Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
The 2026 Myths & Fables Prize Winner and Finalists
We’re thrilled to congratulate Sasha Wade, the winner of Frontier Poetry’s 2026 Myths & Fables Prize! Her poem “In Mary’s Room,” was selected by guest judge Matthew Olzmann as the first place winner. Our reading team was over-joyed by the…
Poetry: “Devotions” by Michelle Li
There is a multitude of reasons for us to write, and here, Michelle Li says one reason is that “I don’t know how to understand anything if not / through words.” She also explores the ongoing conversation about the relationship…
There is a multitude of reasons for us to write, and here, Michelle Li says one reason is that “I don’t know how to understand anything if not / through words.” She also explores the ongoing conversation about the relationship…
In Retrospect: An Interview with Alice Miller, Author of Here and Thereafter
This month’s “In Retrospect” interview is with Alice Miller, whose collection Nowhere Nearer was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation in the UK. In this series, we ask renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections, mapping out their…
This month’s “In Retrospect” interview is with Alice Miller, whose collection Nowhere Nearer was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation in the UK. In this series, we ask renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections, mapping out their…
Poetry: “Dyspepsia” by Akhila Pingali
Akhila Pingali takes the idea that the body retains a one’s history a step further with the idea of “gastrointestinal memory” in her poem “Dyspepsia.” Simultaneously, she speaks directly to the body’s discomfort and animates it in the form of…
Akhila Pingali takes the idea that the body retains a one’s history a step further with the idea of “gastrointestinal memory” in her poem “Dyspepsia.” Simultaneously, she speaks directly to the body’s discomfort and animates it in the form of…
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 //
