Submissions for the next Hawk Mountain Award opened March 1, 2024 and will deadline on July 31, 2024.
See guidelines for further information.
It is with great joy that we announce Mark Wagstaff of London, UK as the winner of the Hawk Mountain Award for his collection of stories entitled No Style. Mark will receive a monetary award of $1,000 and publication with Hidden River Press, an imprint of Hidden River Publishing.
Below is the longlist for the last cycle of submissions. We want to congratulate everyone, and express our gratitude for your faith and patience as we made our decisions.
Semi-finalists
Bates, Artie, Blackey, Kentucky, Widows and Orphans: Stories
Choundas, George, Pleasantville, New York, I Think I’ll Stay Here Forever
Colennese, Michael, Hendersonville, North Carolina, On the Shores of the Dead Sea
Desjardins, David, Arlington, Massachusetts, Would You Rather
Dowdy, Jean, St. Augustin, Florida, Cracks in the Divine
Duncan, Aja, Woodacre, California, Children of Crows
Fisher, Julie, Hawley, Massachusetts, Love is a Crooked Stick
Fisher, Robert Morgan, Woodland Hills, California, You Stay Here
Fore, Chad, Rimrock, Arizona, To A Man With No Future
Fried, Jonathan, Millburn, New Jersey, Transcendent Guide to Corporate America
Godfrey, JT, Lakewood, Ohio, Deceptive Approach
Hettinger, Susan, Olympia, Washington, Heart Rot and Other Stories
Hill, Kelly, Louisville, Kentucky, Hysterical Women: Stories
Hollander, Jessica, San Jose, California, Neighborhood Watch: Nebraska Stories
Jespers, Richard, Lubbock, Texas, I Was Young Once and Other Stories
Konner, Mel, Avondale Estates, Georgia, Winter in Bolston and Other Stories
Lavelle, John, Lockport, New York, Voices from the Wildwood
Lipscomb, Abby, Salem, Virginia, Spatfall
Molotkov, A., Portland, Oregon, Fairy Tales for the Dying
Murphy, Teresa Burns, Fairfax, Virginia, Kennerly, Arkansas
Nixon, Cornelia, Berkeley, California, My First Death
O’Connor, Mary Beth, Brooktondale, New York, He’ll Have the Fish and Other Stories
Rath, Don, Burlingame California, Lamberton Street: Stories
Sanders, David, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Between the Moon and Stars
Stableford, Ernest, York, Maine, All Anyone Can Ever Really Know
Stimson, Carl, Helena, Montana, The Valley
Thornton, Wendy, Gainesville, Florida, Act As If
Wagstaff, Mark, London, England, No Style
Finalists
Choundas, George, Pleasantville, New York, I Think I’ll Stay Here Forever
Fisher, Robert Morgan, Woodland Hills, California, You Stay Here
Hill, Kelly, Louisville, Kentucky, Hysterical Women: Stories
Hollander, Jessica, San Jose, California, Neighborhood Watch: Nebraska StoriesJespers, Richard, Lubbock, Texas, I Was Young Once and Other Stories
Konner, Mel, Avondale Estates, Georgia, Winter in Bolston and Other Stories
Lavelle, John, Lockport, New York, Voices from the Wildwood
Lipscomb, Abby, Salem, Virginia, Spatfall
Sanders, David, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Between the Moon and Stars
Stableford, Ernest, York, Maine, All Anyone Can Ever Really Know
Thornton, Wendy, Gainesville, Florida, Act As If
Wagstaff, Mark, London, England, No Style
Winner
Wagstaff, Mark, London, England, No Style
Again, we sincerely thank everyone who submitted to our Hawk Mountain Award. We appreciate each and every one of you and wish you great joy and success!
Hidden River Arts 