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2025 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award Winner: song & ruins by Allegra Wilson, Selected by Stacey Waite

Congratulations to Allegra Wilson, whose chapbook manuscript, song & ruins, was selected by this year's judge, Stacey Waite, for the 2025 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award!

Anna Febbraro

Nov 52 min read

Congratulations, Jennifer Blackledge: 2025 Lefty Blondie Press 1st Chapbook Award Runner-Up!

Jennifer Blackledge's chapbook manuscript, 1-800-PACK-RAT, was selected as First Runner-Up by our 2025 judge, Stacey Waite Jennifer Blackledge is a poet who works for a global automotive company and lives just south of Detroit. She is the recipient of the 2025 Zócalo Public Square Poetry Prize and her work has appeared in publications like J AMA, Rattle, I-70 Review, Kestrel, and SWWIM . You can find her work at www.jenniferblackledge.com . Submit your poems to the 2026 Left

Anna Febbraro

Nov 41 min read

Congratulations to our Finalists for the 2025 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award!

Thank you so much to everyone who submitted a chapbook to our contest! All tip jar donations support LBP's mission to promote the poetry of self-identifying women and non-binary people.

Anna Febbraro

Oct 311 min read

Congratulations to our Semi-Finalists for the 2025 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award!

Thank you so much to everyone who submitted a chapbook to our contest! All tip jar donations support LBP's mission to promote the poetry of self-identifying women and non-binary people.

Anna Febbraro

Oct 301 min read

Ukrainian poet, Olena Boryshpolets, holding her book New Calypso on a street in downtown Pittsburgh, Pa

Poetry of the Here & Now: Ukrainian Creative, Olena Boryshpolets, Talks to LBP about Writing Poems, Crafting Prose, & Making Art in a Time of War

Olena Boryshpolets is a poet, writer, journalist, actress, and culture manager. Her chapbook-length poem, New Calypso, published by Lefty Blondie Press, is launching at City of Asylum on October 21, 2025.

Anna Febbraro

Oct 144 min read