Final Result of 2026 Contest
2026 Youth Poets & Titles
Youth 12-14
Chenyu (Rita) Wu What the Stone Knows (co-winner)
Jessie Yuan 1:27 (co-winner)
Amber Choi. Magazines
Seoeun (Iris) Kim, Flowers Fleeting
Seoeun (Iris) Kim, Van Gogh’s Chairs
Youth 15-18
Amelia Dickson The World – died (co-winner)
Rex Kim, I May Never Be a Mother (co-winner)
Amelia Dickson After Emily Dickinson
Saul Hirshberg What if Technology
Rex Kim, I May Never Be a Mother
Juliette Potee, dear God boy
2026 Adult Poets – Names and Titles
C. Desirée Finley Gardening (Grand Prize winner)
Barbara Ann Lemoine Spring, When Living a Long Time in One Place (2nd runner-up)
Kristen Margaret Dearborn Plate Tectonics (3rd runner-up)
Scott Barrows Smyth Barn Haiku
Mara Bright Upon Revisiting a Place Once Home
P.H. Crosby Sighting
Michael Nix Water Dreams
Elaine Reardon Tonight Distant Stars
Dahlia Riddington - When the Dam Thing Broke
Dahlia Riddington - Brooklyn, Court Street
Youth 12-14
Chenyu (Rita) Wu What the Stone Knows (co-winner)
Jessie Yuan 1:27 (co-winner)
Amber Choi. Magazines
Seoeun (Iris) Kim, Flowers Fleeting
Seoeun (Iris) Kim, Van Gogh’s Chairs
Youth 15-18
Amelia Dickson The World – died (co-winner)
Rex Kim, I May Never Be a Mother (co-winner)
Amelia Dickson After Emily Dickinson
Saul Hirshberg What if Technology
Rex Kim, I May Never Be a Mother
Juliette Potee, dear God boy
2026 Adult Poets – Names and Titles
C. Desirée Finley Gardening (Grand Prize winner)
Barbara Ann Lemoine Spring, When Living a Long Time in One Place (2nd runner-up)
Kristen Margaret Dearborn Plate Tectonics (3rd runner-up)
Scott Barrows Smyth Barn Haiku
Mara Bright Upon Revisiting a Place Once Home
P.H. Crosby Sighting
Michael Nix Water Dreams
Elaine Reardon Tonight Distant Stars
Dahlia Riddington - When the Dam Thing Broke
Dahlia Riddington - Brooklyn, Court Street
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