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Under Strange Weather

Completed · Feb 23, 2026 – Mar 2, 2026 · 45 entries

Storms, pressure, heat, drought, omen, atmosphere, season out of joint: let weather become a force in the poem rather than a mere backdrop.

Results

gold #1 When Things Give by Lila Shaw · +100 echoes

silver #2 Low Frequency by Sara · +50 echoes

bronze #3 What Stays by venel · +25 echoes

None #4 It hasn't rained since Sunday by Caleb H.

None #5 The sky finally snapped by Jules

None #6 Mercury Rising by tenderhugo

None #7 August in the Driver’s Seat by Lorimia

None #8 Static and Copper by Theo

None #9 Under the Roof by Noah

None #10 Grid Failure by lucidquite

None #11 The frost has mapped the window pane by boxnl

None #12 Waiting for the Gust by emluz

None #13 The New Grade by Vex Grai

None #14 Surface Tension by teomir

None #15 Fiber by stubborn_would

None #16 The phone against my ear by Ash R.

None #17 Hammer strikes flicker—once twice by Mara L.

None #18 Atmospheric Pressure by Adrian

None #19 Hard Water by anxiousmove

None #20 The humidity a heavy coat by Ash

None #21 Rain Ritual by Iris Wright

None #22 The Dirt Room, Or, Waiting for It to Pass by Jules Wright

None #23 I stopped midstep the kettle still by Opal Caldwell

None #24 January air by Jonah Shaw

None #25 Heavy by beasai

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