Poetry Fest #67
Check back for details on our 67th Annual Poetry Festival.
Poetry Fest #66
The Poetry Society of Tennessee's (PST’s) 66th Annual Poetry Festival was held April 15, 2023, on Zoom from 2:00 - 5:00 pm EDT. Get highlights.
Call for Submissions Acceptances and Awards
Thank you to all who submitted poems for potential inclusion in the 2022-2023 edition of our anthology, Tennessee Voices. The editorial board (Connie Jordan Green, Lacy Snapp, Maria Zoccola) has reviewed submissions and notices have been sent to those with accepted poems.
The editorial board selected a short list for prize consideration, and the top three were selected by festival workshop presenter, poet and educator, Rick Hilles:
Poets read their poems during the 66th Annual Festival. Congratulations to poets whose entries were among the first 25 poems accepted, who also read poems during the event:
Previous Festival Contest Results / Publication Acceptance
First place winners of all PST contests, unless otherwise noted, are published in Tennessee Voices, our annual anthology. 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.
Check back for details on our 67th Annual Poetry Festival.
Poetry Fest #66
The Poetry Society of Tennessee's (PST’s) 66th Annual Poetry Festival was held April 15, 2023, on Zoom from 2:00 - 5:00 pm EDT. Get highlights.
Call for Submissions Acceptances and Awards
Thank you to all who submitted poems for potential inclusion in the 2022-2023 edition of our anthology, Tennessee Voices. The editorial board (Connie Jordan Green, Lacy Snapp, Maria Zoccola) has reviewed submissions and notices have been sent to those with accepted poems.
The editorial board selected a short list for prize consideration, and the top three were selected by festival workshop presenter, poet and educator, Rick Hilles:
- Carson Colenbaugh ($150), for “At the Powerline, Picking Blackberries”
- Jake Lawson ($100) for “Sky Master”
- Rieppe Moore ($50) for “Lines on Snow”
Poets read their poems during the 66th Annual Festival. Congratulations to poets whose entries were among the first 25 poems accepted, who also read 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”
Previous Festival Contest Results / Publication Acceptance
- 66th Annual Festival Call for Submission Acceptances (coming soon)
- 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. 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.
Lake Wautaga; Photo Credit, Lisa Kamolnick
