The Winner of the 10th Annual Chapbook Contest Is…

…Superman on the Roof by Lex Williford of El Paso, Texas.

Contest judge Ira Sukrungruang selected Superman on the Roof out of a field of 120 strong submissions, and the chapbook will be published this coming summer. You can sign up to receive the chapbook automatically as soon as it’s available by becoming a Rose Metal Press supporter here.

Our finalists include:

Runner-up: Mistransformation by Tori Bond of Perkasie, Pennsylvania

Untitled by Anonymous by Andrew Farkas of Billings, Montana
Tuck the Story Away by Lisa Romeo of Cedar Grove, New Jersey

What to Say to Aliens by Marc Sheehan of Grand Haven, Michigan

Our semi-finalists include:

Properties of Life by Jody Brooks of Decatur, Georgia
The Names Change Every Time I Tell the Story by Aubrie Cox of Knoxville, TN

Revelations by Jasminne Mendez of Houston, Texas

Insomnia Veritas by Jennifer Met of Troy, Idaho

The Long Bridge by Anji Reyner of Missoula, Montana

Lies and Saturdays by Cinthia Ritchie of Anchorage, Alaska

Lost John and Other Stories by Joseph Young of Baltimore, Maryland

Congratulations to all of them, and thanks to everyone who submitted.

We are also thrilled to announce that Amelia Gray will be the judge for our Eleventh Annual Short Short Chapbook Competition. Submissions will be accepted here from November 1^st through December 1^st, 2016.