“Be happy, you remember your mother say / as she waved you goodbye, and immediately / you feel guilty.” Ashish Kumar Singh effortlessly depicts desperation and the search for happiness and love in this vulnerable and unflinching poem. Desperate Acts…
We are thrilled to present the 2023 Award for New Poets first place winner, Ira Goga, selected by guest judge torrin a. greathouse! Here’s what our judge had to say about the winning poem: “Reading ‘Twelve Thousand Pounds of Salt,’…
Congratulations to the gifted emerging poet Ira Goga, winner of the 2023 Award for New Poets! The team at Frontier Poetry is deeply grateful for everyone that submitted their work–we see you and we thank you. We’d also like to…
“during the 22’ NBA draft my ex trades away my heart, like child who trades away mother /packed lunch for roll of oreos missing the notes that say ‘I love you’” Ever wonder what happens when sports and poetry meet?…
read and download our 2021 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Kazim Ali
// by Abby Johnson //
read and download our 2020 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Carl Phillips
// by Frederick Speers //
read and download our 2019 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Jericho Brown
// by Naima Tokunow //
read and download our 2018 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Joshua Roark
// by Xiao Yue Shan //