Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
2026 Hurt & Healing Prize THIRD PLACE WINNER: “The Geography of the Unfinished Room” by Maryam Daftari
Frontier Poetry is excited to congratulate the THIRD PLACE winner of the 2026 Hurt & Healing Prize— Maryam Daftari with her poem “The Geography of the Unfinished Room” Maryam Daftari’s poem is exceptional for the way it fuses the language…
In Retrospect: An Interview with Adedayo Agarau, Author of The Years of Blood
This month’s “In Retrospect” interview is with Adedayo Agarau, whose collection The Years of Blood won the Poetic Justice Institute Editor’s Prize for BIPOC Writers. In this series, we ask renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections,…
This month’s “In Retrospect” interview is with Adedayo Agarau, whose collection The Years of Blood won the Poetic Justice Institute Editor’s Prize for BIPOC Writers. In this series, we ask renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections,…
June 2026 Deadlines: 10 Contests and Magazines With Deadlines This Month
There’s plenty of opportunities to submit your work this month, and there’s a wide variety of options—contests for select poems, chapbook prizes, and magazines with open calls. It’s prime time to share your work with the world! Don’t forget that…
There’s plenty of opportunities to submit your work this month, and there’s a wide variety of options—contests for select poems, chapbook prizes, and magazines with open calls. It’s prime time to share your work with the world! Don’t forget that…
Poetry: “LEAVE-IN” by Molly Thapviwat
Even the smallest of exchanges between beloveds carry the weight of an entire relationship, as Molly Thapviwat proves with her poem “LEAVE-IN.” Careful, intentional attention given to particular language exchanged about love impacts the way it feels between two people,…
Even the smallest of exchanges between beloveds carry the weight of an entire relationship, as Molly Thapviwat proves with her poem “LEAVE-IN.” Careful, intentional attention given to particular language exchanged about love impacts the way it feels between two people,…
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 //
