COVID-19 announcement
All three chapters have suspended regular monthly meetings until further notice in accordance with regional COVID-19 safety measures.
The following Poetry Society of Tennessee (PST) news items include regular monthly updates as well as makes notes of special events over the last 12 months. Looking for something further back? Contact us! We'll be happy to provide some additional information!
Note that contest winners are identified in each month's news.
February 2021
February 2021 News
February 2021 PST Executive Committee (Board) Meeting Minutes
February 2021 PST Executive Committee News and Announcements
Sponsorships now needed for the 2021 Festival Contest! Click here for a sponsorship form.
Interested in volunteering on the Festival Contest Committee? We need volunteers to: review rules, prepare brochures, help with publicity, and more! Contact Lori if you are interested in volunteering.
Announcing a special contest!!! Janet Qually has announced a Tennessee-resident challenge. This contest is open to all residents of Tennessee, click here for more information.
January 2021
January 2021 News
During PST-West Tennessee's meeting on 1/2, we had a presentation about common errors encountered when submitting to contests -- including our monthly contests, our annual Festival Contests, and even NFSPS' annual National Contests. For a copy of the presentation, click here. Please note that problems with your submission can result in your disqualification...so please be very careful when preparing your poems for any contest!!!
We have scheduled our online poetry readings for January-May. These will be 7-8:30 Central time on the following dates:
All are invited (members and non-members). Please contact us if you would like to receive a Google Meet link. Plan on having several poems ready to share!
New edition of NFSPS' Strophes available here.
December 2020
December News
The 2019/2020 PST anthology Tennessee Voices is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Books-a-Million. First-place winners from our monthly, student, and festival contests are included, as well as select poems from PST Patrons. See our Publications Page for links to all three online vendors. Many thanks to our Anthology Committee (Rose Klix, Janet Qually, Matthew Gilbert, and Pamela Watson) for all of their hard work.
November 2020
November News
West Tennessee discussed technical information about NFSPS's BlackBerry Peach Prize. BBP info here; link to NFSPS BBP contest information here.
October 2020
Announcing our 2020 Poet Laureate, Gretchen McCroskey, of PST-Northeast! Calvin Ross, PST-NE President, Rose Klix, Founder of PST-NE and PST Liaison, and the PST-NE leadership team made the presentation at their September 26, 2020 meeting; our Poet Laureate was announced to our wider membership at our Virtual Festival. Click here for more!
PST held its 64th Annual Festival on October 24th Virtually; see our Festival page for additional details.
October Reminders
September 2020
September 2020 news
September 2020 Board Meeting
June-July -August 2020
Many of our members are on "summer break". Check with chapter news for specifics on meeting information. Remember that physical, in-person meetings and readings have been suspended due to COVID-19. Chapters will be scheduling virtual/online meetings for the foreseeable future.
Summer news:
July News
June News
May 2020
Thank you to PST-NE outgoing President Rose Klix for this history of the PST-NE Chapter. Please read and celebrate the success and growth of PST-NE!
May 2020 news
Congratulations to the boards of PST chapters elected for the upcoming 2020/2021 year! See the May news link (above) for additional details.
Remember that membership dues were due on May 1. Please return the membership registration form (click here for a copy) to your local chapter.
April 2020
April 2020 news
Due to coronavirus, the National Convention in Kansas City in June has been cancelled. Please click here for a link to the NSFPS letter discussing the cancellation. Please note that:
April 2020 Quarterly Board Meeting Minutes
March 2020
Congratulations to our 2019/2020 Student Contest Winners (click to see results). Teachers/students, if you have not heard from our Student Contest Coordinator (Frances Cowden) yet, please contact her by clicking here. Check back in August 2020 for our 2020/2021 student contest.
All three chapters have suspended regular monthly meetings until further notice in accordance with regional COVID-19 safety measures.
The following Poetry Society of Tennessee (PST) news items include regular monthly updates as well as makes notes of special events over the last 12 months. Looking for something further back? Contact us! We'll be happy to provide some additional information!
Note that contest winners are identified in each month's news.
February 2021
February 2021 News
February 2021 PST Executive Committee (Board) Meeting Minutes
February 2021 PST Executive Committee News and Announcements
Sponsorships now needed for the 2021 Festival Contest! Click here for a sponsorship form.
Interested in volunteering on the Festival Contest Committee? We need volunteers to: review rules, prepare brochures, help with publicity, and more! Contact Lori if you are interested in volunteering.
Announcing a special contest!!! Janet Qually has announced a Tennessee-resident challenge. This contest is open to all residents of Tennessee, click here for more information.
January 2021
January 2021 News
During PST-West Tennessee's meeting on 1/2, we had a presentation about common errors encountered when submitting to contests -- including our monthly contests, our annual Festival Contests, and even NFSPS' annual National Contests. For a copy of the presentation, click here. Please note that problems with your submission can result in your disqualification...so please be very careful when preparing your poems for any contest!!!
We have scheduled our online poetry readings for January-May. These will be 7-8:30 Central time on the following dates:
- January 21
- February 18
- March 18
- April 15
- May 13
All are invited (members and non-members). Please contact us if you would like to receive a Google Meet link. Plan on having several poems ready to share!
New edition of NFSPS' Strophes available here.
December 2020
December News
The 2019/2020 PST anthology Tennessee Voices is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Books-a-Million. First-place winners from our monthly, student, and festival contests are included, as well as select poems from PST Patrons. See our Publications Page for links to all three online vendors. Many thanks to our Anthology Committee (Rose Klix, Janet Qually, Matthew Gilbert, and Pamela Watson) for all of their hard work.
November 2020
November News
West Tennessee discussed technical information about NFSPS's BlackBerry Peach Prize. BBP info here; link to NFSPS BBP contest information here.
October 2020
Announcing our 2020 Poet Laureate, Gretchen McCroskey, of PST-Northeast! Calvin Ross, PST-NE President, Rose Klix, Founder of PST-NE and PST Liaison, and the PST-NE leadership team made the presentation at their September 26, 2020 meeting; our Poet Laureate was announced to our wider membership at our Virtual Festival. Click here for more!
PST held its 64th Annual Festival on October 24th Virtually; see our Festival page for additional details.
October Reminders
September 2020
September 2020 news
September 2020 Board Meeting
June-July -August 2020
Many of our members are on "summer break". Check with chapter news for specifics on meeting information. Remember that physical, in-person meetings and readings have been suspended due to COVID-19. Chapters will be scheduling virtual/online meetings for the foreseeable future.
Summer news:
July News
June News
May 2020
Thank you to PST-NE outgoing President Rose Klix for this history of the PST-NE Chapter. Please read and celebrate the success and growth of PST-NE!
May 2020 news
Congratulations to the boards of PST chapters elected for the upcoming 2020/2021 year! See the May news link (above) for additional details.
Remember that membership dues were due on May 1. Please return the membership registration form (click here for a copy) to your local chapter.
April 2020
April 2020 news
Due to coronavirus, the National Convention in Kansas City in June has been cancelled. Please click here for a link to the NSFPS letter discussing the cancellation. Please note that:
- all awards which were to be presented at the Convention (the 2 CUP manuscripts, the Stevens manuscript, and the Blackberry Peach Awards) have been judged and they will still be awarded
- the 53 contests are being processed and will be judged and awarded
- Encore will still be published for 2020
April 2020 Quarterly Board Meeting Minutes
March 2020
Congratulations to our 2019/2020 Student Contest Winners (click to see results). Teachers/students, if you have not heard from our Student Contest Coordinator (Frances Cowden) yet, please contact her by clicking here. Check back in August 2020 for our 2020/2021 student contest.
