The winner of this year’s Alta California Chapbook contest is Michelle Moncayo for her chapbook, Here on this 76L, forthcoming from Gunpowder Press! From our distinguished final judge Richard Blanco: “Michelle Moncayo’s poems burn strong with authentic feeling and personal icons swirling with wings, food as a form of prayer, and the poignant music of […]
Bilingual Chapbook Prize
The phenomenal Richard Blanco will be our final judge for the next Alta California Chapbook Prize!
Bilingual Chapbooks Available Now
Amelia Rodriguez’s The First Amelia and Fred Arroyo’s Alba and Other Songs are available now! Selected by Judge Alexandra Lytton Regalado and series editor Emma Trelles as winners of the 3rd Gunpowder Press Alta California Chapbook Prize.
Alta California Chapbook winners selected
Judge Alexandra Lytton Regalado and series editor Emma Trelles have chosen the winners of this year’s Gunpowder Press Alta California Chapbook Prize: Amelia Rodriguez’s The First Amelia and Fred Arroyo’s Alba and Other Songs. The winning chapbooks will be available from Gunpowder Press in Spring 2024. The judges recognized, as Honorable Mention, Against Surrealism by […]
Alta California Chapbook Prize
Submissions are currently being accepted for the next Alta California Chapbook Prize. Two sets of 8-12 pages of poems will be selected for publication in bilingual editions. The judge for this year is Alexandra Lytton Regalado. Send poems, in either English or Spanish, by October 1, 2023. Full details on our Submittable page.
Alta California Winners Available Now
Florencia Milito’s SOR JUANA and Gabriel Ibarra’s ON DISPLAY are here!