Our 2026 winner is Reggie Edmonds-Vásquez, for their collection Ecology of the Hood, out in June 2026. We also want to congratulate our finalists, Artie Patel with I Wonder If Boys Can Sing & Eden Julia Sugay with Bakla. Thank you to our judges, Dani Putney, Grayson Thompson, and Zara Jamshed, as well as our partner, Still Here SF.

Grayson Thompson’s Sand Bodied Florida Boy is a collection that explores the reimagination of his boyhood, something he did not socially or biologically receive as a Black trans person, and how he grew to make sense of who he would become.