2024 Frost Farm Prize for Metrical Poetry
The 2024 contest is closed. Thanks to all who entered! We’ll be getting back to you in May with the results.
Deadline: March 31, 2024 (online submission deadline is 11:59 pm, EST).
The Trustees of the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, NH, and the Hyla Brook Poets invite submissions for the 14th Annual The Frost Farm Prize for metrical poetry. The winner receives $1,000 and an invitation, with honorarium, to read at The Hyla Brook Reading Series, August 16, 2024 at the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire. The reading opens the three-day Frost Farm Poetry Conference. The winner will receive a scholarship to attend the conference. The winner has the option to have the winning poem published in The Robert Frost Review.
This year’s judge is Mike Juster. All entries will be anonymous. The judge will read every entry.
Complete Frost Farm Prize Guidelines (Guidelines are also posted on the electronic submission form):
Deadline: March 31, 2024 (online submission deadline by 11:59 pm, EST).
Poems must be original, unpublished and metrical (any metrical form). No translations. There is no limit to the number of poems entered by an individual, but an entry fee of $6 U.S. per poem must accompany the submission. You are welcome to submit a poem sequence (a crown of sonnets, for example) but each poem must be entered as a separate file and will be judged individually. We welcome international submissions written in English.
ELECTRONIC ENTRIES (highly recommended):
All entries are via Submittable. If you do not have a Submittable account, you will be directed to set one up as part of the electronic entry process. It takes only seconds to register for an account.
Do not put your name on individual poems as poems are judged anonymously. Your Submittable account links you to the poem. Each individual poem must be a separate .pdf, .doc or .docx file that should resemble the following format: poemtitle.pdf, poemtitle.doc or poemtitle.docx. "Poemtitle" in the file name should exactly match the title typed at the top of the poem. PLEASE USE A SINGLE SUBMITTABLE SUBMISSION TO ATTACH UP TO TEN POEMS IN SEPARATE DOCUMENTS. The online form supports 1-10 attachments in .pdf, .doc or .docx formats. If you are submitting more than 10 poems, simply complete an additional Submittable submission and attach up to 10 additional poems. You are free to submit as many poems as you wish in this manner.
POSTAL ENTRIES
For those who do not want to submit electronically, we will still accept paper submissions per below:
An entry fee of $6 U.S. per poem must accompany the submission (entry fees from outside the United States must be paid in cash or by check drawn on a U.S. bank). Make checks payable to "Hyla Brook Poets." Please type the author's name, address, phone number and e-mail address on the back of each entry. Each entry will be submitted to the judge anonymously.
Send entries to:
Robert Crawford
The Frost Farm Prize
280 Candia Rd.
Chester, NH 03036
The results will be posted in May 2024, on FrostFarmPoetry.org and Facebook.com/HylaBrookPoets as well as twitter.com/HylaBrookPoets. Winner and honorable mentions (if any) will be notified by email or phone. Please DO NOT send a SASE for contest results. These are the complete guidelines.
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Previous Frost Farm Prize Winners
2023 Brian Brodeur of for “After Visiting a Former Student in a Psychiatric Unit.” — Judge Alfred Nicol
2022 Jean Kreiling of Plymouth, MA for “Antiphon“ — Judge Allison Joseph
2021 Nicolas Friedman of Syracuse, New York for “Storylines” — Judge Aaron Poochigian
2021 Michael Levers of Provo, Utah for “The Counterweight” — Judge Aaron Poochigian
2020 Jennifer Michael of Sewanee, Tennessee for “Forty Trochees” — Judge Rachel Hadas
2019 David Southward of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for “Mary’s Visit” — Judge Bruce Bennet
2018 Susan de Sola of the Netherlands, for “Buddy” — Judge Melissa Balmain
2017 Caitlin Doyle of Cincinnati, Ohio, for "Wishes" --Judge Deborah Warren
2016 James Najarien of Auburndale, Massachussets for "Dark Ages" -- Judge David Rothman
2015 Kevin Durkin of Santa Monica, California for "Meteor Crater" - Judge Joshua Mehigan
2014 Rob Wright of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for "Meetings with my Father" - Judge Rhina Espaillat
2013 Caki Wilkinson of Sewanee, Tennessee, for "Arts and Crafts" - Judge Catherine Tufariello
2012 Richard Meyer of Mankato, Minnesota, for, "Fieldstone" - Judge Richard Wakefield
2011 Sharon Fish Mooney of Coshocton, Ohio for "Dimly Burning Wicks" - Judge Bill Baer
About the Frost Farm’s Hyla Brook Poets
The Frost Farm was home to the poet and his family from 1900-1909. The Hyla Brook Poets, a 501(c)(3), started in 2008 as a monthly poetry workshop. In March 2009, the Hyla Brook Reading Series launched with readings by emerging poets as well as luminaries such as Maxine Kumin, David Ferry, Linda Pastan, and Sharon Olds. The Frost Farm Prize was introduced in 2010, followed by the inaugural Frost Farm Poetry Conference in 2015.
