We are beyond thrilled to announce the winners, editors’ choice selections, and finalists of our inaugural Tiny Fork Chapbook Series Contest. These selections were chosen out of almost 200 submitted manuscripts, and rose to the top of a very strong batch of writing. All three selected manuscripts will be published in Spring 2021. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists listed below!

CONTEST WINNERS

Hypnic Jerk by Megan Freshley

Megan Freshley is a queer poet and musician from Cincinnati living in Portland, OR. She is a graduate of Antioch College, the Esalen Institute, and the MFA program at Portland State University. Her poems and essays have appeared in Portland Review, Stay Wild, Witch Craft Magazine, 1001, Old Pal, and others. She was a winner of the 2013 Academy of American Poets Prize and the 2014 Orlo Bear Deluxe Judge’s award from Oregon poet laureate Paulann Petersen. Hypnic Jerk is her first collection.

Doom Loop Wonderland by LeeAnn Olivier

LeeAnn Olivier, M.F.A., teaches English and Humanities at a community college in Texas. Her poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction have appeared in several journals, including most recently Infection House, Parhelion, and Driftwood Press, whose editors nominated her for a 2018 Pushcart Prize. Her first chapbook Spindle My Spindle, which features the voices of suppressed female characters from myth and fairy tale, was published by Hermeneutic Chaos Press in 2016. A survivor of domestic violence, Olivier now lives with her wonderful husband Nathan, his two teenagers, and a menagerie of rescued animals.

EDITORS’ CHOICE SELECTION

The Book of Likes by Heather Sweeney 

Heather Sweeney, she/her, lives in San Diego where she writes, teaches and does visual art. Her chapbooks include Just Let Me Have This (Selcouth Station Press) and Same Bitch, Different Era: The Real Housewives Poems (above/ground press). She is also the author of the collections, Dear Marshall, Language is Our Only Wilderness (Spuyten Duyvil Press) and Call Me California (Finishing Line Press). Her work has appeared in Bombay Gin, Harbor Review, The Hunger, Terrible Orange, The Velvet Giant, Pidgeonholes, Occulum, and more. You can find her at www.heathercsweeney.com

FINALISTS

The Geographic Tongue by Georgia Dale Dennison

West Rushes Down by Jeff Ewing

The Gull Bone Index by James R. Gapinski

The Water Cycle by Beth Gordon

Speaks the Dark Lobe by L.I. Henley 

Ordinary Light by L.I Henley & Laura Maher 

The Body Myth by Hannah Land

Superior Golden Dragon by Andrea Lewis

Field Notes Recovered from the Expedition to Devil’s Peak by Laura A. Ring

The Vulture by Stuart Ziarnik