We’d like to thank all of the poets and writers who participated in the 2025 Hudson Prize. And we are pleased to announce the finalists and semi-finalists:
Finalists
All Possible Exits and Other Stories by Patricia McCrystal
The Deep End of Butchery by Alexandra Munck
Ghost in the Graveyard by Greg Nicholl
Keeping Track by Molly Reid
Multiple Choice by Michele Ruby
Like Always Blooming: Stories by Daniel S.C. Sutter
Everyday Carry: Stories by John Tait
The New England Book of Dying and Living by Jonathan Weinert
Places We Don’t Belong by Elizabeth J. Wenger
Purebred Hustle by Evan Morgan Williams
Semi-Finalists
Vulture Gold by Micah Hicks
One Time by Ciaran Cooper
Jerusalem Syndrome by Judith Hertog
The Miraculous by Matthew Lansburgh
A Map of Past Beliefs by Emily Mathis
We Need to Talk by Gary McDowell
Derrida’s Cat by Leslie Adrienne Miller
Blood War by Jane O. Wayne
And Even This by Jeffrey Wolf
We will choose a winner from the pool of finalists. Stay tuned!
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