Eighteenth Annual Poetry Contest Winners

Narrative congratulates the winners and finalists.

FIRST PLACE

MARA ADAMITZ SCRUPE
Blood Root

SECOND PLACE

LEAH BRAND
Caput Mortuum

THIRD PLACE

LEILA CHATTI
Where I’m From

FINALISTS

Cristen Aery

Cronus Explains

Christian Collier

John Doe (1998)

Julia Kolchinsky

Marrow

Cate Lycurgus

We Must Begin

Dawn McGuire

Begin Where the Body

Luisa Muradyan

Xenotransplantation

Adam Roberts

Still Life

Aspen Taylor

Saratoga of the West

And Don’t Miss:

The Fall Story Contest, with $5,000 in prizes.
Entry Deadline: Nov. 13, 2026.