Honeysuckle Press

2017 Chapbook Contest Semi-Finalists

After months of careful deliberation of over 500 chapbooks, we are thrilled to share our list of semi-finalists.

These eleven chapbooks expertly navigate the liminal spaces between one home and another, between elders and children, between people and other living beings, and ultimately, between self and other. They explore searing regret, unimaginable sacrifice, the bitter & soft of love, and the dangerous whimsy of nostalgia. They travel across landscapes, across generations -- from flights through the tangled wilderness of Alaska to wet heat of deep Southern America to the strange sadness of Lake Michigan. The connecting thread of these chapbooks are self and history -- how has our past informed our present? How does our lineage guide the way we plan for our future? What can we see of ourselves when we look to those before us?

We are honored to present this list -- the truths of these chapbooks have stayed with us, haunted us, in many ways.

Beginning in the fall, we will do a weekly feature of each of these writers which will include an excerpt of their chapbooks. The winner and finalists will be announced mid-fall. We will open for our next chapbook contest shortly after releasing the news.

Thank you to everyone who submitted!