And here’s the 2nd Place Winner of the 2021 Industry Prize and $300, selected by judges Jenny Molberg of Pleaiedes Press and Michael Wiegers of Copper Canyon Press. Please also enjoy the winning poem by Eduardo Martinez-Levya here. Stay tuned tomorrow the…
We’re all very excited to share with you the 1st Place Winner of the 2021 Industry Prize and $3000, selected by judges Jenny Molberg of Pleaiedes Press and Michael Wiegers of Copper Canyon Press. Please enjoy this winning poem by Eduardo Martinez-Levya!…
A primary mission of Frontier is to provide high quality resources and practical help for serious poets—so we’ve been reaching out to poetry professors to help give clarity to this strange journey and stranger craft. This month, we got the…
In “your mother doubts your dumplings,” the speaker laments the struggle and dichotomy of life with one or more cultures. At once, fluent in a foreign language, at the same time, clumsy in a mother tongue and culture. your mother…
When we learned that Anthony had an essay waiting for a publisher, we leapt. Anthony’s writing has always stunned us, and his prose is no exception, as full of art and heartbreak as anything else you’ll read today. Please enjoy…
In “New Moon Ceremony,” the speaker deconstructs the fascination with “New Moons” and puts a spin on the evolution of perspectives. New Moon Ceremony What the hell is the big deal about the moon? The poets won’t shut up…
Congratulations to the talented emerging poet Eduardo Martinez-Leyva, winner of the 2021 Industry Prize, and a sincere thanks to everyone who submitted. Thank you, also, for your patience while we reviewed all the extraordinary work. Eduardo Martinez-Leyva has been selected for…
As a platform for emerging poets, our mission is to provide practical help for serious writers. The community lifts itself up together or not at all. In that light, we’ve been asking some great editors from around the literary community…
In “Girlish, too,” the speaker navigates the “white kingdom” of the Midwest which can be overwhelming for folks deemed as “other.”; at the end of the poem, though, they announce their resilience: “There are more things unbroken here /than what…
In “The Louder I Sing,” the speaker wrestles with the void of departure: “come back come back come back?” The Louder I Sing Your glass left a perfect circle, and I wondered if a more perfect circle had ever…
