Thanks to everyone who submitted work to this year's contests! We are now closed to submissions, and we will be busily reading and discussing your work over the next few months. #Contests

This year, we have decided to extend the deadlines for both the Poetry/Hybrid and Prose/Hybrid Chapbook Contests for one week, until May 15th. We've received many exciting submissions so far, and we're looking forward to seeing what one last week of open contest submissions brings in. (And you're welcome, procrastinators!) You can submit your chapbook manuscripts online through Submittable; read more about the contest guidelines here. Thank you for considering Gazing Grain Pr

Rachel McKibbens Mammoth $10.00 Organic Weapon Arts Rachel McKibbens, noted slam poet, activist, and the author of two books of poetry, presents a compelling series of poems on grief in Mammoth, a beautiful chapbook from Organic Weapon Arts. Mammoth approaches all of its subjects—the death of a young niece, the prevalence of loss—with a candor that renders each look wrenching. The chapbook loosely traces the development of the niece’s illness, from the diaper-change discover