Frontier Poetry is excited to congratulate the THIRD PLACE winner of the 2026 Hurt & Healing Prize— Maryam Daftari with her poem “The Geography of the Unfinished Room” Maryam Daftari’s poem is exceptional for the way it fuses the language…
Even the smallest of exchanges between beloveds carry the weight of an entire relationship, as Molly Thapviwat proves with her poem “LEAVE-IN.” Careful, intentional attention given to particular language exchanged about love impacts the way it feels between two people,…
We’re thrilled to congratulate Margarita Cruz, the winner of Frontier Poetry’s 2026 Hurt & Healing Prize! Her poem “Echo-cardiogram,” was selected by Gbenga Adesina as the first place winner. Our readers and editors were truly taken and appreciative of the…
Sometimes, our dreams are so odd that they don’t really elucidate our anxieties, and other times, they’re uncannily precise in their replay of our feelings and experiences. Yosra Bouslama begins “Grace Period” inside of one dream, a dream about losing…
Frontier Poetry is excited to congratulate our team’s pick for the FIRST PLACE winner of the 2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge “At the Theatre” by Stephen Morrow. Stephen Morrow’s poem encapsulates the spirit of the (Not) in Love haiku…
This month’s “In Retrospect” interview is with Grant Chemidlin, whose first collection was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. In this series, we ask renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections, mapping out…
Frontier Poetry is excited to congratulate our pick for the SECOND PLACE winner of the 2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge “oh disguised lover” by Alice de Hubp. What’s incredible about Alice de Hubp’s work in this haiku is the…
Frontier Poetry is excited to congratulate the THIRD PLACE winner of the 2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge— Benjamin Burns’ with his poem “He was coked out of…” Benjamin Burns’s haiku is exceptional for the way it implies story, complex…
How do we elegize even the smallest of creatures? How do we respond to the “natural order” of their dying? In her poem, Iris Lee gives careful consideration to a box of silkworms; the images and sensations of the speaker’s…
We’re thrilled to congratulate Stephen Morrow, the winner of Frontier Poetry’s 2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge! His poem “At the Theatre,” was selected by the Frontier Editorial Team as the first place winner. Our readers and editors were captured…
