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Raina León to judge Alta California Chapbook Prize

September 21, 2025

Gunpowder Press, with our new partner, Letras Latinas, invites all Latinx poets to submit to the Alta California Chapbook Prize contest. We are excited to welcome this year’s final judge, Raina León.

Filed Under: Alta California Prize, Featured

Here, on this 76L

June 18, 2025

Michelle Moncayo’s Alta California Chapbook Prize winning chapbook, Here, on this 76L, is now available in a bilingual edition from Gunpowder Press. Congratulations, Michelle!

Filed Under: Featured, New Release

Thank You, Readers and Poets!

December 3, 2024

This year, Gunpowder Press became a 501(c)(3), which means your donations are welcome and deductible. Please help us continue this important work as we navigate the new world of grants and funding. There is so much good work in our future, please donate today!

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New from California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick

August 28, 2024

IN PRAISE OF LATE WONDER opens with memoir-like prose poems about Lee’s adoption from Korea, then presents more new poems along with highlights from his previous books. Available directly from Gunpowder Press, or through Bookshop.org, Amazon, or your favorite bookseller.

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Alta California Chapbook Winners

May 2, 2021

Crystal AC Salas, author of Grief Logic, and Nicholas Reiner, author of Levitations will be featured readers for the Mission Poetry Series. Books are available now!

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