Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
2025 Misfit Poems Prize FIRST PLACE WINNER: “Appalachian Conjure” By JH Grimes
It’s time to congratulate JH Grimes who was selected by Marianne Chan as the First Place Winner of the 2025 Misfit Poems Prize with their poem “Appalachian Conjure.” See what Marianne Chan had to say about her first place pick…
In Retrospect: An Interview with Garrett Hongo, Author of Ocean of Clouds
Welcome to “In Retrospect,” our interview series which asks renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections, mapping out their poetic processes. From their early writing to their most recent collection, we’re looking to hear about core poems…
Welcome to “In Retrospect,” our interview series which asks renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections, mapping out their poetic processes. From their early writing to their most recent collection, we’re looking to hear about core poems…
Cover Letter Resources
How to Write a Poetry Cover Letter Step One: Introductions Begin your cover letter by addressing the appropriate editor—either the poetry editor by name or the editorial team as a whole. While it’s not mandatory to include specific names, doing…
How to Write a Poetry Cover Letter Step One: Introductions Begin your cover letter by addressing the appropriate editor—either the poetry editor by name or the editorial team as a whole. While it’s not mandatory to include specific names, doing…
2025 Misfit Poems Prize SECOND PLACE WINNER: “Fragments” By Fatema Alzari
A huge congratulations to Fatema Alzari whose poem “Fragments” was selected by Marianne Chan as the SECOND PLACE winner of the 2025 Misfit Poems Prize competition. Writing about absence often becomes an act of curation — selecting and stitching together…
A huge congratulations to Fatema Alzari whose poem “Fragments” was selected by Marianne Chan as the SECOND PLACE winner of the 2025 Misfit Poems Prize competition. Writing about absence often becomes an act of curation — selecting and stitching together…
Read Our Award Winning Chapbooks
Opportunity Cost
read and download our 2021 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Kazim Ali
// by Abby Johnson //
IN THE YEAR OF OUR MAKING & UNMAKING
read and download our 2020 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Carl Phillips
// by Frederick Speers //
Shadow Black
read and download our 2019 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Jericho Brown
// by Naima Tokunow //
How Often I Have Chosen Love
read and download our 2018 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Joshua Roark
// by Xiao Yue Shan //
