ethan s. evans, a Health Humanities Fellow with the Center for Health Humanities and Ethics, has been named a winner of the 2026 National Poetry Series Open Competition. ethan’s manuscript, collapse, was selected by poet Donna Stonecipher and will be published by University of Georgia Press. ethan is one of five poets chosen nationally this year, joining Mary Margaret Alvarado, Lex Orgera, Margaret Ray, and Christell Victoria Roach. See the full list of winners and finalists.
A writer and photographer, ethan holds a fellowship through the Center for Health Humanities and Ethics at the UVA School of Medicine and Virginia Humanities. ethan’s work has appeared in ONLY POEMS, The Kenyon Review, and Terrain.org. Before turning to writing, ethan worked in tallgrass prairie restoration. Learn more at ethansevans.com.
About the National Poetry Series
The National Poetry Series is a literary awards program that sponsors the publication of five poetry books each year. Manuscripts are submitted through an annual Open Competition, selected by nationally recognized poets, and published by a group of respected trade, university, and small presses.
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