Rosebud Ben-Oni

Poet, Fiction Writer

NY, NY
New York US
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Author's Bio

Rosebud Ben-Oni is the author of several collections, including the forthcoming The Last Great Adventure is You (Alice James Books, 2027), a sequel to If This is the Age We End Discovery (2021), which won the Alice James Award and was a Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. Her work has been commissioned by Paramount, the National September 11th Memorial, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. She has received grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Queens Arts Fund, Cafe Royal Foundation, Queens Council on the Arts and CantoMundo. Her work appears in POETRY, APR, The Writer's Chronicle, Academy of American Poets, Poetry Society of America, The Poetry Review, Poetry Wales, Tin House, among others.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
The Last Great Adventure Is You (Alice James Books, 2027)
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If This Is the Age We End Discovery (Alice James Books, 2021)
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turn around, BRXGHT XYXS (Get Fresh Books, LLC, 2019)
Journals:
Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day
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Arts & Letters
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New Welsh Review
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Poetry Magazine
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Poetry Review
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Poetry Wales
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Prelude
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Puerto del Sol
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The Rialto
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Tin House
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Writer's Chronicle
Prizes won: 

Winner of 2019 Alice James Award for If This Is the Age We End Discovery, Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. Winner of the 2020 Bisexual Poetry Award for turn around, BRXGHT XYXS. Fellowships and grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, City Artists Corps, Café Royal Cultural Foundation, CantoMundo and Queens Council on the Arts. 

 

 

 

  

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Mixed-Race
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Last update: Nov 12, 2025