Many thanks to all those who submitted manuscripts to the Split Rock Press Chapbook Series. We were very fortunate to receive many fine submissions and selecting a winner was an exceptionally difficult task.

We’re thrilled to announce the winner, finalists, and semi-finalists of the 2020 Split Rock Press chapbook competition.

Winner

Ecology of the Afterlife, poems and illustrations by Nathan Manley

Nathan Manley is a writer and former English teacher from Loveland, Colorado. He is the author of the chapbook Numina Loci (Mighty Rogue Press, 2018). Recent poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Think, Natural Bridge, Spillway, Cold Mountain Review, Puerto del Sol, Crab Creek Review and others. His work has also been nominated for Best of the Net. Currently, Nathan resides with his wife and two cats among the great deciduous forests of New England, where he is pursuing a JD at the University of New Hampshire. You can find his writing and instrumental music at nathanmmanley.com.

Finalists

Climate Action Love Poem by Dante Di Stefano

Gasoline on the Ant Hill by Tony Barnstone

Three Parts World by Mureall Hebert

Semi-Finalists

The Vaudeville Horse by Elizabeth Kerlikowske

Visiting Hours by James Wyshynski

Fall Everbearing by David Troupes