Send 8-12 pages of poetry in English or Spanish by November 17, 2025. The winning poet will receive $1000, 10 copies of their published chapbook and an invitation to read in Santa Barbara, California.
Gunpowder Press has a new partner for the Alta California Chapbook Contest: Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies!
This year, our final judge Raina León. Series editor Emma Trelles.
This contest is open to poets of all levels, published or unpublished, who self-identify as Latinx and reside in the US.
