Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
The 2026 Hurt & Healing Prize Winners and Finalists
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…
Poetry: “LEAVE-IN” by Molly Thapviwat
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,…
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,…
Poetry: “Grace Period” by Yosra Bouslama
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…
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…
2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge FIRST PLACE WINNER: “At the Theatre” by Stephen Morrow
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…
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…
Read Our Award Winning Chapbooks
Opportunity Cost
read and download our 2021 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Kazim Ali
// by Abby Johnson //
IN THE YEAR OF OUR MAKING & UNMAKING
read and download our 2020 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Carl Phillips
// by Frederick Speers //
Shadow Black
read and download our 2019 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Jericho Brown
// by Naima Tokunow //
How Often I Have Chosen Love
read and download our 2018 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Joshua Roark
// by Xiao Yue Shan //
