Work

Completed · Feb 16, 2026 – Feb 23, 2026 · 45 entries

Bring us poems attentive to labor, routine, vocation, fatigue, craft, class, service, making, and the lives structured by what must be done.

Results

gold #1 The Teeth of It by Rae · +100 echoes

silver #2 The 6:14 Bell by Recei · +50 echoes

bronze #3 Fifty Minutes by Znmin · +25 echoes

None #4 Diner Logic by Jonah Mercer

None #5 Found Time by Arilume

None #6 Second Degree by avarix

None #7 Tether by tnsW3r

None #8 Inventory by stubborn_would

None #9 The Cost of Yes by Opal Hart

None #10 Coarse by likesomeone

None #11 Twenty Minutes by Caleb Noble

None #12 Orange Dust by elsvora

None #13 The Fill by pnt_fain

None #14 Arrears by boxnl

None #15 The Sack by afthroughtasty

None #16 The Pour by Adrian

None #17 Granted by Aria

None #18 What It Asks by porchstatic

None #19 Maintenance by Theo

None #20 What Honest Sounds Like by Talria

None #21 The Blue Box on the Counter by venel

None #22 Shelter of Wood by Nvmhug

None #23 The Barrier by sxxel

None #24 Scratchy Weight by restlessturn

None #25 The Unyielding Spot by velvetash

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