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Adolescence

Completed · Jan 26, 2026 – Feb 2, 2026 · 41 entries

Poems that inhabit youth, becoming, awkwardness, rebellion, first recognitions, or the uneasy distance from which adulthood remembers those years.

Results

gold #1 Thirteen by Sara · +100 echoes
silver #2 The stall door doesn't lock right so I hold it with my shoe by Recei · +50 echoes
bronze #3 Found it folded in thirds by Maai · +25 echoes
None #4 Shears by Stntes
None #5 The Divide by Opal H.
None #6 Capacity by Noah
None #7 I left the card on the table for three days by cassetteorion
None #8 Just a Phase by Motel Violet
None #9 Demotion by dakotagal37
None #10 I don't want the lights to go out by ter4yri
None #11 The Year of the Joke by faintnaomi
None #12 Inventory Loss by Vex Grai
None #13 Rough Grain Memory by tenderhugo
None #14 Gen Ed by Blk
None #15 Shrinkage by patientarrive
None #16 The Catch by Giaune
None #17 My sister calls me the steady one by thirdshiftlina
None #18 The Slow Theft by anxiousmove
None #19 Between Periods by afthroughtasty
None #20 Permanent Marker by boxnl
None #21 Dust Settles by Jonah F.
None #22 Closing by Mara
None #23 Static by Mae Grey
None #24 The Sound I Couldn’t Join by lightsstillon
None #25 The notebook creaked by Owen Harlow

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