It’s time to congratulate the WINNER of the Frontier Poetry 2024 Portrait Prize Contest, Lillian Emerick Valentine. Their gripping poem, “Exhibit in Reversal” was selected by our editorial team. “Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up…
We’ve got another winning poem on deck! Reed Turchi is the Second Place Winner of Frontier Poetry‘s 2024 Portrait Prize Contest. Read their nonjudgemental & affecting poem, “Jared,” selected by our team. Here we have a piece that assumes nothing…
It’s not immediately clear what the inversion in Benjamin Renne’s poem is referring to, but as the poem sparks from line to line with its remarkable energy, it becomes impossible to ignore the clear animosity Renne’s speaker seems to hold…
It’s time to congratulate the Third Place Winner of Frontier Poetry‘s 2024 Portrait Prize Contest, Allison Norwood. Read their affectionately commemorative poem, selected by our editorial team, “the one where I watch you walk back into the room.” Watch as…
Portia Yu’s “The Onion Ghost” engages with a number of the most well-known philosophical concepts—the repetition seems to reference Nietzsche’s eternal return, and the mention of being “viewed from any angle” seems referential of Foucault’s panopticon. The idea of layers…
We’re thrilled to congratulate Lillian Emerick Valentine, the winner of Frontier Poetry’s Portrait Prize! Their powerful and evocative poem, “Exhibit in Reversal,” was selected by our editors for its striking social commentary and emotional depth. As always, the Frontier Poetry…
Jeremy Cantor’s poem, “My Main Squeeze,” was originally submitted for our Hermit Crab Challenge, and although it didn’t end up taking home the prize, the poem was so memorable we at Frontier just couldn’t let it go. Irreverent and playful,…
The speaker in Thi Nguyen’s “In the Time of Tuberculosis” describes a journey through a twisted and complicated set of events, but this long and complicated poem is memorable for its specificity and meticulous attention to detail. At times, it’s…
Morgan Tinin’s poem is full of delicious contradictions and quiet desperation. Tinin begins with the simple, pure shot of desire that we all can relate to—the car itself, the sporty, cool, effortless status symbol that brings social capital and status…
Jordan Ranft isn’t conflict avoidant. The first poem we’ve picked might be about manipulating one’s own feelings, but if we had to guess his love language, it’s probably not words of affirmation. It’s probably something else. His words were intense…
