We are a small, independent non-profit press. We are BIPOC founded and aim to publish what is unusual and work about in-between spaces. Our publications highlight unexpected and wonderful places. We especially seek to amplify BIPOC and Queer voices.

We champion voices that might otherwise remain shadowed. We love work about the homes we make, wherever that might be, in the people we know, the homes we have made, the music we love, in the friends we make family. We are especially interested where creativity intersects with culture, be it cultural ancestry, skateboard culture, suburban culture, and everything in between. We champion Queer and BIPOC voices.

Purple Ink Press

This is a fiction Chapbook Contest open to everyone. We are accepting works between 16 and 35 pages. You can submit several shorter pieces (stories or flash fiction) or one longer work. Hybrid pieces are welcome. All manuscripts are considered for publication. Share what you’ve got!

This selection will be the first of the Cat’s Eye Fiction series, named in honor of Marget Atwood’s incredible novel, Cat’s Eye.

The contest will be judged by the editors at Purple Ink. Depending on the judges’ selection, there might be multiple winners. The prize is $500, publication, plus twenty copies of the chapbook. If there is more than one winner, the monetary reward will be increased and distributed among the winners.

Cat’s Eye Chapbook Fiction Contest 2025

This is a multi-genre Chapbook Contest for BIPOC women and nonbinary folks. What do we mean by multi-genre? You can submit fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid, graphic novel, or anything in between, or a genre we have never seen. Show us your creativity.

This selection will be the first of the Beloved series, named in honor of Toni Morrison’s incredible novel, Beloved.

The contest will be judged by the fabulous Jennifer Maritza McCauley. Depending on the judges’ selection, there might be multiple winners. The prize is $500, publication, plus twenty copies of the chapbook. If there is more than one winner, the monetary reward will be increased and distributed among the winners.

(Hybrid)

This is open to BIPOC women and Nonbinary folks

Beloved Chapbook Contest

General call

We are looking for unpublished chapbooks of poems or hybrid manuscripts of poems and visual art between 16-30 pages in length.

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Cat’s Eye Chapbook Fiction Contest 2025