Submissions for the Hawk Mountain Award are currently closed. We will begin accepting submissions on April 1, 2023, and submissions deadline on July 31, 2023.
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Longlist for the Inaugural Hawk Mountain Award
Semi-Finalists
Atmadjian, Daniela, Jounieh, Lebanon, The Twilight World of Mr. Hassan’s Antiques
Banerjee, Arindam, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, What the Doctor Did Not Prescribe
Benesh, Julia, Chicago, IL, Habits of Happiness and Other Conundra
Berisha, Ron, London, England, UK, Gradually, Then Suddenly
Bost, Doug, Brooklyn, NY, NY, I Know You’re in There
Boudreau, Timothy, Sugar Hill, NJ, We Have Our Own Light
Brightwell, Gerri, Fairbanks, AK, Huldremose: Stories
Brooks, Ben, Somerville, MA, The Messenger and Other Stories
Byrne, Mary, Montpellier, France, Hybrids
Campbell, Jadi, Baden-Weurttemberg, Germany, Broken In: A Novel in Stories
Dancoff, Judith, Los Angeles, CA, The Calamity of Desire and Oher Stories
Dean, Oliver, Shanghai, China, The Long Swim and Other Stories
Epstein, Ann, Ann Arbor, MI, Between the Wars
Finney, Ernest, Nevada City, CA, California Stories
Fleury, Spencer, San Fransisco, CA, I Blame Myself But Also You
Freeman, Seth, Pacific Palisades, CA, The Men’s Group
Freundt, Michael, Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia, 22 Stories
Griesmann, Leah, Asheville, NC, Stripped
Hart, JoeAnn, Gloucester, MA, When You Are Done Being Happy
Hetzler, Paul, Quebec, Canada, The Matador
Howlett, Brian, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Friends and Other Repeat Offenders
Keller, Rebecca, Oak Park, IL, Mother Daughter Comrade Wife
Kitterman, Barry, Clarksville, TN, Children of Beechwood
Koszo, Viktor, London, UK, Lifeline
LeBlanc, Toby, Austin TX, Soaked
Lindensmith, Mark, Staunton, VA, Weathr Moves from West to East
Mahalanabish, Lahari, Kolkata, India, Tales of the Annointed Skeletons and Love
Mauldin, Bronwyn, Glendale, CA, Spartcus Machines
McHugh, Annie, Westport, CT, The Distance
McInerny, Joseph, Pittsburgh, PA These Have No Proper Names
Murphy, Ruairi, West Hobart, Tas, Australia, Two sets of books
Musgrave, James, San Diego, CA, The Visionary
Myer, Amy Foster, Portland, OR, Cripple Creek and Other Stories
Ntephe, Peter, Houston, TX, The Condom and Other Stories
Ó’Colmain, Micheál, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, The Butterfly Collection
Pedler, Gary, San Francisco, CA, Dislocated: Stories of Visitors and Voyagers
Riley, Wendy, Frankston, Victoria, Australia, The Shortest Time
Ryles, Ann, Moraga, CA, Somewhere Out in America
Salloum, Vicki, New Orleans, LA, A Part of the Human Race
Sheirer, John, Florence, MA, Stumbling Through Adulthood
Shulman, Nelly, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, The Drought
Sweeney, Nick, Whitstable, Kent, UK, Traffic and Other Stories
Tashiro, Jayshiro, Tucson, AZ, Hong Kong Guanxi
Thackeray, Fiona, Perth and Kinross, UK, Little Escapes
Urban, Misty, Muscatine, IA, Fugitive Saints
Wade, Steve, Dublin, Ireland, The Cuckoo Child and Other Stories
Weldon, Lucy, Surry, UK, Ultramarine
2019
Semi-finalists
Barksdale, Jessica, Oakland, California, Accepted Forms of Ruin
Beane, Jim, Ellicott City, Maryland, Almost Men: stories
Becker, Leslee, Fort Collins, Colorado, Such Friends
Boilard, Jon, San Fransisco, California, Junk City
Bowles, Bonnie Roop, Roanoke, Virginia, Heart Stones
Burkhart, Hugh, San Diego, California, You’ll Never Guess Who I Saw: Stories
Colgan, James, Wallingford, Kentucky, Going Upriver to Burnside
Fifield, Mary, Portland, Oregon, Last of the Species and Other Stories
Friedman, Paula, Gresham, Oregon, Other Trails
Garvin, David, Staten Island, New York, Lives Rained Down On and Other Stories
Gessie, Dean, Midland, Ontario, Canada, No Mercy in Things
Goodman, Carol, Williamstown, Massachusetts, A Dance in the Dust
Graves, Sandra, Olympia, Washington, The Garden of Lost Songs
Guidry, Jacqueline, Kansas City, Missouri, Trust, Stories
Hart, JoeAnn, Gloucester, Massachusetts, It Won’t Be Long Now
Henderson, Ann S., Bronx, New York, Turnip Greens
Hermes, Margaret, Saint Louis, Missouri, Daughters of Eve
Hopes, David, Asheville, North Carolina, Approaching Dollywood
Jabbs, Kathleen, Williamsburg, Virginia, Combat Town and other stories
Konner, Mel, Avondale, Georgia, Winter in Bolton and Other Stories
Krautkramer, Kate, Yampa, Colorado, We Are The Children
Kroos, Dana, Houston, Texas, At-Home Emergencies
Lethlean, Karen, Heathcote, NSW, Australia, Wave Length
McKean, Robert, Newton, Massachusetts, I’ll Be Here for You
Milner, Valerie, San Fransisco, California, Moving In, Short Stories
Morgan, Dick, Portland, Oregon, Fire in the Night & Other Stories
Najarian, James, Auburndale, Massachusetts, Comparative Religion
Niewenhuis, Loreen, Traverse City, Michigan, Scar Tissue
Pedler, Gary, San Fransisco, California, All About Alan
Petkash, Brian, Tampa, Florida, Mistakes by the Lake
Rajbanshi, Reema, Lexington, Virginia, Sugar, Smoke, Song
Robertson, Ian, Halandri, Alabama, Death of an Undertake and other stories
Rogers, Tony, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Double-Wide
Rosenberger, Keith, Souderton, Pennsylvania, Chasing Down Windows
Roth, Barry, Sarasota, Georgia, I Remember When…
Ryan, Dawn, New York, New York, My Own Divine Motility
Scalia, Rosalia, Baltimore, Maryland, Stumbling Toward Grace
Secreast, Donald, Bristol, Virginia, The Solar-Powered Southern Belle
Seiber, Lones, Morristown, Tennessee, Via Dei
Sterne, Melvin, Singapore, Singapore, Redemption
Stiggers, Andrew, Auckland, New Zealand, Beyond the Sea
Tashiro, Jayshiro, Rucson, Arizona, Fall Seven Times Stand Up Eight
Tupper, Lara, Becket, Massachusetts, Amphibians
Weidknecht, Paul, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Resurrection Fern and Other Stories
Werse, Stanley, Millstone, New Jersey, American Particulate
White, Fred, Rancho Cordova, California, Blasphemy and Other Moments in Extremis
Whitehouse, Anne, New York, New York, The Dedication
Wyatt, Charles, Nashville, Tennessee, Houses
Zervanos, Jim, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, Your Brother, Who Loves You
Finalists
Bowles, Bonnie Roop, Roanoke, Virginia, Heart Stones
Goodman, Carol, Williamstown, Massachusetts, A Dance in the Dust
Graves, Sandra, Olympia, Washington, The Garden of Lost Songs
Guidry, Jacqueline, Kansas City, Missouri, Trust, Stories
Hart, JoeAnn, Gloucester, Massachusetts, It Won’t Be Long Now
Hermes, Margaret, Saint Louis, Missouri, Daughters of Eve
Jabbs, Kathleen, Williamsburg, Virginia, Combat Town and other stories
Konner, Mel, Avondale, Georgia, Winter in Bolton and Other Stories
Krautkramer, Kate, Yampa, Colorado, We Are The Children
Milner, Valerie, San Fransisco, California, Moving In, Short Stories
Morgan, Dick, Portland, Oregon, Fire in the Night & Other Stories
Najarian, James, Auburndale, Massachusetts, Comparative Religion
Niewenhuis, Loreen, Traverse City, Michigan, Scar Tissue
Robertson, Ian, Halandri, Alabama, Death of an Undertake and other stories
Ryan, Dawn, New York, New York, My Own Divine Motility
Scalia, Rosalia, Baltimore, Maryland, Stumbling Toward Grace
Stiggers, Andrew, Auckland, New Zealand, Beyond the Sea
Tashiro, Jayshiro, Rucson, Arizona, Fall Seven Times Stand Up Eight
Tupper, Lara, Becket, Massachusetts, Amphibians
Weidknecht, Paul, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Resurrection Fern and Other Stories
Whitehouse, Anne, New York, New York, The Dedication
Wyatt, Charles, Nashville, Tennessee, Houses
Zervanos, Jim, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, Your Brother, Who Loves You
Winner
Wyatt, Charles, Nashville, Tennessee, Houses
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