Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
The 2026 Frontier OPEN Winner and Finalists
We’re thrilled to congratulate Amanda Corbin, the winner of Frontier Poetry’s 2026 Frontier OPEN! Her poem “Parasitic Haibun,” was selected by our editorial team as the first place winner. Our reading team was over-joyed by the creativity, experimentation, and risk…
Poetry: “Origin Story” and “Hallelujah of a Godless Place” by Claire Maracle
The places we call home are not always the most welcoming, just as the places we go to get clean are among the dirtiest, as Claire Maracle says in these two poems. In their origin story, Maracle outlines a mother…
The places we call home are not always the most welcoming, just as the places we go to get clean are among the dirtiest, as Claire Maracle says in these two poems. In their origin story, Maracle outlines a mother…
In Retrospect: An Interview with Matthew Olzmann, Myths & Fables Guest Judge
This month’s “In Retrospect” interview is with Matthew Olzmann, our guest judge for this year’s Myths & Fables Prize, which you can submit to here. In this series, we ask renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections,…
This month’s “In Retrospect” interview is with Matthew Olzmann, our guest judge for this year’s Myths & Fables Prize, which you can submit to here. In this series, we ask renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections,…
Poetry: “Thirteen Martyrs” by Raine Bongon
When thinking of your grandparents, what scene arises in the mind? For Raine Bongon, there are two places: “the house with the pomelo tree” and “a farm in nueva ecija / where it always smelled like smoke.” Pomelos and gold…
When thinking of your grandparents, what scene arises in the mind? For Raine Bongon, there are two places: “the house with the pomelo tree” and “a farm in nueva ecija / where it always smelled like smoke.” Pomelos and gold…
Read Our Award Winning Chapbooks
Opportunity Cost
read and download our 2021 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Kazim Ali
// by Abby Johnson //
IN THE YEAR OF OUR MAKING & UNMAKING
read and download our 2020 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Carl Phillips
// by Frederick Speers //
Shadow Black
read and download our 2019 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Jericho Brown
// by Naima Tokunow //
How Often I Have Chosen Love
read and download our 2018 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Joshua Roark
// by Xiao Yue Shan //
