68th ANNUAL POETRY FESTIVAL
Poetry Society of Tennessee, in partnership with MTSU Write and Poetry in the Boro, held their 68th Annual Poetry Festival at the Academic Classroom Building, Middle Tennessee State University, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and virtually. We thank our plenary session presenter and Best of Fest judge Christian J. Collier and presenters Donovan McAbee, James Croal Jackson, Bryanna Licciardi, John Mannone, Claudia Stanek,Cynthia Storrs, and Kory Wells. Much appreciation to MTSU for use of their facilities for this event.
CONTEST & ANTHOLOGY
Winning poems will be featured in our next edition of Tennessee Voices Anthology.
Winners of the first-ever Tennessee Visions Cover Art contest are "Common Ritual" by Dorothy Chen, whose artwork will appear on the front cover and "Coming Storm" by Cynthia Storrs, whose artwork will appear on the back cover. Learn more.
Best of Fest winner was "Rest" by KB Ballentine. Tennessee Voices contest winners were "BLCKDOG’s BRNBOY HUM" by Kelly Falzone (1st), "Black Angels of Hamilton County" by Laura Gunnells Miller (2nd), and Short Cuts by James C Jackson (3rd). Get full contest results.
Winning poems will be featured in our next edition of Tennessee Voices Anthology.
Winners of the first-ever Tennessee Visions Cover Art contest are "Common Ritual" by Dorothy Chen, whose artwork will appear on the front cover and "Coming Storm" by Cynthia Storrs, whose artwork will appear on the back cover. Learn more.
Best of Fest winner was "Rest" by KB Ballentine. Tennessee Voices contest winners were "BLCKDOG’s BRNBOY HUM" by Kelly Falzone (1st), "Black Angels of Hamilton County" by Laura Gunnells Miller (2nd), and Short Cuts by James C Jackson (3rd). Get full contest results.
The society thanks presenters for the rich discussions and insights from the workshops and panel discussion. We appreciate you!
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FESTIVAL PARTNERS
MTSU Write is a non-degreed, community-facing creative writing program that hosts local and virtual events, facilitates virtual writing groups, and offers from-home, one-on-one mentoring to writers of all experience levels in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screenwriting, and playwriting. Learn more.
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Poetry in the Boro is a monthly open mic and featured reading series hosted in Murfreesboro. Founded in 2016, the mission of PitB is to bring poetry to the community and to offer a place for our community’s creative, unique voices in all styles of poetry and spoken word. Learn more.
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FESTIVAL ARCHIVE
68th Annual Festival Contest Results
68th Annual Poetry Contest
Tennessee Visions Contest Results
Previous Festival Contest Results & Publication Acceptance
First place winners of all PST contests, unless otherwise noted, are published in Tennessee Voices, our annual anthology. Additional poems may be selected for publication at PST's discretion. See publications for information on how to purchase anthology editions.
Monthly Members-Only Contests
Looking for our members-only contests schedule or winners list? Please see member contests.
68th Annual Poetry Contest
Tennessee Visions Contest Results
Previous Festival Contest Results & Publication Acceptance
- 67th Annual Contest (2023) Winners
- 66th Annual Festival Call for Submission Acceptances (2022)
- 65th Annual Contest (2021) Winners
- 64th Annual Contest (2020) Winners
- 63rd Annual Contest (2019) Winners
- 62nd Annual Contest (2018) Winners
First place winners of all PST contests, unless otherwise noted, are published in Tennessee Voices, our annual anthology. Additional poems may be selected for publication at PST's discretion. See publications for information on how to purchase anthology editions.
Monthly Members-Only Contests
Looking for our members-only contests schedule or winners list? Please see member contests.