We are excited to announce the results of the 2026 Spring 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 50 submitted contest poems and vote for your top ten.
| Poet | Poems | Rank Choice Place |
|---|---|---|
| Katrina Kunker | Boardwalk | 1 |
| George Longenecker | Birds Over Palestine | 2 |
| Robert Turcot | To Anne | 3 |
| Trish Dougherty | Yahrzeit | 4 |
| Martha Anderson Sanborn | The Staircase | 5 |
| Maggie Eaton | Sterling Mud Pie | 6 |
| David Hartnett (aka daithí) | Dear Franz | 7 |
| Mary Cheyne | Transition | 8 |
| Ann Cooper | I love the railroad | 9 |
| Katherine Leiner | AFTER MARY OLIVER | 10 |
Members’ Choice Voting: Spring/Fall Poetry Contest winners are selected through members’ choice voting. A Google Form and a link to a document containing all submitted poems (names removed) is sent to members, where they have the opportunity to read all submitted poems then vote for their top ten. The top ten ranked choice poems will are included in next year’s publication of The Mountain Troubadour. The members’ choice vote uses the Borda Count Method to calculate the choice ranking.