Join The Poetic Memoir Chapbook Challenge 2025!
Feb 17th-27th 2025
In Feb of 2021, Local Gems Press's publisher, James P. Wagner (Ishwa), lost his Aunt to Pancreatic Cancer. She was only 66...and she was a third parent to him.
Like all writers do, when hard times strike...he turned to writing to cope and sort out his emotions.
He found himself writing poems about childhood, early memories, things that turned him into who he was--experiences of all shapes and sizes.
He was writing poetic memoir.
Over the last few years especially, we've seen a lot of poets writing poetry that could be classified as poetic memoir...
and so the idea for this challenge was born.
We ran this challenge a couple of times and it was the most popular challenge we have run to date.
Can you write 15 poems in 10 days? A chapbook?
Like all writers do, when hard times strike...he turned to writing to cope and sort out his emotions.
He found himself writing poems about childhood, early memories, things that turned him into who he was--experiences of all shapes and sizes.
He was writing poetic memoir.
Over the last few years especially, we've seen a lot of poets writing poetry that could be classified as poetic memoir...
and so the idea for this challenge was born.
We ran this challenge a couple of times and it was the most popular challenge we have run to date.
Can you write 15 poems in 10 days? A chapbook?
How Does It Work?Step 1:
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100 Poetry Prompts
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Participation: 15 Poems in 10 Days
Each day of the contest the participants will be emailed a prompt video for the day. They will also receive the 100 Poetry Prompt downloadable workbook the first day of the challenge. All participants are free to use the main prompts, prompts from the journal or any other ideas or inspiration they have for writing their poems, the only hard and fast rule is to write the 15 poems in 10 days!
PrintingIf the challenge is completed, the participant can inform us of the completion and then have the opportunity for Local Gems Press to print a chapbook for them--the finished chapbooks will be pocket-sized books, 4.25 by 6.9.
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Registration: Closes Feb 16th
Midnight EST (Or When Full)
Because of high demand, at this time we have to limit this challenge to the first 100 people who register. We will keep you updated with how many spots we have left, but we expect it to fill up quickly.
After registration you will get an email on Feb 17th with the introduction and further instructions. (Be sure to check promotions and spam folders.)
Will you accept the challenge?
After registration you will get an email on Feb 17th with the introduction and further instructions. (Be sure to check promotions and spam folders.)
Will you accept the challenge?