The Robert Phillips Poetry Chapbook Prize

Prize: $1,000

Final Judge: KB Brookins

Recent judges include Carolyn Hembree, Alison Pelegrin, Taylor Johnson, Benjamin Garcia, Esther Lin, and Gary Jackson.
 

General Guidelines

• A fee of $20 must be paid at the time of submission.
• Open to any poet writing in English. Translations are not eligible.
• Poems may have been published individually in magazines or anthologies, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished.
• Simultaneous submissions are acceptable. Please notify TRP immediately by withdrawing the manuscript via Submittable if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
• Current and former students and faculty of Sam Houston State University are not eligible.
• Family and current or former students* of the final judge or TRP staff are not eligible.
• Current and former TRP authors are not eligible.
• Submitters must be 18+ years of age.
• Submissions are accepted through Submittable only.
• Winner will receive a $1,000 advance, a standard royalty contract, and 10 copies of the published book.
• Winner will be announced in August 2025.

*Writers who studied with TRP staff or the final judge for a semester-length period are not eligible. Writers who studied with TRP staff or the final judge for two-week residencies, single workshops, or other instances less than a semester in length are eligible, provided the work submitted is previously unseen by TRP staff or the final judge.

Manuscript Guidelines

• Manuscripts may be no longer than 40 pages.
• Please include a table of contents (if applicable), title page, and page numbers.
• Do not include an acknowledgments page.
• No more than one poem per page.
• Submissions are judged on an anonymous basis. Please remove any identifying information from the manuscript.
• Submit as a .pdf, .docx, or .doc file format.
• No revisions will be accepted once the manuscript is uploaded.

Winner will be announced through Submittable and on the TRP website, www.texasreviewpress.org