Bluegrass Writers Coalition is pleased to introduce the judges for the 2026 Kentucky Visions Short Story Contest

Katerina Stoykova
Multi-published author and poet, founder and senior editor of Accents Publishing
https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/katerina_stoykova

Rick Neumayer
Multi-published author, teacher, MFA from Spaulding, MA from University of Louisville
www.rickneumayer.com

Kentucky Poet Laureate Richard Taylor
Author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
carnegiecenterlex.org/kwhf-2023-richard-taylor/

Diane Dehoney
Librarian, Adult Services Manager at the Paul Sawyier Public Library (Frankfort, KY)
www.pspl.org/