Hudson Prize

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The Hudson Prize is an American literary award for a collection of poetry or fiction. [1] The award is administered by Black Lawrence Press. It was previously awarded, under a different endowment, as the Ontario Prize. Poets & Writers magazine has consistently listed it as a "top ten" literary prize in its annual rankings. [2] [3] [4] It is the largest and longest-running single category/multiple genre book prize in the United States. [5]

In 2013, three of the 25 recipients of National Endowment for the Arts grants were past winners of the Hudson Prize. [6]

Recent winners

YearAuthorTitleRef.
2006 Jo Neace Krause The Last Game We Played
2007 Daniel Chacón Unending Rooms
2008 Abayomi Animashaun The Giving of Pears
2009 Patrick Michael Finn From the Darkness Right Under Our Feet
2010 Sarah Suzor The Principle Agent [7]
2011B. C. EdwardsThe Aversive Clause
2012 Jacob M. Appel Scouting for the Reaper
2013 Betinna Judd Patient
2014 Matthew Cheney Blood Stories [8]
2021 Raena Shirali summonings

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References

  1. Writers Digest, September 2007.
  2. Poets & Writers, August 2010.
  3. Poets & Writers, August 2011.
  4. Poets & Writers, August 2012.
  5. The Writer Magazine, November 2008.
  6. NEA Tabs Black Lawrence Press Writers, Judith Rosen, Publishers Weekly, January 11, 2013.
  7. "'Sarah Suzor' interviewed by Derek Alger". Pif Magazine. December 2012. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  8. "Matthew Cheney – Winner of the 2014 Hudson Prize!". Black Lawrence Press. 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2022-02-28.