63rd Annual Festival and Contest

Festival

The Poetry Society of Tennessee's (PST's) 63rd Annual Festival was held on Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Southwest Tennessee Community College, Macon Road Campus.  Budd Powell Mahan, former National Federation of State Poetry Societies President and long-time member of the Poetry Society of Texas will be our Workshop Leader.  We had a fantastic turnout, and a great day!  See our news page for photos of the event, which have been uploaded into our slideshow!  An attendees list and a few notes from Budd's presentation are included in our end-of-month reminders, also uploaded to our news page.


ORAL POETRY CONTEST!
Thanks to 14 poets who performed in our NEW oral poetry contest.  We had a wonderful variety of poetry, in a wide range of styles.  Congratulations to our winners:  1st Place -- Sydney McKissack, 2nd Place -- Luke Richards, and 3rd Place -- Pete Harris.

CONTEST
PST's 63rd Annual Contest Results are here!  Click here for a full winner's list!!!

Fifty-three poets entered, with more than 700 poems submitted.  Many, many thanks, to all of our poets, sponsors, and judges for a fantastic contest.  We had entries from TN, AR, AL, MS, TX, OK, VA, UT, OH, IL, LA, MO, MN, FL, NY, OR, KY, and Ontario, Canada.  Thanks to everyone who participated!  

Last Year's Contest
Still looking for last year's results?  Click on the link below!

62nd Annual Contest (2018) Winners

First place winners are also published in Tennessee Voices, our annual anthology.  See our publications page for information on how to purchase a copy!

Monthly Members-Only Contests
Looking for our monthly members-only contests?  Please see our monthly contests page.