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In her lovely lyric essay "Tendrils," Nancy Bell weaves science and memory, wonder and strangeness, dreams and possibilities.

Tendrils Just think: the world is full of this plant chatter, this invisible glow.    few weeks ago, I heard a podcast about how plants can feel things. They literally have a physical sense of touch like ours. Do you understand what I’m telling you here? They can feel when you touch them. The breathless ...

Congratulations to Annie Wenstrup, Chris Watkins, and Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey for winning the 2026 Terrain.org Editor’s Prizes in Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction!

Annie Wenstrup, Chris Watkins, and Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey Win 2026 Terrain.org Editor’s Prize We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Terrain.org Editor’s Prizes, selected by poetry editor Derek Sheffield, nonfiction editor Elizabeth Dodd, fiction editor Pam Houston, and editor-in-chief Simmons Buntin. One prize of $500 per awardee is given annually in poetry, nonfiction, and fi...