2026 "London" Literary Prizes Awards

Canadian Poetry Winner

$200 CAN prize

• bidz: “Finding the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff Limit”

Canadian Poetry 1st Runner-Up

​$100 CAN prize

• ​J.Y. Zhang: “argos”

Other Shortlisted Canadian Poetry

These poems will be published in Issue 35!

• bonnyCD: “Cat-Girl Coriolanus Negs Forced-Femme Gwyndolin”
• Qurat Dar: “What’s pest control gonna do? It’s Anarkali”
• Salma Hussain: “The Blinding White”

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International Poetry Winner

​$200 CAN prize

• Thehara S.U.: “Surgery”

International Poetry 1st Runner-Up

$100 CAN prize

Sreeja Naskar: “For Strength”​

Other Shortlisted International Poetry

​These poems will be published in Issue 35!

• Brandon Hansen: “Rough Fish”
• Chiwenite Onyekwelu: “On Watching Passio Christi”
• Noelani: “Tahlequah”

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Canadian Prose Winner

$200 CAN prize

• Owen Schalk: “Counter-Illumination”

Canadian Prose 1st Runner-Up

​$100 CAN prize

• Jenna Timmons-Oikawa: “God is the Horse”

Other Shortlisted Canadian Prose

These stories will be published in Issue 35!

• Shantell Powell: “Ethel’s Bones”
• E.S. Taillon: “Honest Love”
• Carter Vance: “Clean, With Bright Lights”

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International Prose Winner

​$200 CAN prize

• ​Uzma Kadri: “The Green Echo”

International Prose 1st Runner-Up

​$100 CAN prize

• Daniel Echezonachi: "Excuse My Dust"

Other Shortlisted International Prose

These stories will be published in Issue 35!

• Abdulrahman M. Abu-Yaman: “Midwife Crisis”
• Charlotte Bruckner: “Big Sur”
• Morrigan Byalin: “In Pursuit of a Mule”

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Many thanks to all who participated in the inaugural round of the "London" Literary Prizes!