C&R Press Winter Soup Bowl 2025 Chapbook Awardee, Shortlist, and Longlist
C&R Press publishes 2-6 chapbooks of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and other creative writing genres through our Winter Soup Bowl Chapbook and our Summer Tide Pool Chapbook series. Manuscript authors selected for publication receive ten copies of the book, a $100 honorarium, $500 social media and ad network promotional campaigns.
C&R Press Awards in Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction, deadline is October 1st!
C&R Press Winter Soup Bowl 2026 Submissions Open on December 1, 2025
We are pleased to announce our 2025 Winter Soup Bowl awardee as well as contest shortlist and longlist authors!
WINTER SOUP BOWL CHAPBOOK 2025 AWARD
Dante Fuoco breeding season
About the Author of breeding season
Dante Fuoco is a queer artist based in Brooklyn. Dante’s writing is published in Split Lip Magazine, Foglifter, DIAGRAM, Poets.org, MAYDAY, No, Dear, and other places. A recent fellow at the Edward F. Albee Foundation, Dante is also an educator, restorative justice facilitator, theater-maker, avid swimmer, and girl about town.
WINTER SOUP BOWL CHAPBOOK 2025 SHORTLIST and LONGLIST
The press congratulates everyone on the shortlist and longlist and notes that the selection process had many manuscripts worthy of publication, and the press wishes it could publish more work. WE ENCOURAGE ALL READERS TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT PRESSES!
SHORTLIST
Cecilia Woloch
Deig Sullivan
Max Pasakorn
Andrea Patton
Raluca Comanelea
LONGLIST
Brian Warfield
Zachariah Claypole White
Tracy DeBrincat
Robert Piazza
Glen Mazis
Mason Koa
Lucas Dean Clark
Cheryl Fish
Steve Brown
Kate Kadleck
Steven Hollander
Lana Spendl
John Kaufmann
William Torphy
Geoff Collins
Jeff Richards
Esperanza Cintrón
Jonathan Harris
Katherine Gekker
Tracie Padal
Katrin Redfern
M Ezra Zhang
LONG LIVE BOOKS!