Promotes the poetry of woman-identifying and non-binary people.

Lefty Blondie Press publishes limited runs of carefully edited, handbound, hand-cut, and hand-numbered chapbooks. Each chapbook we publish receives the full attention of our editors and designers. We work closely with the poet during the design and layout process to create a chapbook that is a unique extension of the poems it collects.



- have 40+ years of living on this earth
- self-identify as a woman or a non-binary individual
- write in English & currently live in the U.S.
- have yet to publish a poetry chapbook, poetry collection, or full-length poetry book before September 30 of contest year

Lefty Blondie Press

18-24 pages of poetry (not including title page, table of contents, endnotes)

self-identify as woman or non-binary individual

are 40+ years old

write in English, & currently live in the U.S

have yet to publish a poetry chapbook, poetry collection, or full-length poetry book before September 30 of contest year​

First Chapbook Award

Open to self-identifying women & non-binary poets of any age & any publishing history 
Submissions Accepted: October 1 - January 15
Details & Submission Guidelines:

Submissions:
 Submissions accepted from October 1-January 15
Submit up to 3 poems, all in one document
Poems of 20 lines or less work best for the broadside format
Submit through Duosuma Submission Manager (button at bottom of page) 
Submitters click here for more info or to set up your FREE Duotrope account 

Submission Do's: 
Start each new poem on a new page within the single document
Additional submissions of up to 3 poems per document are welcome! Please pay the submission fee for each individual submission 
Simultaneous submissions accepted. Please notify us immediately through the Duosuma submission manager if your poem is accepted elsewhere. 

 Submission Don'ts:
Please, no previously published poems (this is new this year)
Absolutely no submissions that are racist, homophobic, misogynist, discriminatory, or hateful.
No AI-generated texts nor AI-modified texts. Human-created poems only.

Reading Fee:
 Pay-what-you-can reading fee via Duosuma tip jar through November 15th! We want to read your work & we don't want the reading fee to keep you from submitting.
BEGINNING November 16, 2025: $5 reading fee per submission 
ALL submissions are read by LBP editors & readers with openness and attention, regardless of what you're able to add to our tip jar. 
All tip jar donations support LBP's mission to promote the poetry of self-identifying women and non-binary people.

The Poet of the Selected Poem will Receive:
25 (twenty-five) copies of the limited-edition handset letterpress broadside
Praise, adoration, and promotion through social media, literary festivals, independent booksellers, & any other collaborations LBP seeks out.

Publishing Rights & Citation:
Lefty Blondie Press holds first serial rights for work that we publish, and the right to reprint that work in other formats with your permission.
Upon publication, all rights revert to the author. 
Please cite Lefty Blondie Press if your poems published with LBP are published elsewhere in the future.

Category: Poetry
File types: .doc, .docx, .pdf
Number of Pieces: Up to 3 pieces per submission.
Single File: Required. All pieces must be submitted in a single file.
Anonymous submissions are not required.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Reprints are not allowed.
Multiple entries are allowed.
AI-assisted works are not allowed.

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