We are pleased to announce the results of the Ninth Letter Literary Awards for 2025.
The winners in each genre will be published in our Fall/Winter 2025-26 print issue and on our website. Honorable mentions will be published on our website. Online publication will be concurrent with the release of the print issue.
Poetry
Winner: Weijia Pan
Honorable Mention: Mickie Kennedy
Finalists: Jaia Hamid Bashir, Jordan Hamel, Lucas Jorgensen, Jenny Molberg, Sandra Tan, Eliongema Udofia, and Constant Laval Williams.
Fiction
Winner: Maeve Barry
Finalists: Connie Chen, Christopher Chilton, Amina Gautier, Jonathan Gleason, Tracy Neiman, Cyn Nooney, Reema Rao, and JD Schraffenberger.
Creative Nonfiction
Winner: Leah Mensch
Honorable Mentions: Julie Marie Wade
Finalists: Connor Beeman, C.R. Calabria, Andrew King, Keya Mitra, BC Reynolds, Sarah Safsten, Katie Schmid, and Julia Oschwald Tilton.
Guest Judges
Poetry: Derrick Austin
Fiction: K-Ming Chang
Creative Nonfiction: Jane Wong
