Frontier Poetry 2025 Myths & Fables Prize

Frontier Poetry is thrilled to announce the 2025 Myths & Fables Prize.

The organizer invites you to lend your voice to this lineage. The 2025 Myths & Fables Prize seeks poems that engage in mythological figures, cultural lore, personal legends, and reimagined fairytales. Whether you’re unearthing stories from your heritages, wrestling with gods and monsters, or crafting your own fables from the smoke of memory—send work that is fearless, lyrical, and rich in poetic craft. Frontier Poetry welcomes traditional retellings and radical departures. Invented myths, fractured fairy tales, elegies for forgotten heroes, or whispered epics—let your poetry become the spell.

Frontier Poetry encourages submission from poets of all identities, cultural backgrounds, and traditions. They are especially interested in work that explores underrepresented mythologies and stories not often given space in the Western literary canon.

Guest judge Jennifer Chang will select the winners. The first-place winner will receive $3000 and publication. The second- and third-place winners will receive $300 and $200, respectively, along with publication. All finalists will be considered for paid publication in New Voices.

Is this competition legit?YES! – Based on our research this event is legitimate and the organizer is well established. However, as with any event, please remember to do your own research before submitting your work.

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