A prize of $1,500, royalty contract, and publication by Finishing Line Press is given annually to the winner for a poetry chapbook by a writer who identifies as a woman and has not yet published a full-length collection. We will select a winner and 10 finalists to be included in the New Women’s Voices chapbook series.
Final Judge: Deirdre Fagan
Submit a manuscript of 16 to 30 pages of poetry plus bio, title page, and acknowledgments with a $20 entry fee by October 15, 2025. We do allow hybrid manuscripts in addition to traditional poetry manuscripts: prose poetry or formal verse. We do allow color or black/white art to be included with the manuscript. Please follow page count guidelines. One page of art is equal to one page of poetry. All entries are considered for publication.
https://finishinglinepress.submittable.com/submit/327782/2025-new-womens-voices-chapbook-competition
Dr. Deirdre Fagan is an award-winning author of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and literary criticism. Featured on ABC, CBS, and NPR television and radio, as well as in Newsweek and HuffPost, Fagan, described by Kirkus Reviews as a “sharply descriptive writer,” is the author of five books; her most recent include a poetry collection, Phantom Limbs (Finishing Line Press, 2023), and a memoir, Find a Place for Me (Regal House Publishing, 2022). Fagan is the editor of the Orange Blossom Review and professor and coordinator of creative writing at Ferris State University in Michigan. Meet her at deirdrefagan.com
