Today’s the day: here are the semifinalists and finalists of the Fall 2024 Black River Chapbook Competition! We’ve narrowed it down to 8 finalists and 8 semifinalists, which was not easy! We received many compelling manuscripts, and we deeply appreciate every one of you. Thank you for trusting us with your work, and thank you to the BRCC editorial team for your time & care.
An editorial panel consisting of BLP editors and judges (BLP chapbook authors, including previous BRCC winners) read each entry without identifying information. Every entry was kept anonymous until today, so we can unveil the lists to you!
To all the semifinalists, congratulations & thank you!
We will announce the winner from among our list of finalists shortly.
FINALISTS
Woman, Wolf, Carbon Capture(prose) – Noelle Catharine Allen
Nora (prose) – Natalie DeVaull-Robichaud
Lily Briscoe Would Be Dead By Now (prose) – Lauren Gilmore
School for Runaways(poetry) – Erik(a) Jonah
Sabbath Gods (prose) – Mason Koa
Dilettante Tattoo (poetry) – Kirby Knowlton
The Suffering Inventory (poetry) – Brittany Micka-Foos
Is (poetry) – Anne-Marie Thompson
SEMIFINALISTS
Units of Measurement (prose) – Jacob Aiello
How to Translate a Wound (prose) – chang joon an
How to Build a Bridge Across the Ocean: Stories (prose) – Matthew Torralba Andrews
Kentucky Daughter Elegy (poetry) – Morgan Eklund
Depending on the Light (poetry) – Stacey Forbes
Pandemic Features (poetry) – Peter Kline
micro-dosing intimacy (poetry) – Cassie Leone
Camouflage (poetry) – David Moolten
**If you submitted a chapbook manuscript to our November Open Reading Period, please know that we are still reading and considering submissions, and responses will be sent out on a rolling basis this fall.