Love in the Key of COBRA is out now!

Iron Horse Literary Review is delighted to announce the recent release of Katie Kemple's chapbook, Love in the Key of COBRA as the winner of our 2025 IHLR Chapbook Prize. You can purchase a copy via our IHLR Shop.

Katie Kemple, winner of the 2025 IHLR Chapbook Prize

Kemple is a poet based in Southern California. Her poems have appeared in or are forthcoming from Beloit Poetry Journal, Ploughshares, North American Review, SWIMM, Rattle, Rust + Moth, Citron Review, and The South Carolina Review. Her debut chapbook, Big Man, was published by Chestnut Review Chapbooks in 2025.

Congratulations to Katie, and be sure to grab your copy today!