Prairie Soul Poetry Prize
2026 Winner & Finalists
Announcing the winners of the 2026 Prairie Soul Poetry Prize!
*
Announcing the winners of the 2026 Prairie Soul Poetry Prize! *
Featured in the Spring Issue of The Gilded Weathervane
WINNER
Craig Fredrickson - “Where Names Were”
RUNNER-UP
Marcella Remund - “The Painted World”
HONORABLE MENTION
Laura Hilkemann - “The Stars on the Prairie”
Allen Braden - “Postscript from Winter Mornings”
Shyla Shehan - “The Color and Shape of Escape”
Katrina Irene Gould - “Invocation”
Anne Stewart - “Beneath the Prairie Sod”