Matthew Charles Zhao

Honors

• Finalist — Best New Poets
• International Merit Award — Atlanta Review Poetry Competition
• Shortlist — Only Poems Poet of the Year
• Shortlist — Variant Lit Poetry Prize
• Editors’ Pick — Solstice Annual Literary Contest
• Finalist — Florida Review Editors’ Prize in Poetry
• Finalist — Meadowlark Press Birdy Poetry Prize
• Honorable Mention — Booth Susan Neville Prize in Poetry
• Semifinalist — The Word Works Washington Prize (2025)
• Finalist — Airlie Press Prize
• Semifinalist — Autumn House Press Poetry Prize
• Semifinalist — Waywiser Books Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize
• Semifinalist — Longleaf Press Book Contest
• Semifinalist — The Word Works Washington Prize (2024)
• Finalist — National Poetry Series
• Longlist — Lost Horse Press Idaho Prize for Poetry
• Longlist — Fish Publishing Poetry Prize
• Finalist — Mississippi Review Poetry Prize