

Results of The 2025 Orison Chapbook Prize
We're pleased to announce that Luke Hankins, founder and editor of Orison Books, has selected " No Sudden Bright Way ," a poetry collection by Kathryn Knight Sonntag , as the winner of The 2025 Orison Chapbook Prize from hundreds of anonymous submissions. Sonntag will receive $300 and publication of her chapbook. Hankins has selected "Each Time You Carry Me This Way," a poetry collection by Jennifer K. Sweeney , as the Runner-Up. Sweeney's chapbook will also be published. We


Vishwas R. Gaitonde Longlisted for The PEN/Bingham Prize
We're thrilled to announce that On Earth as It Is in Heaven by Vishwas R. Gaitonde has been longlisted for PEN America's 2026 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection! The $25,000 prize will be awarded in March "to an author whose debut collection of short stories represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise for future work." Congratulations to Vishwas! Find all of PEN America's 2026 longlists here .


The 2026 Orison Prizes Are Open for Submissions!
The 2026 Orison Prizes are open for submissions from December 1, 2025 – April 1, 2026. Margot Livesey will judge in fiction and Leila Chatti will judge in poetry; the winner in each genre will receive $1,500 and publication of their book. Find complete guidelines here . Early submissions are encouraged, as they help us spread out the screening process! ABOUT THE JUDGES Leila Chatti is the author of the poetry collections Wildness Before Something Sublime (Copper Canyon Pr































