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…
Author: Frontier Poetry
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…
Exceptional Poetry From Around the Web
Here’s a short collection of some of the best new poems hitting online journals. Enjoy! “What Use Is Knowing Anything If No One Is Around” by Kaveh Akbar in The New Yorker “There has always been a swarm/ of hungry…
Poetry Award for New Writers
We are excited to announce our inaugural Poetry Award contest, to be judged by 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry recipient, Tyehimba Jess! The winning poem will be awarded $2000 and publication online // 15 finalists will be recognized as well.…
June Deadlines: 10 Contests and Magazines With Deadlines This Month
The summer season for submissions can be quite dry, and a lot of the great journals close their doors through the next couple of months, opening back up later in the year. But don’t despair! We’ve put together a great…
Our Submission Window is Year-Round
At Frontier, we will be publishing 3-4 new authors each month through our featured poetry posts every Friday. All year long. We are already scheduling out a few emerging poets who have submitted their work this last month, and we…
May Deadlines: 11 Contests and Magazines With Deadlines This Month
The cruelest month is done—time to set those poems free. We’ve put together a solid list of potential homes for your words, big & small. Every month is an opportunity to start a new acceptance streak, so don’t let up…
Welcome to Frontier Poetry
Welcome home, poet. Frontier Poetry began as an arm of The Masters Review, a publication that focuses on new and emerging fiction and narrative nonfiction writers. We wanted to offer the same quality platform for poets, to generate real visibility…
What We Look For
As a home for emerging authors & established voices together, we are looking for poems that express both traditional excellence in craft and a willing fearlessness in content and form. For us, the frontier of poetry is a place where…
