2019

Chapbook Contest winners and their publishers debuted four editions of original books at the 9th annual Chapbook Launch on April 25, 2019. Winning writer Jessica Downing read from her book, holding; imperfection, a collection of prose and poetry about growing up in Murray, Utah before the smokestacks came down. The Publication Studies students who worked with Downing to create an edition of 250 original chapbooks from her manuscript also spoke, describing their publication process of editing, design, layout, printing, binding, and trimming the books. And chapbook judge and poet Trish Hopkinson read from her work.

Three finalists from the Chapbook Contest were also honored at the event:

Ness Doughty, for Fighting for our Lives

Whitney Gay, for This Girl is Named Rebellion

H.E. Grahame, for Another Story About Stars

The student publishers presented the finalists with a published edition of their books—one of which, Fighting for our Lives, was a genre-bending folio of zines instead of the traditional chapbook form.

 

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Spring 2019 Workshops