Frontier Poetry Contest : Submit For Frontier Award For New Poets

Frontier Poetry has announced a poetry contest titled " Frontier Award for New Poets". The Frontier Poetry Contest is for authors

Frontier Poetry Contest For New Poets

Frontier Poetry has announced a poetry contest titled " Frontier Award for New Poets". The Frontier Poetry Contest is for authors with no more than one full length collection at the time of submission.

A distinguished panel of emerging poets will guest judge the Frontier Poetry Contest: Mai Der Vang, Andrés Cerpa, and Rosebud Ben-Oni. 

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For the selections: Frontier Poetry staff will select the top ten submissions, and the winning poem and honorable mentions will be selected by the panel of judges, to be announced in the winter.

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Prizes For The Frontier Award For New Poets

For this frontier poetry contest, the winner and the runner ups will be awarded the following cash prizes:

The winning poet will be awarded $3000 and publication on Frontier Poetry. 

Second and third place will win $300 & $200 respectively, as well as publication.

 The top ten finalists will also be recognized.​ 

According to them:

We do not hold preference for any particular style or topic—we simply seek the best poem we can find. Send us work that is blister, that is color, that strikes hot the urge to live and be. We strongly invite poets from all communities and backgrounds. You, & your words, are welcome here.​ // Josh & the Frontier team

 

Guidelines For The Frontier Award For New Poets

• Submissions are open to new and emerging writers (poets with no more than one full-length published work forthcoming at the time of submission).
• Send only your best, polished work.
• Unpublished poems only.
• They accept simultaneous submissions but please notify us if your work is picked up elsewhere.
• No more than 3 poems (5 pages) per submission. Please submit all your poems in ONE document.
• Multiple submissions are allowed.
• Please include a brief cover letter with your publication history and personal bio.
• International submissions are welcome

Submission fee of $20.

Deadline is September 19th.

 

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