David Leftwich for at dawn, the first of the first to sing
The finalists (in alphabetical order by last name) are:
Robert Black Toronto, ON
Xinyue Huang
New York, NY
Annie Rovzar
Berkeley, CA
Jackson Watson
Providence, RI
JinJin Xu
New York, NY
2025 Broadside winner
2025 Omnidawn Single Poem Broadside Poetry Prize
Selected by Jennifer Hasegawa!
Craig Chen for “Velluvial Matrix”
The finalists (in alphabetical order by last name) are:
Emily Davis-Fletcher
Roanoke, VA
John Kneisley
Fort Collins, CO
Nils Michals
Santa Cruz, CA
Preeti Parikh
Cincinnati, OH
Michael Szporluk
Portland, Oregon
2025 Poetry Chapbook winner
2025 Omnidawn Poetry Chapbook Prize
Selected by Ewa Chrusciel – Available Spring 2027
James McCorkle for Seven Cycles
The finalists (in alphabetical order by last name) are:
煦 NA
Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Kuriakose
Brooklyn, NY
Susan Lewis
New York, NY
Christopher Nelson
Grinnell, IA
Anca Roncea
Cerritos, CA
2025 Poetry Open winner
2025 Omnidawn Poetry Open Book Prize
Selected by Jose-Luis Moctezuma– Available Spring 2028
Daniel DeVaughn for The Passion
The finalists (in alphabetical order by last name) are:
Michelle Alexander
Chicago, IL
Roda Avelar
Fresno, CA
Bruce Beasley
Asheville, NC
Tim Carrier
Santa Fe, NM
Charles Wuest
Dallas, TX
2025 Fabulist Fiction Chapbook winner
2025 Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Prize
Selected by Arria Deepwater – Available Spring 2028
Audrey T. Williams for Legacies, Interrupted
The finalists (in alphabetical order by last name) are:
Amelia Burton
Framingham, MA
MK Chavez
Oakland, CA
Peter Hankins
Wallington, Surrey, Great Britain
Juhee Singh
Moorpark, CA
A.J. Vellum
Harrisonburg, VA
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