The 2023 Hurt and Healing Prize — Winners and Finalists!
Congratulations to the winners of our inaugural Hurt and Healing Prize, and thank you to everyone who submitted! We’re delighted to announce that Andrés Cerpa has selected Eliza Gilbert as the winner of our $3000 award! In second place, we have Geramee Hensley, and in third place, Sara Elkamel. We can’t wait to share their work with you this June!
And we’d like to offer a warm congratulations to our finalists and those on the longlist, recorded below.
WINNER
Eliza Gilbert
“My Father Postpones His Appearance on Wheel of Fortune While I’m in Rehab”
To be published on June 6
2nd Place
Geramee Hensley
“Ode to My Family in Key of Fried Chicken & Fried Rice”
To be published on June 7
3rd Place
Sara Elkamel
“Saturday”
To be published on June 8
The Finalists Are
Christopher Greggs
Dalia Elhassan
Grace Ezra
Heather Nagami
Lisa Kerr
Mia Willis
Shana Ross
The Poets on the Longlist Are
Aman K. Batra
Ann-Maire Blanchard
Ari Mokdad
Blake Z. Rong
Brenda Taulbee
C. Sinclaire Brown
Candice Kelsey
Cindy Huyser
CJ West
D. D. Segovia
Dana Belott
Elina Katrin
Elisabeth Preston-Hsu
Hilda Weiss
Ja’net Danielo
JC Andrews
Jessica Cohn
Jingyu Li
Jo Clark
Julia Joy
Justin Hunt
Katey Linskey
Katherine Menjivar
Kathy Jacobs
Ken Haas
Kiera McCabe
Leia K. Bradley
Mackenzie Schubert Polonyi Donnelly
Mishal Syed
Nicole Adabunu
Nora Hikari
Oak Morse
Saleem Hue Penny
Sarah Elizabeth Cronin
Sequoia Maner
Seth Rosenbloom
Shy-Zahir Moses
T. Liegeois
Talia BarNoy
Ziyi Yan
