Congrats to the Finalists of the 2025 Howling Bird Press Fiction Contest (listed in alphabetical order)

A winner will be selected from this finalist list and announced by February 2025.

• The Field Road, Annie Bruno
• Extinction for Beginners, Randi Hacker
• Filthy Rich, or Average Life Expectancy at the End of the World, Terra Travis
• Palace, Em Williamson
• Do You Remember Me?, Jeffrey Winter

And congratulations to our semifinalists:

• What Was Left Became Its Body, Brenna Lee
• Creeper, Taylor Sykes

Thank you to all our incredible submitters. We were blown away by the quality of the submissions we received and had an incredibly difficult time narrowing down to these semifinalists and finalists. We appreciate the talent, time, and dedication that goes into putting together such works and look forward to seeing you continue to blow readers away in your future writing endeavors!