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

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.

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.