Submission Guidelines 2023

Five Years Celebrating Poets

*Please read our submission guidelines carefully as they have been updated* (last updated July, 2023). 


Volume 12

Submissions window: September 1 – September 15th, 2023.

We are humbled by the number of submissions we receive and regret that we do not have the capacity at this time to respond to all submissions with as much attention as we would like. All poets who are selected for the edition will be notified by email by November 15, 2023. If you do not receive an acceptance email from us please do not be discouraged! Please consider submitting more work in the future.

Poets are invited to submit up to five unpublished poems during the submission window to submit@frostmeadowreview.com AND frostmeadowreview@gmail.com. Multiple submissions are considered but please indicate if poems are submitted elsewhere and inform us immediately if accepted by a different publication. Please include a short third-person author biography including your pronouns, where you are from, and your publishing history (if any). Previously unpublished writers are encouraged to submit. Writers from Maine and New Hampshire are given extra consideration however poets from all around the world are welcome to submit. 

Accepted poets will receive three free copies for their personal collection/use as compensation. These free copies are not for resale. If a poet would like to discuss sales/promotional opportunities, the editorial team would be happy to discuss options. All submissions are eligible for the Editor’s Choice award. Winner of the Editor’s Choice award receive a $50 cash prize and have their poem published on our Editor’s Choice page online as well as in the print edition.

We look forward to reading your work! 

Featured Poets

Each season of the Frost Meadow Review highlights one poet with 10-20 poems and an interview. Featured poets receive an invitation from the editorial team usually at least six months ahead of the publication to develop the collection of poetry for the Review. If you would like to be considered as a future featured poet please feel free to indicate so in your general submission materials following the guidelines above.  

Cover Art Submissions

Artists interested in being considered for cover placement may submit 1-3 unpublished pieces of art via email to the editors at submit@frostmeadowreview.com. Please submit art digitally as an attachment. Please send with “Cover Art” as an email subject line.  Also please include a third person 100-150 word biography of yourself including your pronouns and where you are from. Accepted artist will receive three free copies of the publication as compensation. Art submissions are accepted at any time of the year.