2025 Poetry Chapbook Finalists

We're pleased to announce the finalists in the 2025 Wolfson Press Poetry Chapbook Prize competition (poet Nancy Botkin, judge). Follow the links below to learn more about the authors.

We look forward to announcing the winner soon.

Linda Arntzenius, Should Have Known

Ali Beheler, All Our (Un)Makings

Hollie Dugas, Small Gods in the Dark

Suzanne Edison, All Night I Wrestle

Sera Gamble, Our Lady of the Sick Girls

Romana Iorga, Witness Protection

Kathryn Lasseter, Jussive

Mamie Morgan, Anti-Gone

Carla Sarett, Thinking About Sad Chicken

Randi Schalet, The Last Things I’ll Remember

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2025 Poetry Semifinalists

Linda Arntzenius, Should Have Known

Ali Beheler, All Our (Un)Makings

Dan Butler, The Unexpected

Hadley Dion, Tomb-Toothed

Christopher Dornin, If the gods of the world turned dark

Hollie Dugas, Small Gods in the Dark

Suzanne Edison, All Night I Wrestle

Anna Evas, Petals

Judith Fox, Bridge to New Music

Sera Gamble, Our Lady of the Sick Girls

Romana Iorga, Witness Protection

Kathryn Lasseter, Jussive

Christopher McCormick, Invertebrate City

Brittany Micka-Foos, The Suffering Inventory

Mamie Morgan, Anti-Gone

Carla Sarett, Thinking About Sad Chicken

Randi Schalet, The Last Things I’ll Remember

Marc Sheehan, This Might Be Home

Mark Taksa, Let the Bag Drop

Emma Wynn, At the Jewish Deli

Past winners: Steven Ostrowski, Renee Agatep, Triin Paja, and Julia Levine (volume forthcoming).

"Editor's Choice" poets published through this series: John Surowiecki, Jim Daniels, Kenneth Pobo, and Alex Tretbar (forthcoming).