Xinyue Huang — Occasion #1 [Sita Martin Prize Winner]
Read Xinyue Huang's poem “Occasion #1,” which was selected with two other “Occasion” poems as the winner of the Sita Martin Prize for Shō No. 9 (Summer 2026).
Rebecca Hart Olander — An Old Story [Shō Poetry Prize Winner]
Read Rebecca Hart Olander's poem “An Old Story,” winner of the Shō Poetry Prize for Shō No. 9 (Summer 2026).
Elina Katrin — Beach Day with Tsvetaeva [Shō Poetry Prize Runner-Up]
Read Elina Katrin's poem "Beach Day with Tsvetaeva," Runner-Up of the Shō Poetry Prize for Shō No. 9 (Summer 2026)
Ethan Kwak — Untitled by Rothko, 1968 [Sita Martin Prize Runner-Up]
Read "Untitled by Rothko, 1968" by Ethan Kwak, Runner-Up of the Sita Martin Prize for Shō Poetry Journal No. 9 (Summer 2026).
Hananah Zaheer — War [Poem that inspired the cover art]
Read "War" by Hananah Zaheer, a prose poem from Shō No. 9 that inspired Nara Allstop's cover art "Past Looking."