Hudson Prize Explained

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

!Year!Author!Title!Ref.

2006		The Last Game We Played
2007		Unending Rooms
2008		The Giving of Pears
2009		From the Darkness Right Under Our Feet
2010		The Principle Agent	^[7]
2011		The Aversive Clause
2012		Scouting for the Reaper
2013		Patient
2014		Blood Stories	^[8]
2021		summonings

Notes and 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. Web site: December 2012 . 'Sarah Suzor' interviewed by Derek Alger . 2022-02-28 . Pif Magazine.
8. Web site: 2014-11-12 . Matthew Cheney – Winner of the 2014 Hudson Prize! . 2022-02-28 . Black Lawrence Press . en-US.