We’d like to thank all of the poets and writers who participated in the 2024 Hudson Prize. And we are pleased to announce the finalists and semi-finalists:
Prose Finalists
The Earth Room – Dana Diehl
Amongst the Monsters – Emily Ellis
Motorcycle Angel and other Stories – Ronald Hartley
Jill Against the Unicorns – Kris Herndon
Compulsion – Jenny Holden
Take Me Somewhere New – Jessica Hollander
All Alone in the Getaway Car – Greg November
What the Birds Do – Cedric Synnestvedt
Play Dead – Kristina Ten
Not So Small a Thing – Ross Timberlake
Prose Semi-Finalists
The Kennerly Stories – Teresa Burns Murphy
In the Cuts – Jay Ellis
Life Camp – Jenny Halper
About, Above, Around: 50 Prepositions – Mark Mayer
Predatory Practices – Margo McCall
Language Lessons – Meghana Mysore
No Feeling Is Final – Jose de Pierola
Where Were You When it Happened? – Gage Saylor
Portrait of the Iranian as a Young Punk Artist – Roger Sedarat
Braille Lessons for Very Tall Children – Zachary Vickers
Poetry Finalists
Zoodikers: A Bestiary – Flower Conroy
The Dead Zoo – Chris Green
Bent Cedar Mountain – Julie Hensley
Chimera – LeeAnn Olivier
Lesbian Dinosaurs / Dinosaur Lesbians – Nicole Santalucia
Plaint – Sarah Sousa
Animosity Garden – Matthew Valades
Chill & Stupor – Franke Varca
Field Notes from the Daylight Factory – Tara Westmor
Pigeon and Steam – Charles Wuest
Poetry Semi-Finalists
Answering Machine – Alex Braslavsky
Coin on My Tongue – Mike Burwell
Professions – Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo
Syringa Vulgaris – Savannah Grant
Lamenting While Doing Laps in the Lake – Bill Ratner
The Unmade Bed – Sonya Schneider
Chrome Pig – Glenn Shaheen
Performance Review – Carrie Shipers
Thirst is a Pre-existing Condition – Kathryn Smith
Willowwacks – John Tobin
We will choose a winner from the pool of finalists. Stay tuned!
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