Nelle Yvon, author of Field Notes from a Cult, is this year's 2026 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award winner. We talked to her about her creative process, handling trauma & loss, and writing next to her dog Daisy.

Allegra Wilson’s chapbook, song & ruin, is the 2025 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award winner, selected by Stacey Waite. Wilson discusses how she pursued poetry after almost twenty years of inconsistent writing, and how she traces her poetic lineage to connect with who she is as a writer. She also gives us lots of great recommendations!