2026 Poetry Chapbook Finalists

Contest judge Nancy Botkin has chosen the ten finalists in the 2026 Wolfson Press Poetry Chapbook competition. Here they are, listed alphabetically. Click on the links to learn more about these talented writers.

We look forward to announcing the contest winner soon!

Prize Finalists 2026

Francesca Bell, Some Were Weary

Geoff Collins, Blackflower

Judith Fox, Little Garden All Around

Jerry Harp, You Gentlemen Have a Good Evening

Kaecey McCormick, The Physics of After

M.R. Mandell, Ingenues

Mandy Prell, Portrait of an American Mother

Elisabeth Preston-Hsu, Geographies of Wait

Varun Shetty, Obsessed with Endings

Erik Tschekunow, This Call