BOOM
bateau press chapbook contest 2026/27
(((hand sewn // letterpressed // delightful)))
We’re opening the BOOM Chapbook Contest early in order to find the next best thing. What are we looking for? A certain something special. Something that is raw or cooked, hashed out or blown up, festive or frugal. Poetry. A poetic sequence. A poetry bridge to the undead. A song poem ensemble. Prose. Short fiction. Short short fiction. Microfiction. Nanofiction. Novella. A collection of essays. Odd works in self portraiture. Comic one-liners for murder hornets. A mix of all of these / none of these. Entrance fee $15. All those who enter get a copy of the winner or any chapbook from our back catalogue.
Accepting submissions AUG 1 through OCT 5,2026
Best way to submit manuscripts is by using Submittable & paypal. If you prefer to use USPS, please send ms & entrance fee to:
Bateau Boom Chapbook Contest
Attn: Dan Mahoney
105 Eden Street
Bar Harbor ME 04609Questions can go to Dan Mahoney at: editors.bateau@gmail.com
the winner of 25/26 Bateau Press BOOM Chapbook contest is:
Infinity Ballot by Abby Minor
2025 / 2026 BOOM Chapbook Finalists
Build Your Castle Out of Sugarcubes All Your Enemies Have Tongues by James D’Agostino
Elegies for One Small Future by Sara Femenella
Hazy Remnants of a Curious Dream by Howie Good
If all these stars are dead tell me what dead means by Andrew Robin
Infinity Ballot by Abigail Minor
Land of Light & Joy by Amish Trivedi
P/ROSES by Kevin McLellen
Odd fish by Guillermo Rebollo-Gil
Time is a Tranquilizer by Alicia Cook
Tiny Joy, Tiny Bane by Rocio Anica
Bateau would like to thank everyone who entered the BOOM chapbook contest this year. All of you will receive a copy of the winning chap or any in stock chapbook from our catalogue. We are in this together. ONWARD!