Frontier Poetry 2026 Devotion & Divination Prize
Frontier Poetry · terms quoted from the contest's own page
Deadline, in the contest's own words
Submission Guidelines 2026 Devotion & Divination Prize October 12 to December 13, 2026
Submissions open October 12 and close December 13, 2026.
The deadline quote prints a date only, so no closing time or time zone is shown. Our check read the page on October 31, 2026; confirm on the contest's page before entering.
Our guidance written by Tale of the Muse
Submissions open October 12 and close December 13, 2026. Each holds up to three poems in no more than five pages for a $20 fee, and several submissions are allowed at a fee each. The contest is for poets with no more than one full-length work of poetry published or forthcoming at the time of submission. The page describes a free window for poets from historically marginalized groups at the start of the contest, capped at fifty submissions, and the first-place winner receives $3,000 and publication.
Our explanation of what the quoted terms mean for an entrant. It adds no facts of its own and is not advice about whether to enter.
The terms, quoted
| Deadline and submission period, as printed | Submission Guidelines 2026 Devotion & Divination Prize October 12 to December 13, 2026 Submissions open October 12 and close December 13, 2026. |
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| Entry fee | You may submit multiple times, but each submission requires a separate $20 fee. |
| Fee waivers | we offer a free submission window for poets from historically marginalized groups at the beginning of the contest. Please note the portal will close when we hit our cap of fifty submissions |
| Prize | The first-place winner will receive $3,000 and publication. |
| Judge | Guest Judge Hala Alyan will select the winners. |
| Eligibility and limits | Submissions are open to new and emerging writers (for this contest, we define this as poets with no more than one full-length work of poetry published or forthcoming at the time of submission). |
| Submission requirements | Send up to three poems per submission, for a total of no more than five pages. We welcome simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. |
| Rights terms (copyright, first publication, reproduction) | No rights statement on the pages we quote |
| How results are announced | Winners and finalists will be announced in the winter of 2027. |
About the contest
Frontier Poetry is excited to announce the 2026 Devotion & Divination Prize. For this contest we’re inviting poets to explore their relationship to spirituality and the supernatural.
Sources
- Frontier Poetry Submission Opportunities and Guidelines (Frontier Poetry). Our check: October 31, 2026.
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