We’d like to thank all of the writers who participated in the 2025 Big Moose Prize, and we are pleased to present the finalists and semi-finalists:
Finalists
Woolf, Creature, Wave – Rachael Fowler
The Danger Is to the Body and It Can Kill – Shane Inman
Tupelos – Tom Irwin
What We Have Here – L. M. López
Far Ocean – Emily Mitchell
The Last Californians – Lee Patton
Tania the Revolutionary – Michael Pritchett
Free Ms. Greene – Jan Richman
Encrypted – Francesca Talenti
Land Eater – Zachary Tyler Vickers
Superman on the Roof – Lex Williford
Semi-Finalists
The Burnout Girls – Maureen Aitken
Die A Little – H. E. Ballard
Snakebites and Celebrations – J. Hoolihan Clayton
Take the Guitar Player for a Ride – David Giffels
Heart of America – Mark Herder
Ouida – Judy Juanita
Left Untreated – Olga Mastov
Awake Through the Night – Robert McKean
Sounds of Leaving – Damien Roos
Odalisque – Terese Svoboda
Duckpin – Pierce Tyler
Red Flags – Holden Wright
We will choose the winner from the pool of finalists. Stay tuned!