| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judge |
| 2025 | Friends with Everyone | Action Books | $1,000 | Roger Sedarat |
Gabriel Gudding was born in Minnesota in 1966. He is the author of four poetry collections: Then Settlers, forthcoming from Audiatur in Norwegian; Literature for Nonhumans (Ahsahta Press, 2015); Rhode Island Notebook (Dalkey Archive Press, 2007); and A Defense of Poetry (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002).