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 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
2024 Open winner
2024 Omnidawn Poetry Open Book Prize
Selected by Katie Peterson – Available Fall 2027
Nica Giromini for Hostile Architectures
The finalists (in alphabetical order by last name) are:
Steven Alvarez
Astoria, NY
Michelle Phuong Ho
New Haven, CT
Kristin Sanders
Richmond, VA
Maia Siegel
Brooklyn, NY
Ruth Williams
Kansas City, MO
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