reading fees for this contest: January 1-March 31, 2024
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Complete the submission form (only available during our open period) to upload your manuscript and select your choice of limited-edition broadside or LBP gift card. Click "Go to Checkout" to complete payment.