Striking Short Poems
From this year’s batch of striking short poems, we are happy to announce the longlist for the 2026 Kingfisher Poetry Prize! Below you will find the poets and poems that caught our eye. Poets are listed alphabetically by first name, and those with a number beside their name have multiple poems under consideration for this year’s shortlist!
Thank you to all of the poets who entered this year’s contest for sharing your words with us, they were a delight to read!
And now, presenting the longlist…
The 2026 Kingfisher Poetry Prize Longlist
Angela Rebrec (6)
Anna Mark
Denise Pasutti
Jacqueline Pearce
Jennifer Getsinger
K Abbott-Saez
Kath Healing
Kathy Mac
Lulu Antoinette Keating
Mary Ann Moore
Michaela Charbonneau
Nicole Ardiel (3)
Petra Chambers (2)
Rebecca Lokhorst
Rhonda Collis (2)
Sandra Kasturi
Trish Gauntlett
Vinita Agrawal
Congratulations to these eighteen poets, and thank you again to all of this year’s entrants!
Keep an eye out for the shortlist…
Our shortlist of ten poems will be posted here on the blog. Stay tuned to see which poems caught our eye, and for the winners as chosen by final judge Jude Neale!
Not a poet? No worries!
The 2026 Raven Short Story Contest opens for entries on September 1st! Find all of the details and our entry guidelines here.
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