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…
Milkweed Editions is releasing Max Ritvo posthumous collection, The Final Voicemails today, edited by Louise Glück. The collection stuns—profoundly mature and honest and moving and rending. Max’s work continues to be a gift to our community. We reached out to Elizabeth…
Last year, we had the honor to share a number of poems by the wonderfully talented Jos Charles—in 2017, their debut collection won the National Poetry Series prize and has just been published by Milkweed Editions. feeld investigates language, identity, politics, the…
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…
New month, new courage: submit yourself to these fellowships, magazines, awards and internships. Remember, too, acceptances and rejections are by-products of this journey—crafting your authentic art is the goal. And as always, submit poetry for free to our New Voices.…
Thank you all for making this such a wonderful contest this year. Our judges—Don Share, Nicole Sealey, and Matthew Zapruder—have chosen the winning poem and the second and third place poems each tied for second place with the same score.…
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…
New month, new courage: submit yourself to these fellowships, magazines, awards and internships. Remember, too, acceptances and rejections are by-products of this journey—crafting your authentic art is the goal. And as always, submit poetry for free to our New Voices.…
Here’s a short selection of some of the best new poems hitting the web. These five poets, both established and emerging, all have talent worth enjoying (& copying). Enjoy, and be grateful, knowing so many awesome poets are making our…
Last year, we nominated one of Chaun Ballard’s poems for the pushcart—this year, his debut chapbook won the Sunken Garden Prize from Tupelo Press. Flight is a beautiful little book to hold in your hands, full of family and authenticity and…
