Have you been leafing through your poems, thinking some of them are ready to be published? Consider sending your poems out to these contests and publications. Several of them come with added bonuses for submitting your work, like a free…
We’re thrilled to congratulate Amanda Nicole 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…
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,…
The moment is finally here! We’ve read innumerable manuscripts, combed through dozens of individual poems, cried, laughed, agonized, and celebrated—all while adhering to our temporary pledge of sworn secrecy—to bring you the winner of the 2026 Debut Chapbook Prize. The…
There’s plenty of opportunities to submit your work this month, and there’s a wide variety of options—particularly contests for poems, chapbooks, and longer collections. It’s prime time to share your work with the world! Don’t forget that acceptances and rejections…
This month’s “In Retrospect” interview is with Julia Alvarez, who has returned to her “first love”—poetry—with her new collection, Visitations. In this series, we ask renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections, mapping out their poetic processes.…
There’s plenty of opportunities to submit your work this month, and there’s a wide variety of options—particularly contests for select poems or groups of poems. It’s prime time to share your work with the world! Don’t forget that acceptances and…
This month’s “In Retrospect” interview is with Patricia Smith, who won the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry for her collection The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems, which was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.…
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…
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,…
