The Poetry Society of Tennessee (PST) formally announced its members-only September 2022 contest results at their September 10 member meeting. Winners receive cash prizes. The first place poem will be published in an upcoming edition of PST’s anthology, Tennessee Voices.

Out of seven humorous poem entries, sponsor and judge Florence Bruce selected three winners (no honorable mentions):

• 1st: “Fix Me” by Bill Hill
• 2nd: “Clark’s Dilemma” by Russell Strauss
• 3rd: “my Old Man” by Ann Carolyn Cates

Meeting attendees enjoyed the readings of these winning poems.

Enter Your Poem

October’s contest is right around the corner, but you have to enter to win. You can write an American haiku, the cinquain: but make it a sequence. Get details. Not a member? It’s not too late to join. Learn more.