Announcing the 2026 Magpie Award for Poetry Shortlist!

A Parcel of Poems

We are thrilled to now announce the shortlist for the 2026 Magpie Award for Poetry. Congratulations to the ten poets, listed alphabetically by first name, below!

Stay tuned to the blog for this year’s winners, as selected by final judge Renée Sarojini Saklikar, which will be announced on Friday, May 15th!

The 2026 Magpie Award for Poetry Shortlist

Angela Rebrec with ‘The last stanza’

Angela Rebrec with ‘Remarks by the President at the Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize’

Callista Markotich with ‘Desertification’

Elio Zarrillo with ‘all i want to do before her is kneel’

Heather Simeney MacLeod with ‘The Unfaithful Singing’

Jude Neale with ‘The First Cup’

Laurel Johnson with ‘intergalactic bird-heart’

Marri Champie with ‘Wolves’

Mitchell Toews with ‘Here to Stay’

Shifa Maqba with ‘The Cost of Creation’

Congratulations to the shortlisted authors! And thank you to all those who entered for sharing your words and for supporting Pulp Literature.

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Looking for contest glory for yourself? Submit your work to the Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize until June 15th, 2026!