We are excited to announce the results of the 2026 Fall Poetry Contest Members’ Choice Voting! Congratulations to PSOV members who placed in the top ten and will be published in the 2027 Mountain Troubadour. Thank you to all the members who took the time to read the 68 submitted contest poems and vote for your top ten. The PSOV Spring & Fall Poetry Contest top ten winners are selected through a Truncated Borda Count method*.
| Final Ranking | Poems | Poet |
| 1 | Cracked Corn | Patrick Bradshaw |
| 2 | in which I consider pulling a late summer dandelion | Liane St Laurent |
| 3 | Burying 600 Pounds of Potatoes | Eileen Dolbeare |
| 4 | We Were Promised Mansions | Darianna DiStefano |
| 5 | Shells | George Longenecker |
| 6 | I’ve Never Written About | Lily Hinrichsen |
| 7 | Aging in Place | Carla Schwartz |
| 8 | Psithurism | Elizabeth R. McCarthy |
| 9 | In the Key of Cat | David Kent Young |
| 10 | First Toy | David Mook |
*PSOV uses the Truncated Borda Count for the Spring & Fall Poetry Contests, it is considered one of the best voting methods for building consensus, especially in large fields.