Five Years Celebrating Poets

Why We Exist

An Editor’s Note Okay, that’s a big statement. What I mean is, what inspired the creation of the Frost Meadow Review? Well I think that’s a fabulous question. Let me tell you. Nearly a decade ago, while studying English and Biology at the University of Maine, I took a class on Maine writers taught by…
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Congratulations Lynne Schmidt

We are pleased to announce that this season’s Editor’s Choice Award goes to Lynne Schmidt for her poem “Baxter.” This poem broke our hearts and reaffirmed the importance of love at the same time. It was selected because of its raw authenticity and cutting emotional power. You can find her poem here and in the…
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Balancing Act 2

Our Editor, Emily J.T. Matthews, was honored to read alongside Maine poets at the Portland Public Library to celebrate Balancing Act 2: An Anthology of Poems by 50 Maine Women. She shared her poem from the anthology, “Supervising Half-Ass Lawn Care,” and selections from her chapbooks Secret Girl and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails. More…
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Maya Williams

We are over the moon to announce that Maya Williams will be the next featured poet in the Frost Meadow Review! Maya Williams is a Portland, Maine poet with a background in social work and English. Her work has been published in glitterMOB, Underground Writers Association, Soft Cartel, The Occulum Journal, INTER, and The Tempest. You can also find some of…
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Congratulations Richard Foerster

Congratulations to our first Editor’s Choice Award recipient, Richard Foerster. Richard Foerster is a poet from Maine. His poem “Petrichor” will appear in Volume 2 and is published on our website Editor’s Award page. Congratulations Richard! Richard is the first of what we hope will be a long line of poets to win the Editor’s…
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Editor’s Choice Award

Announcing the creation of the Frost Meadow Review Editor’s Choice Award We are beyond excited to announce that our submission window has officially opened! We are now accepting poems and artwork for the Fall/Winter edition! We are also excited to reveal the Editor’s Choice Award. Starting immediately poems submitted to the Frost Meadow Review by…
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Poetry Party!

Poets and poetry lovers gathered to celebrate the release of Volume 1 on May 18th, 2018 in Scarborough, Maine. Under the soaring cathedral ceilings of the Landing at Pine Point, we enjoyed an evening of great people, great food, fantastic readings by Rachel Maher, Autumn Riley and Rockland’s Poet Laureate, Joanna Hynd. We danced the…
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Volume 1

We are excited to announce the release of Volume 1! This volume has 55 pages and includes poems from Joanna Hynd, Rachel Kennedy-Smith, Rachel Maher, Al Leona, Autumn Riley and James Hirtz. The book is set up with a show and tell approach with a dedicated section of poems by Joanna Hynd and an interview…
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