Poetry Society of Tennessee Festival Call for Submission Results
Thank you to all who submitted poems for the 2022-2023 edition of Tennessee Voices, 2022-2023. A special thanks to editorial board members Connie Jordan Green, Lacy Snapp, Maria Zoccola for selecting finalists. Finally, a big thank you to poet, educator and workshop presenter Rick Hilles, for selecting the top prize winners:
Other poets with work accepted from the call from submissions include: Deborah-Zenha Adams, KB Ballentine, Jonathon Bennett, Jerry Buchanan, Lela Buis, Shuly Xóchitl Cawood, Greer Litton Fox, Sara Gipson, Donna Harlan, Melanie Harless, Patricia Hope, Lisa Kamolnick, Natalie Kimbell, Cameron Kuhl, John C. Mannone, Samantha Matney, Laura G. Miller, John Page, Kiersten Paxton, Sherry Poff, Calvin Ross, Claudia Stanek, Cynthia Storrs, Russell H. Strauss, Julia Thie, Fred Tudiver, Claire Webb, Emily Wilson, Amy Wright, and Ray Zimmerman.
Tennessee Voices, 2022-2023 is available for purchase. Get details.
Thank you to all who submitted poems for the 2022-2023 edition of Tennessee Voices, 2022-2023. A special thanks to editorial board members Connie Jordan Green, Lacy Snapp, Maria Zoccola for selecting finalists. Finally, a big thank you to poet, educator and workshop presenter Rick Hilles, for selecting the top prize winners:
- Carson Colenbaugh ($150), for “At the Powerline, Picking Blackberries”
- Jake Lawson ($100) for “Sky Master”
- Rieppe Moore ($50) for “Lines on Snow”
Other poets with work accepted from the call from submissions include: Deborah-Zenha Adams, KB Ballentine, Jonathon Bennett, Jerry Buchanan, Lela Buis, Shuly Xóchitl Cawood, Greer Litton Fox, Sara Gipson, Donna Harlan, Melanie Harless, Patricia Hope, Lisa Kamolnick, Natalie Kimbell, Cameron Kuhl, John C. Mannone, Samantha Matney, Laura G. Miller, John Page, Kiersten Paxton, Sherry Poff, Calvin Ross, Claudia Stanek, Cynthia Storrs, Russell H. Strauss, Julia Thie, Fred Tudiver, Claire Webb, Emily Wilson, Amy Wright, and Ray Zimmerman.
Tennessee Voices, 2022-2023 is available for purchase. Get details.
66th Festival Highlights
In addition to a reading of prize-winning poems, the following poets read their poems during the event:
In addition to a reading of prize-winning poems, the following poets read their poems during the event:
- Donna Harlan, “Washing the Porch”
- Deborah Adams, “Why I'm Not Appalachian”
- Ray Zimmerman, “Villanelle for the Digeridoo”
- Fred Tudiver, “Chicken in a Shoebox”
- John Page, “Narrow Gate on Broadway”
- Jonathan Bennett, “Sunday Shoes”
- Jerry Buchanan , “Serenity of Trees”
- Lisa Riley, “Luna”
- Lela Buis, “Sadie”
- Cameron B. Kuhl,“The Ish Family Grave”
- Pat Hope, “Tracks”
- Sara Gipson, “Spring Invitation”
- Claudia Stanek, “Hands Full of Heaven”
- Claire Webb, “Furniture and Soap”
- Calvin Ross, “Our Sixtieth Year”
- Cynthia Storrs, “Missing You (Dancing With Dementia)”
- Greer Fox, “Family Collections”
- Natalie Kimbell, “Never Say Never”