The 2025 Myths & Fables Winner and Finalists
We’re thrilled to congratulate Kimberly Ramos, the winner of Frontier Poetry’s 2025 Myths & Fables Prize! Her poem “Asian Cowgirl is Doomed from the Start,” was selected by Jennifer Chang as the first place winner. Our readers and editors were deeply inspired by the ingenuity, reclamation, subversion, and rewriting of both myths & fables in this contest’s submissions. As always, we are so grateful for the continued support of our submitters, readers, and friends.
Kimberly has been awarded the first-place prize of $3,000. Cheyenne Mann was selected as the second-place winner and Allison Norwood as the third place winner. Find the full list of our winners and finalists below. We look forward to publishing their work throughout late November and early December
Thank you to all who submitted, it was a pleasure to consider your work.
WINNER
Kimberly Ramos
“Asian Cowgirl is Doomed from the Start“
Kimberly Ramos is a Filipina writer from Southern Missouri. They are currently a graduate student of philosophy at Brown University. They have been previously published in Northwest Review, Black Warrior Review, and Quarterly West, among others, and they are the author of two chapbooks: “Alive, Today, Again!” (Flume Press) and “The Beginner’s Guide to Minor Gods and Other Small Spirits” (Unsolicited Press). They dream of becoming a giant rabbit and haunting the Midwest.
SECOND PLACE
Cheyenne Man
“God is Narcoleptic Too”
Cheyenne Mann is a surrealist fiction writer from Iowa. Their work is forthcoming in Chestnut Review and Gulf Coast. Cheyenne currently lives in Providence, RI, where they are an MFA candidate in fiction at Brown University. You can find them on instagram @cheyennewrites or on twitter @NotCheyenneMann.
THIRD PLACE
Allison Norwood
“When My Preschoolers Ask Me Why I Don’t Have Kids”
Allison Norwood is a queer, autistic poet living in the Midwest. A lifelong lover of language, she recently began sharing her poetry after writing privately for years. When not perched at her computer, she is likely exploring the forests, beaches, and rural landscapes of West Michigan, getting to know the local plants, fungi, and wildlife. She is passionate about her work in early childhood education, and lives with her spouse, two cats, and numerous succulents.
The Finalists
Jonathon Carrol
Lesh Karan
emma erlbacher
Andy Chen
Barbara Saunier
Michael Malan
Will A
Andre Swanepoel
