Labor Day Poetry
Work is the American right of passage, and is as apt a poetic subject as love, death, or nature. Work affects all other subjects in our lives. Historically, it’s been difficult to find poetry about work, but these lives are…
Author: Frontier Poetry
September Deadlines: 12 Contests and Magazines With Deadlines This Month
That summer lull is coming to a close, and September is a packed month. We’ve picked out a number of some of the most interesting deadlines for poets happening this month. Fellowships, awards, journals looking for multimedia poetry—it’s all here.…
Poetry for the Eclipse
Because what astronomical holiday isn’t better if rounded out with a little poetry? Admire the massive forces at the edge of our daily living, and recite some beautiful poems into the crisp, shadowed air. As Mabel Loomis Todd, friend of…
New Voices Recap: Summer 2017
This summer was full of poets speaking truth to power, love to bodies, grace to the ashamed. With pride, we’ve put together a list of some of our New Voices published over the last few months on Frontier. From Andrés Cerpa…
Poetry Terms: Prose Poem, Listing, & Quatrain
Our Poetry Terms series takes a closer look at the words we use when we talk about poetry. These three terms, Prose Poem, Listing, & Quatrain, represent three different architectures of our poems, and while their definitions may be mild on the surface,…
Why Poems Get Rejected
As a platform for emerging poets, our mission is to be as clear and helpful as we possibly can. The community lifts itself up together or not at all. In that light, we’ve collected a few craft reasons for why…
August Deadlines: 10 Contests and Magazines With Deadlines This Month
Another month of summer, another month of opportunities. PEN Center Emerging Voices Fellowships for 2018 Pen is looking to support writers who are struggling to find the usual track. If you “do not have significant publication credits, are not enrolled…
Form Resources: The Sonnet
The most radical poem a poet can write today is a sonnet.” — Barton Sutter Often, we’re blocked from learning poetry deeply by the very real barriers of cost and time, especially those of us who cannot afford the MFA…
Award for New Poets is Open for Submissions!
We are so excited to announce that our 2017 Poetry Award for emerging poets is now accepting submissions! Tyehimba Jess will judge the contest $2000 Award Under represented voices encouraged to submit For guidelines and submission info click here.
July Deadlines: 9 Contests and Magazines With Deadlines This Month
Another month of summer, another month of opportunities. Guernica Guernica is one of those rare magazines that does a dozen different things right. We have seen so many great emerging authors sharpen their teeth on this site. Only one submission…
