Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
The 2023 Award For New Poets Winners and Finalists!
Congratulations to the gifted emerging poet Ira Goga, winner of the 2023 Award for New Poets! The team at Frontier Poetry is deeply grateful for everyone that submitted their work–we see you and we thank you. We’d also like to…
Poetry: “Desperate Acts” by Ashish Kumar Singh
“Be happy, you remember your mother say / as she waved you goodbye, and immediately / you feel guilty.” Ashish Kumar Singh effortlessly depicts desperation and the search for happiness and love in this vulnerable and unflinching poem. Desperate Acts…
“Be happy, you remember your mother say / as she waved you goodbye, and immediately / you feel guilty.” Ashish Kumar Singh effortlessly depicts desperation and the search for happiness and love in this vulnerable and unflinching poem. Desperate Acts…
2023 Award for New Poets Winner: “Twelve Thousand Pounds of Salt” by Ira Goga
We are thrilled to present the 2023 Award for New Poets first place winner, Ira Goga, selected by guest judge torrin a. greathouse! Here’s what our judge had to say about the winning poem: “Reading ‘Twelve Thousand Pounds of Salt,’…
We are thrilled to present the 2023 Award for New Poets first place winner, Ira Goga, selected by guest judge torrin a. greathouse! Here’s what our judge had to say about the winning poem: “Reading ‘Twelve Thousand Pounds of Salt,’…
Poetry: “My trust issues began in 2015 when the NY Knicks drafted Kristaps Porzingis” by Kenny Bradley
“during the 22’ NBA draft my ex trades away my heart, like child who trades away mother /packed lunch for roll of oreos missing the notes that say ‘I love you’” Ever wonder what happens when sports and poetry meet?…
“during the 22’ NBA draft my ex trades away my heart, like child who trades away mother /packed lunch for roll of oreos missing the notes that say ‘I love you’” Ever wonder what happens when sports and poetry meet?…
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 //
