11th Annual Robert Frost Foundation

Annual Poetry Award

To view a copy of the online Frost Enewsletter  with the 10th Annual Robert Frost Award winning poem, click here.  

Guidelines for the 2007 Robert Frost Award 

• Poems should be postmarked (or emailed) between March 1, 2007 and September 15, 2007 to be considered for the 2007 award.

• Please send two copies of your poem written in the "spirit of Robert Frost" (whatever you feel that may be).  One copy should have your name, address, email and phone #. The other copy should not have this information on it.                                                               

• Poets may submit up to three poems of not more than three pages for consideration. 

• Prior published work may be submitted; for all work submitted to the Robert Frost Foundation, you retain copyright and the Robert Frost Foundation will request your  permission if we choose to publish your work on our web site or in other foundation publications.

• Original manuscripts should have your name, address, email and phone #; please include a second copy of each page that will be sent to the judges and therefore should not have any information that identifies you as the author.

• Please note:  Email submissions are acceptable in the following formats:

  • --a single MS. Word document attached that presents one page per poem. For example,  page 1 should have your name, address, email and phone #; page 2 should other should not have this information on it.

  • --the text from any word processing document pasted into the body of the email.  Email submissions to should be sent to frostfoundation@comcast.net  

• Manuscripts will not be returned. 

•  If you wish to receive information regarding the winning poet, enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope or include your email address.

• Deadline for submission is  

• Please enclose a $10.00 per poem entry reading fee made payable to The Robert Frost Foundation. In the case of electronic submissions, manuscripts submitted via email will be held until reading fees are received via regular mail.

• Officers and Directors of The Robert Frost Foundation as well as festival organizers are not eligible to enter the award.

• Mail entries to the new address (effective 2007):
                                                                                                                                                                                
  Attention: Poetry Award
  The Robert Frost Foundation
  51 Lawrence Street
  Lawrence, MA 01841
  Lawrence Public Library -- 3rd Floor

Please contact Mark Schorr email:frostfoundation@comcast.net for additional information

For Immediate Release

Lawrence, Mass -- An untitled poem written many years before its author, Rob Smith, entered it is the winner of the 10th Robert Frost Prize ($1000). Smith's poem was chosen from a field of over 690 entries and twelve countries by Ben Mazer, Contributing Editor of Fulcrum magazine.

A recording of the winning poem will soon be available from the upper-right corner of this page.

In addition to the winning poem, this year's judges, Mazer chose an honorable mention poem by Debbie Barchi,a librarian in Barrington, Rhode Island, whose finalist poem will soon be published at frostfoundation.org.

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