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.

Preorder Field Notes from a Cult by Nelle Yvon, selected by this year's judge, Diana Khoi Nguyen as the 2026 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award winner.

LBP intern, Graham Kelly, is a senior at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is double majoring in English and History as well as earning a minor in Women and Gender Studies. He is currently the vice president of Duquesne’s Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society, and he will be an intern for Lefty Blondie Press for the fall 2026 semester.