We are very pleased to announce the 2025 St. Lawrence Book Award finalists and semi-finalists. We look forward to announcing the winning manuscript, which will be chosen from the pool of finalists, in the coming weeks. Thanks to everyone who participated!
Finalists
Allah Forgive Us by Maryam A. Ghafoor – Poetry
Drawing the World by Richard Kenefic – Poetry
Care, a reckoning by Virginia LeBaron – Poetry
To the Gods of Perfect Sugar by Tara Mesalik MacMahon – Poetry
Not Not-Jane by Jessica Melilli-Hand – Poetry
Sequelae by Rachel Morgan – Poetry
The Aching by Keri Miller – Prose
The House of Bliss by Elizabeth Torres – Poetry
An Unfit Gift by Michelle Turner – Poetry
Tooth Gaps in the Archives by Francis Dylan Waguespack – Poetry
How Dare You Want More by Sarah Walker – Prose
Diasporous by Grace H. Zhou – Poetry
Semi-Finalists
Inhale by Nour al-Remal – Prose
ARAB PUNK RIOT by Rania Layal Ali – Poetry
Soft Beasts by Jia-Rui Cook – Poetry
Slick by Destiny Crockett – Poetry
Geophagy by Samantha Leigh Futhey – Poetry
Closet Play by Rose Jenny – Poetry
Homecomer by Emma Kaiser – Prose
Spoiled by Hannah Loeb – Poetry
Missed Connections: And Other Stories by Bess Vanrenen Maher – Prose
Chill & Stupor by Franke Varca – Poetry
In and Between Wars by William Wallace – Prose
Swimming Alone by Lyndsey Kelly Weiner – Poetry