We are beyond thrilled to announce the winners, editors’ choice selections, and finalists of our second annual Tiny Fork Chapbook Series Contest. These selections were chosen out of over 200 submitted manuscripts, and rose to the top of a very strong batch of writing. All three selected manuscripts will be published in Spring 2022. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists listed below!

CONTEST WINNERS

(home) by Jabulile Mickle-Molefe

Jabulile Mickle-Molefe is a mother, writer, and diviner based in Chicago. Their work has appeared in petrichor journal, Triangle House Review, Vagabond City, Alaska Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. They once met David Lynch in an airport and their poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net. They rep big bimbo energy and love Ohio. This is their first chapbook! Thank you for finding it! Catch Jabulile on Twitter at @pleonasticheaux

Balikbayan by Jeremy Pulmano

Jeremy Pulmano is a Filipino-American poet and software engineer from New Jersey living in Arlington, Virginia. He graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a certificate in Creative Writing. His poems have appeared in The Dillydoun Review, Periphery Journal, Lucky Jefferson, Arch & Arrow, and The Nassau Literary Review. In between the writing, he loves to dance, play guitar, and nap longer than he should. Balikbayan is his first collection.

EDITORS’ CHOICE SELECTION

The Body Myth by Hannah Land 

Hannah Land is a disabled and chronically ill poet, playwright, and performing arts critic. Her poetry and short fiction has appeared in Pangyrus Literary Magazine, Sick Magazine, Fatal Flaw Literary Magazine, The Hunger Journal, and others. Her theatre and dance reviews can be found on broadwayworld.com. She lives in the Washington, DC area where she works in the administrative side of the music industry and spends her free time with her close friends. The Body Myth is her first collection.

FINALISTS

(Starlight) (Cricket) Template by Beth Gordon

The Living Room, Rearranged by Yael Grunseit

Little Ice Age by Kristen Holt-Browning

saanens, nubians, one lamancha by Mukethe Kawinzi

Sirens | Silence by Kelly Martineau

The Howl is Call To by Angela María Spring

Whether Knife, Whether Sky by Sara Moore Wagner