Annie Wenstrup, Chrysanthemum Brook Watkins, and Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey Win 2026 Terrain.org Editor’s Prize (opens in new tab)

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Terrain.org Editor’s Prizes, selected by poetry editor Derek Sheffield, nonfiction editor Elizabeth Dodd, fiction editor Pam Houston, and editor-in-chief Simmons Buntin. One prize of $500 per awardee is given annually in poetry, nonfiction, and fiction for a contribution from the previous year by a writer of color, member of the LGBTQ+ community, woman, and/or member of another marginalized community whose contribution explores place particul...