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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