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CURRENTLY OPEN
2026 Devotion & Divination Prize
October 12, 2026 to December 13, 2026
The 2026 Devotion and Divination Prize is a Frontier Poetry contest inviting new and emerging poets to write about their relationship to spirituality. Send poetry that explores all spiritual or supernatural elements including seeing ghosts, hearing ancestors, reading star signs, and engaging with traditional religious practice. Submissions are open October 12 — December 13, 2026. Poets of all spiritual backgrounds are warmly encouraged to submit.
2026 Fall Poetry Lab
October 1, 2026 to October 30, 2026
The Fall 2026 Frontier Poetry Lab is an online program from Frontier Poetry that gives emerging writers individualized editorial feedback, curated craft resources, and personalized journal suggestions to help develop their work. Writers can submit up to ten pages of poetry for detailed responses from experienced editors. The Lab runs October 1–October 31, 2026, and poets of all backgrounds are invited to participate.
UPCOMING
PREVIOUSLY OPEN
2026 Portrait Challenge
September 28, 2026 to October 11, 2026
2026 Myths & Fables Prize
July 13, 2026 to September 13, 2026
2026 Frontier OPEN
May 11, 2026 to July 12, 2026
2026 Debut Chapbook Prize
March 9, 2026 to May 10, 2026
NEW VOICES POETRY
Year-Round
DETAILS: We also highly encourage you to submit your poetry for free to our New Voices, open year-round. We pay our emerging NV poets $50 per poem (up to $150), published every Friday. New Voices is the beating heart of Frontier, and we hope to read your work soon. Thank you so much for supporting the community of new and emerging poets. SUBMIT HERE.
