Frontier Poetry — Eyes on 2018
Another trip around the sun, another opportunity to do something new: 2018 is going to be a good year, full of assertive hope and reckless joy—like a puppy with a shotgun. What are we doing in 2018 at Frontier?…
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Frontier Poetry — Year of Poems 2017
Reflection, meditation, screaming into pillows at Grandma’s house: the holidays can both be hard and soft and everything in between. And into that, gently, we’d like to remind you of all the beautiful, unbelievable, joyful, striking poems we have had…
The Award for New Poets — Winners!
Congratulations to the winners of Frontier Poetry’s Award for New Poets and an enormous thanks to everyone who submitted. We saw an incredible number of submissions and the quality of writing was extraordinary. Thank you, also, for your patience while…
Exceptional Poetry From Around the Web: December 2017
Here’s a short curation of some of the best new poems hitting the web recently. These seven poets, both established and emerging, all have talent worth copying. Enjoy, and be grateful, knowing so many awesome poets are making our community beautiful.…
Reader’s Roundtable December 2017
At Frontier, we are so proud of our diverse team of readers. They are volunteers and givers—receiving only the heartpayment of poems, on poems, on poems. Every one of these poets is such a valuable piece of what we do,…
Editors Talk Poetry Acceptances: Jessica Faust, The Southern Review
As a platform for emerging poets, our mission is to provide practical help for serious writers. The community lifts itself up together or not at all. In that light, we’ve been asking some great editors from around the literary community…
2017 Award for New Poets Shortlist
Congratulations to the twenty-five poets chosen for our 2017 Award for New Poets shortlist! The following poems were sent to Tyehimba Jess for final selection and the winners will be announced on or before January 1, 2018. Thank you again…
Thank You to All of Our Contest Submitters!
Thank you, poets. Our hearts are bursting from the response to our Frontier OPEN contest—cannot wait to give one special poet the $5000 check! We take our responsibility with your words very seriously, and our aim is to always treat…
December Deadlines: 11 Contests and Magazines With Deadlines This Month
Winter’s here and we’ve gathered some incredible opportunities for poets in December. Fellowships, magazines, awards and internships: write, submit, repeat. & as always, submit poetry for free to our New Voices. 2017 Frontier OPEN // One Poem // $5000 Send…
Submission to Frontier OPEN Ends on Thursday, November 30
We are very excited to announce that our annual Frontier OPEN is open for only a short time longer! For this contest, we are accepting submissions from all poets, and our diverse team of readers will be reading blind. We…
