Frontier Poetry

Standard

2023

Dear First Last,

We’re so grateful you chose to share your work with Frontier and gave us an opportunity to spend time with your poems. Unfortunately, after careful consideration, we did not select this submission for publication.

Regardless of the particular tastes of our team, your voice and your work are valuable, and we wish you all the best with your writing in the future.

Sincerely,

Frontier Poetry

Dear [name],

Thank you poet friend for choosing Frontier—that you chose our magazine to receive your work means a lot to us.

Unfortunately, the submission was not selected to move forward to publication.

All of the Frontier team wishes you the very best with your efforts to find a home for these poems. Please know that you're an important voice in our community and we would all be lesser without you.

Sincerely, Frontier Poetry

Higher tier

2023, Contest Submission

Dear x

Thank you for sharing your work with us for the [contest]. We received so much beautiful work for this contest and were very moved by the poems we read.

Unfortunately, after careful consideration, your work has not been selected to move forward as a finalist. However, our readers noted your packet was especially compelling, and we’d like to offer our sincere encouragement to you.

We’re so grateful we got the opportunity to spend time with your poems. Your voice and your work are valuable, and we wish you success with your writing in the future.

All the best,

The Editors

2020

Dear x

Thank you so much for sharing your work with us. That you chose Frontier as one of the places to see it is deeply meaningful to our team.

Unfortunately, the poetry has not been selected to move forward with publication. Our readers did, however, mark your work as particularly intriguing and we want to offer our sincere encouragement.

All of the Frontier team wishes you the very best with your efforts to find a home for these poems. Please know that you're an important voice in our community and we would all be lesser without you.

Sincerely, Frontier Poetry

2018

Thank you for sending us your poetry—we sincerely appreciate the chance to read your words. Unfortunately, the poems are not for us at this time.

Please know: our editors enjoyed your work and talent & we're confident these poems will find a home soon.

Thanks again. Best of luck with this & all your future work.

Sincerely, Frontier Poetry

Highest tier

2022

Dear [full name],

Thank you poet for sending us your work. We appreciate the care and effort that went into creating your submission.

Unfortunately though, the poetry isn't for us at this time; however, our readers did view your work in particular as especially intriguing and we ask that you think of Frontier when you decide to submit work again.

Sincerely,

Frontier Poetry