2026 HIGH/COO Chapbook
Competition Winners

Brooks Books is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 High/Coo Chapbook Competition.

This year we had 34 entries in the competition. Many of these manuscripts are worthy of publication, so it was very difficult deciding on publishing three collections. We are grateful for all authors who prepared and submitted such high-quality chapbook manuscripts.

Haiku lovers may purchase the 2026 HIGH/COO Chapbooks as a print-copy bundle or digital PDF bundle. A subscription is $30 per year which includes a copy of all four 2026 chapbooks. International subscriptions are for PDF copies only.

You may subscribe to the 2026 HIGH/COO Chapbooks series at any time for $30. Or you may order individual chapbooks at a cost of $15 each plus $5 postage.

Dust of Horses
by
Chad Robinson

small town diner —
in three crayons or less
the prarie landscape

                   corral dust —
                   tryingn to break
                   this self-doubt

Lunch Poems
by
Allyson Whipple

liberation theology
the church garden filled
with pollinator plants

                   unseasonably dry
                   neon Budweiser sign
                   on the fritz

2026 Subscription PDF Bundle

2026 HIGH/COO Chapbooks
PDF Edition Bundle

International subcribers and/or those who prefer digital copies will receive PDF editions of the four 2026 winning chapbooks instead of print editions.

There is no postage charge for this PDF subscription, so annual subscription is $30 USD payable with PayPal:

2026 Subscription Print Bundle

2026 HIGH/COO Chapbooks
Print Edition Bundle

USA subcribers may purchase a High/Coo Chapbooks Subscription for all four 2026 print-edition chapbooks for $30, plus $5 postage and handling.

You may purchase your chapbooks bundle with PayPal:

2026 HIGH/COO Chapbook
Competition Guidelines

Each year the High/Coo Chapbook Competition opens January 1. Readers may subscribe to each year's chapbooks published in the competition. All subscribers are eligible to submit a chapbook of haiku, senryu, or tanka (or a combination of these) for that year's competition.

Guidelines for HIGH/COO Chapbook Submissions:

Submissions to the competition open January 1 and close April 1 each year.

1 - You must be a subscriber to the current year's High/Coo Chapbooks series to enter the competition. Subscription is $30 per year which includes a copy of all award-winning chapbooks published that year. International subscribers will receive PDF editions of the chapbooks.

The chapbooks will be sold separately for $15 per copy, so a subscriber gets a significant discount receiving that year's chapbooks for $30 plus $5 postage. You do not have to submit a chapbook manuscript in the contest to subscribe to the High/Coo Chapbooks series.

If you are a subscriber to High/Coo Chapbooks, you may submit one chapbook manuscript per year.
 
2 - Chapbook manuscripts will be submitted by email to brooksbooks@gmail.com and include the following requirements:
 
     • a book title
     • a short biography of the author (500-1000 words)
     • 30 - 50 haiku, senryu, or tanka (no haibun, no linked verse, no other genres)
     • acknowledgments for previous publication of any poem submitted
     • author’s name, address, email address & publication name preference
     • SUBJECT LINE: HIGHCOO Chapbook Submission

     optional, but not required:

     • a short introduction about your collection
     • a short introduction to your own art of writing haiku or tanka
     • you may submit your chapbook by mail but include an email address for response (no postal returns)
 
3 - There will be at least three chapbooks published each year. Winning authors will receive 10 copies of their collection and $100. They also will get a 50% author's discount on additional copies of their chapbook.
 
4 - Submissions open January 1 and the closing deadline for submission is April 1. Winning chapbooks will be announced by May 1 and published in early summer.

Randy & Shirley Brooks
6 Madera Court
Taylorville, IL 62568

https://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/chapbooks.html