WFOP Contest Results
2026 Results
Muse Prize
First Place
Stan Winarski - "The Gardener’s Chronicle”
Second Place
Kathleen Serley - “Sisterhood”
Third Place
Molly Snyder - “The Snow Life”
Honorable Mentions
Geoff Collins - “Red Chairs”
Nancy Jesse - “Ephemeral”
Annette Grunseth - “Love is a Many Gendered Thing”
Chapbook Contest
First Place
Freesia McKee - City of Honesty
Second Place
Wendy Vardaman - Thread Me an Exit
Third Place
Geof Collins - What For
Kay Saunders Emerging Poet Prize
First Place
Timothy Dolan - “A Death in the Family”
Second Place
Margeaux Templeton - “Still Life with Death”
Third Place
Matthew Wilson Jr. - “A Moonbeam”
Honorable Mention
Karen Havholm - “Sandhills in Spring”