resident poet
Know before you apply
- Poets with one to three published collections
- Writers working in English
- Poets at a career turning point
- Requires 1-3 published poetry collections
- Public readings required across the region
- $2,000 award plus rustic accommodation
Since 1977, The Frost Place has housed a resident poet during the summer at Robert Frost’s former home in Franconia, NH.
The Dartmouth Poet in Residence program at The Frost Place is a 4-6 week long residency in the former farmhouse of poet Robert Frost, which is today a museum and center for poetry and the arts situated on a quiet country lane with spectacular mountain views. The program began in 1977, and has been sponsored by Dartmouth College since 2012.
The residency includes an award of $2,000 from Dartmouth College. The recipient of the Dartmouth Poet-in-Residence at The Frost Place will give a series of public readings across the region, including at Dartmouth College, The Frost Place and Abbie Greenleaf Library, with the opportunity for other engagements. There are no other specific obligations. We hope that the residency offers space and time for significant poetic work.
Accommodations are rustic but comfortable. The Frost Place Museum is open to the public during visiting hours, and the resident poet has sole use of the non-public rooms of the house.
Previous recipients of this residency include Mark Cox, Christopher Gilbert, Rigoberto González, Mark Halliday, Robert Hass, Major Jackson, Laura Kasischke, Cleopatra Mathis, William Matthews, Katha Pollitt, Mary Ruefle, and Luci Tapahonso.