The Summer Poetry Award — Finalists

By Frontier Poetry | September 19, 2018

Congratulations to the finalists of the 2018 Frontier Summer Poetry Award and an enormous thanks to everyone who submitted. We saw an incredible number of submissions and the quality of writing was extraordinary. Thank you, also, for your patience while we reviewed the work. A BIG round of applause to the following poets, whose work is in the final considerations for publication and the $2000 prize. The winner and 2nd and 3rd places will be announced very soon.

Summer Poetry Award Finalists

“Ode to the White Girl at the Gym” by Shavahn Dorris-Jefferson
“Sow” by Ying-Ying Zhang
“If What I’m Told is True” by Marlin Figgins
“OFRENDA” by Karl Iglesias
“Singularity” by Aurora Masum-Javed
“Louisiana Requiem” by Heather Treseler
“AFTER READING DJ KHALED WILL NOT PERFORM ORAL SEX ON HIS WIFE DESPITE DEMANDING THAT SHE MUST, I CONSIDER MY RELATIONSHIPS” by Leila Chatti
“Guests Who Came to Dinner” by Zilka Joseph
“A Letter to the Editor” by Tokorima Taihuringa
“CASKS” by Samuel Wright Fairbanks