Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
The 2025 Epistolary Challenge Winners
We’re thrilled to congratulate Shradha Singh, the winner of Frontier Poetry’s 2025 Epistolary Challenge! Her poem “To My Mother’s Former Fiancee,” was selected by the Frontier Editorial team as the first place winner. Our readers and editors were moved by…
In Retrospect: An Interview with María Auxiliadora Álvarez, Author of A Sun Behind Us / Un sol caído avanza
This month’s “In Retrospect” interview is with poet María Auxiliadora Álvarez. In this series, we ask renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections, mapping out their poetic processes. From her early writing to her most recent collection,…
This month’s “In Retrospect” interview is with poet María Auxiliadora Álvarez. In this series, we ask renowned poets to look back over their poems and collections, mapping out their poetic processes. From her early writing to her most recent collection,…
2025 Myths & Fables Winner: “Asian Cowgirl Is Doomed From the Start ” by Kimberly Ramos
We’re so thrilled to congratulate Kimberly Ramos on being the first place winner for the 2025 Myths & Fables Prize with their poem “Asian Cowgirl Is Doomed From the Start.” Read below to discover what guest judge Jennifer Chang had to…
We’re so thrilled to congratulate Kimberly Ramos on being the first place winner for the 2025 Myths & Fables Prize with their poem “Asian Cowgirl Is Doomed From the Start.” Read below to discover what guest judge Jennifer Chang had to…
2025 Myths & Fables Prize SECOND PLACE WINNER: “God is Narcoleptic Too,” By Cheyenne Mann
A huge congratulations to Cheyenne Mann whose poem “God is Narcoleptic Too,” was selected by Jennifer Chang as the SECOND PLACE winner of the 2025 Myths & Fables Prize competition. Cheyenne Mann’s God Is Narcoleptic Too imagines a universe tended…
A huge congratulations to Cheyenne Mann whose poem “God is Narcoleptic Too,” was selected by Jennifer Chang as the SECOND PLACE winner of the 2025 Myths & Fables Prize competition. Cheyenne Mann’s God Is Narcoleptic Too imagines a universe tended…
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 //
