Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge FIRST PLACE WINNER: “At the Theatre” by Stephen Morrow
Frontier Poetry is excited to congratulate our team’s pick for the FIRST PLACE winner of the 2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge “At the Theatre” by Stephen Morrow. Stephen Morrow’s poem encapsulates the spirit of the (Not) in Love haiku…
In Retrospect: An Interview with Grant Chemidlin, author of In the Middle of a Better World
This month’s “In Retrospect” interview is with Grant Chemidlin, whose first collection was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. In this series, we ask renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections, mapping out…
This month’s “In Retrospect” interview is with Grant Chemidlin, whose first collection was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. In this series, we ask renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections, mapping out…
2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge SECOND PLACE WINNER: “oh disguised lover” by Alice de Hubp
Frontier Poetry is excited to congratulate our pick for the SECOND PLACE winner of the 2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge “oh disguised lover” by Alice de Hubp. What’s incredible about Alice de Hubp’s work in this haiku is the…
Frontier Poetry is excited to congratulate our pick for the SECOND PLACE winner of the 2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge “oh disguised lover” by Alice de Hubp. What’s incredible about Alice de Hubp’s work in this haiku is the…
2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge THIRD PLACE WINNER: “He was coked out of…” by Benjamin Burns
Frontier Poetry is excited to congratulate the THIRD PLACE winner of the 2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge— Benjamin Burns’ with his poem “He was coked out of…” Benjamin Burns’s haiku is exceptional for the way it implies story, complex…
Frontier Poetry is excited to congratulate the THIRD PLACE winner of the 2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge— Benjamin Burns’ with his poem “He was coked out of…” Benjamin Burns’s haiku is exceptional for the way it implies story, complex…
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 //
