Festival
SAVE THE DATE: The Poetry Society of Tennessee's (PST’s) 66th Annual Poetry Festival will be held April 15, 2023. This virtual event will be held on Zoom from 2:00 - 5:00 pm EDT. Check back soon for more details.
Call for Submissions
This year we are not holding individual contests, but instead invite poets to submit a single poem for possible inclusion in the 2022-2023 edition of our anthology, Tennessee Voices. Submission is FREE for Tennessee residents and PST members. Submitters may join PST at a reduced rate (select prorated membership). Cash prizes will be provided for the top 3 poems as determined by a panel of editors.
Guidelines
The call is open to anyone residing in the state of Tennessee (whether a PST member or not) and to non-Tennessee residents who are members of PST. Submissions are open for any poetic form or subject. Please restrict submissions to poems that have not been simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Of the poems selected for publication, three will be chosen by a panel of judges to receive monetary awards: $150/$100/$50.
The review and editorial board that will select poems for publication includes the following PST members: Maria Zoccola, Connie Jordan Green, and Lacy Snapp. If you have shared poetry with these members in a critique group or other setting, please submit a poem that they would not have seen previously.
Submission Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Acceptances will be announced April 1, 2023. From those selected for publication, 25 authors, in order of their submission dates, will be offered the chance to read their poems at the PST Annual Poetry Festival on April 15, 2023 (Zoom videoconference, 2:00 – 5:00 pm EDT; details coming soon).
Details for submission:
1) Non-published poems only and poems not simultaneously in submission elsewhere
2) Limit of 1 poem per submitter
3) Each submission should include two copies of the poem in either PDF or Microsoft Word format: one copy to include the identification and contact information for the poet (name, address, phone number, and email address) in the upper right hand corner of the page; the upper left hand corner of the page should include the poem form (e.g., “free verse,” “Shakespearean Sonnet,” etc.). The second copy should include only the poem form in the upper left hand corner and the poem and its title (if one), with NO identifying information.
4) All submissions should be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font with a limit of 52 characters per line and 40 lines in length
5) Send submissions to: pstsubmissions@gmail.com
If you have any questions, please contact Howard Carman at hscarman@charter.net or email PST at pstsubmissions@gmail.com
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Previous Contest Results
65th Annual Contest (2021) Winners
64th Annual Contest (2020) Winners
63rd Annual Contest (2019) Winners
62nd Annual Contest (2018) Winners
First place winners are 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.
SAVE THE DATE: The Poetry Society of Tennessee's (PST’s) 66th Annual Poetry Festival will be held April 15, 2023. This virtual event will be held on Zoom from 2:00 - 5:00 pm EDT. Check back soon for more details.
Call for Submissions
This year we are not holding individual contests, but instead invite poets to submit a single poem for possible inclusion in the 2022-2023 edition of our anthology, Tennessee Voices. Submission is FREE for Tennessee residents and PST members. Submitters may join PST at a reduced rate (select prorated membership). Cash prizes will be provided for the top 3 poems as determined by a panel of editors.
Guidelines
The call is open to anyone residing in the state of Tennessee (whether a PST member or not) and to non-Tennessee residents who are members of PST. Submissions are open for any poetic form or subject. Please restrict submissions to poems that have not been simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Of the poems selected for publication, three will be chosen by a panel of judges to receive monetary awards: $150/$100/$50.
The review and editorial board that will select poems for publication includes the following PST members: Maria Zoccola, Connie Jordan Green, and Lacy Snapp. If you have shared poetry with these members in a critique group or other setting, please submit a poem that they would not have seen previously.
Submission Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Acceptances will be announced April 1, 2023. From those selected for publication, 25 authors, in order of their submission dates, will be offered the chance to read their poems at the PST Annual Poetry Festival on April 15, 2023 (Zoom videoconference, 2:00 – 5:00 pm EDT; details coming soon).
Details for submission:
1) Non-published poems only and poems not simultaneously in submission elsewhere
2) Limit of 1 poem per submitter
3) Each submission should include two copies of the poem in either PDF or Microsoft Word format: one copy to include the identification and contact information for the poet (name, address, phone number, and email address) in the upper right hand corner of the page; the upper left hand corner of the page should include the poem form (e.g., “free verse,” “Shakespearean Sonnet,” etc.). The second copy should include only the poem form in the upper left hand corner and the poem and its title (if one), with NO identifying information.
4) All submissions should be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font with a limit of 52 characters per line and 40 lines in length
5) Send submissions to: pstsubmissions@gmail.com
If you have any questions, please contact Howard Carman at hscarman@charter.net or email PST at pstsubmissions@gmail.com
Printer-friendly guidelines
Previous Contest Results
65th Annual Contest (2021) Winners
64th Annual Contest (2020) Winners
63rd Annual Contest (2019) Winners
62nd Annual Contest (2018) Winners
First place winners are 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.
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