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fron·tier // brink, borderland · a place for new poets to thrive. 2026 Frontier OPEN deadline: July 12, 2026.

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Our biggest writing contest of the year is back!

We’re awarding one exceptional poem that demonstrates impact, risk, experimentation, and craft excellence—regardless of theme or subject—with a $5,000 prize.

Learn more: https://t.co/IGxb0PSqtq

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We've got another New Voices for you this Friday! Even the smallest of exchanges between beloveds carry the weight of an entire relationship, as Molly Thapviwat proves with her poem "LEAVE-IN." Read the poem here: https://t.co/DRN3WQfiu6

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It's Friday, and we've got a New Voices poem for you! "Grace Period" by Yosra Bouslama recounts uncannily precise dreams and nightmares which replay the speaker's not-so-subconscious feelings and experiences. Read the poem here: https://t.co/8u7yPh88L9

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It's New Voices Friday! This week, check out "Silkworm Elegy." In Iris Lee's poem, the sensory descriptions stick in the reader's mind like fresh silk: https://t.co/Geo1FyQyRl

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We've got another New Voices for you this Friday! Dalapo Tajudeen's poem "Still Life" is like a condensed drop of gold. Its minimalism amplifies its power. Read it here: https://t.co/tKsn2Btyj7

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It's Friday, which means we have another New Voices poem to share! In "God as a Teenage Girl..." Maren Logan captures the holiness and power present in so many of us, right there with our many flaws. Read the poem here: https://t.co/ojIvZhKXhr

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Announcing the 2026 Debut Chapbook Prize! Guest judge Patricia Smith will select one winner, who will receive a $2,000 prize and publication, including a free downloadable digital chapbook on our website and 50 physical author copies.

Learn more: https://t.co/6WCTOYsqvH

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We've got another New Voices for you this Friday! Check out "Inevitabilities, and" by Christina Connerton, which is a master class in the power of a title to give readers the keys to unlock a poem's insights. Read it here: https://t.co/QeLsgzkXrR

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Happy Friday! We've got another New Voices poem for you. Check out Palavi Ahuja's "Parle-G," which is about far more than "a sleeve of Parle-G biscuits," here: https://t.co/xdYkjmnOSw

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We've got another New Voices for you this Friday! One particular area of genius in Ridwan Fasasi's poem "Millenials after the banishment" resides in its details — in particular, line breaks and ends of lines. We hope you enjoy reading it.

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It's New Voices Friday! This week, check out "triptych for hypothetical deceased evil mother." Here, Lindsay Li takes the art form of a picture carved on three panels hinged together and applies it to written work.

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For this ten-day challenge, Frontier seeks poetry written as Haiku! We’re looking for poetry that explores the people, places, and things you have a love-hate relationship with. The first-place winner will receive $500 + publication! 🥀✍️

Learn more: https://t.co/Mb9ETx25eP

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It's Friday, which means we've got a New Voices poem for you! This week, check out "Home as a Slaughterhouse" by Blessing Omeiza Ojo, which contains within it both violence — "slaughter" — and embrace — "house."

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We've got another unforgettable New Voices poem for you. This week, check out "A flowchart for the anxious insomniac." Chau Anh Nguyen uses an experimental form in this poem to help readers sit with the language of it, which is fractured yet interwoven.

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We're excited to share another New Voices poem this Friday! Check out Seth Wade's "Escape from the Filth Room." Wade captures just how bizarre it can feel to envision getting out of rooms in which we find ourselves ensnared for weeks.

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It's Friday, which means we've got another New Voices poem! Making the mundane suddenly surreal, Caleb Wolfson-Seeley links seemingly disparate moments, from a cat’s skeleton to burnt toast, in "And the tulips didn’t bloom this year."

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In the dawn of the new year, Frontier Poetry is excited to announce the 2026 Hurt & Healing Prize! Guest judge Gbenga Adesina will select three winners. The first-place winner will receive $3,000 and publication.

Learn more: https://t.co/LNXjgGOpXh

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We are proud to announce the WINNER of our Epistolary Challenge: Shradha Singh! This poem assembles a life from crumbs: hidden photographs, a courtroom outburst, a last love letter read aloud years later. All of which accumulate to a deeply moving end.

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Congratulations to the second place winner of our Epistolary Challenge! Christian Collier's poem "Dear Sarah" becomes a meditation on sexual becoming, silence, and the way first loves linger—caroling—long after the truth has learned how to speak.

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Congratulations to the third place winner of our Epistolary Challenge! Check out Sullivan Summer's "NEW BULLETIN BOARD POST." Tender, political, and quietly urgent, the poem turns a building's bulletin board into a stage for grief and hope.

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