Frontier Poetry is excited to congratulate Marianne Chan’s pick for the THIRD PLACE winner of the 2025 Misfit Poems Prize: “[FLASHCARDS FOR WHEN I START FORGETTING]” by Kristina Kim. Memory is patchwork. Flashes of emotional resonances that accent disparate details:…
Welcome to “In Retrospect,” a new interview series which asks renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections, mapping out their poetic processes. From their early writing to their most recent collection, we’re looking to hear about core…
There’s a sensuous quality to Rory Kilalea’s poem, “Old Man (In Johannesburg)” and it evokes some of the descriptions of Asia found in Jenny Xie’s Eye Level. Kilalea is minimal in his descriptors but “breathing sex and / neon” has the simple…
We’re thrilled to congratulate JH Grimes, the winner of Frontier Poetry’s 2025 Misfit Poems Prize! Their poem “Appalachian Conjure,” was selected by our guest judge Marianne Chan as the first place winner. The Frontier Poetry reading and editorial team were…
It’s time to congratulate Taryn FitzGerald who was selected by Robert Wood Lynn as the First Place Winner of the 2025 Hurt & Healing Prize with her poem “UPON RECEIVING THE NEWS LOOKING OUT THE KITCHEN WINDOW.” Taryn FitzGerald’s poem…
A huge congratulations to Maxwell Putnam whose poem “LETTER TO YOU AS THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH OF GERDA TARO” was selected by Robert Wood Lynn as the SECOND PLACE winner of the 2025 Hurt & Healing Prize competition. Maxwell Putnam’s photographic…
Frontier Poetry is excited to congratulate Robert Wood Lynn’s pick for the THIRD PLACE winner of the 2025 Hurt & Healing Prize: “SEER” by Akhim Yuseff Cabey. “Neither civilized reason nor Christian love would cause [anyone] to treat you as…
“Be” by Sarah Isbell is a notable for its mastery of the often forgotten art of rhyme scheme in poetry. Their lyricism is both innovative and pensive. Balancing craft with a deeply personal reflection on the “many things” humans ponder…
We’re thrilled to congratulate Taryn FitzGerald, the winner of Frontier Poetry’s 2025 Hurt & Healing Prize! Their poem “UPON RECEIVING THE NEWS LOOKING OUT THE KITCHEN WINDOW,” was selected by our guest judge Robert Wood Lynn as the first place…
Arihant Jain’s “Borrowed” is remarkable for its technical shifts and innovations with language—some memorable moments include “her accent bleeds / jasmine” and “the taste / of monsoon” but Jain is much more than just a powerful and noteworthy linguistic stylist.…
