April
April is about realization, clarity, emergence, and truth.
This month invites poems that capture moments when something comes into focus - whether welcomed or feared. Explore insight, revelation, and self-awareness as you write.
Craft Focus:
Revelation and insight
Imagery and sensory detail
Emotional clarity
Your chapbook will reflect moments of awakening - discoveries about yourself, relationships, or life. By the end of April, your poems will reveal clarity, honesty, and depth of understanding, giving your chapbook a cohesive theme of illumination.
Here are sample prompts. The full 20-prompt list is included when you join the challenge:
Capture a truth you avoided for too long.
Describe a moment when everything shifted in awareness.
Start with: “I see it now…” and let the poem unfold.
Sample Writing Prompts
Why This Month Matters Now
April is the moment clarity breaks through avoidance. This theme invites poems that admit what you can no longer ignore - truths that have been waiting for acknowledgment.
Awakenings are uncomfortable and fleeting. If you delay writing them, they harden into conclusions instead of realizations. This month gives you permission to write before understanding settles into certainty.
Participation Options
This month, would you like to simply participate in the challenge or would you like a full publication package?
Option 1: Challenge-Only Package
Who it’s for: Poets who want guided prompts and structure, but do not plan to create a chapbook or prefer to handle publication themselves.
Includes:
20 detailed January writing prompts
Craft guidance and inspiration for your poems
Support for producing at least 20 poems
Tips for compiling and arranging your chapbook
What You’ll Do:
Write, revise, and polish your poems using the prompts. At the end of January, you’ll have 20-30 completed poems ready to share with your readers or ready to put in a complete manuscript and publish on your own.
Price: $28
Option 2: Full Publication Package
Who it’s for: Poets who want to focus solely on writing while we handle the rest.
Includes everything in the Challenge-Only Package, plus:
Professional formatting for print publication
Custom cover design aligned with January’s theme
Publishing your chapbook on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
You receive 100% of rights and royalties
Guidance on distribution and marketing
What You’ll Do:
Focus on your writing - our team takes care of turning your poems into a professional chapbook that’s ready to share with the world.
Price: $124