Winner of Our 2026 Editor’s Prize in Poetry!

We are thrilled to announce the winner of our 2026 Editor’s Prize in Poetry! Winners receive publication and a thousand dollars. “Natural History” will appear in THE FLORIDA REVIEW Vol. 50, No. 2, Spring 2027, on sale in March 2027. All contest entrants received a year’s subscription to the magazine.

“Natural History,” by Andrew Hemmert

Andrew Hemmert is the author of No Longer at This Address (University of Pittsburgh Press), Blessing the Exoskeleton (University of Pittsburgh Press), and Sawgrass Sky (Texas Review Press). His poems have appeared in various magazines including Copper Nickel, The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review, New Ohio Review, and The Southern Review. He lives in Thornton, Colorado.