Results are in for the Vinyl 45 Chapbook Contest!
- May 10, 2019
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 16, 2020
We are thrilled to announce the results of the 2019 Vinyl 45 Chapbook contest! Here are the winner, finalists, and semi-finalists:
Winner
To Love An Island by Ana Portnoy Brimmer
Finalists
The Lion Tamer’s Daughter by Kemi Alabi (also offered publication)
Moon Colony by Lily Zhou (also offered publication)
My Mother’s Prufrock by Allison Albino
Call a Body Home by Michael Alessi
Water Lessons by Lisa Dordal
Inheritance by William Fargason
Tomorrow Music by Pete Stevens
Semifinalists
Phantom Topographies by TR Brady
FUEL by Colby Cotton
Buckled into Beautiful by Jordan Durham
Lesbian Fashion Struggles by Caroline Earleywine
Where Else But Here by Rachel Edelman
Feedback by Ricardo Hernandez
Blood Fables by Julian K. Jarboe
Take Me Home by Sarah Levine
Cary/Carrie by Carolyn Oliver
The Space Between Bodies by Gretchen Rockwell
She by Theadora Siranian
Start with the Tongue by Shenandoah Sowash
Kindling by Mat Wenzel
With just under 400 submissions, this year's Vinyl 45 Chapbook Contest pool was incredibly strong. We loved reading these manuscripts. Thank you to everyone for submitting. We look forward to next year's contest!
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