The Poetry Society of Tennessee (PST) formally announced its members-only August 2024 contest results at their August 10 member meeting. Winners receive monetary prizes. First place poems (this month featured two contests!) will be published in an upcoming edition of PST’s anthology, Tennessee Voices.

Many thanks to sponsors Anna’s Pet Sitting and William Hill Art & Poetry and judge William Hill, who selected the following winners and honorable mentions:

Animals in the Wild Haiku

1st: "Tiger in a cage" by John Crawford
2nd:  "God's creatures stampede" by Ann Carolyn Cates
3rd: "Little Moth" by Kayla Nichols
1HM: "A skunk in the wild" by Mark Hudson
2HM: "Moon drunk devil dog" by Scott Pierce
3HM: "robins announce spring" by Sara Gipson

American Cinquain on Flowers

1st: "Daffodil" by Kayla Nichols
2nd: "Vanity" by James Massey
3rd: "In the Garden" by Ann Carolyn Cates
1HM: "Natives" by Sarah Cummins Small
2HM: "Memories" by K. B. Ballentine
3HM: ""Duchess de Nemours Peony" by Laura Miller

Meeting attendees enjoyed the readings of these winning poems.

Enter Your Poem

More contests are right around the corner, but you have to enter to win.

Try our Full Moon Poetry contest brought to you by PST’s Full Moon Poetry group based in Middle Tennessee. In this unique contest, the first place poem will be published in a future edition of Tennessee Voices Anthology, and all entrants receive at least two evaluations of their entry. Submissions will be accepted through September 1 (email only).

October contest submissions open September 1-15. Sponsor Howard Carman is seeking an heroic couplet (iambic tetrameter or pentameter).

November contest submissions open October 1-15. Sponsor Rose Klix offers America the Beautiful. She seeks free verse poems about landscapes or landmarks of America.

Except where noted, entrants may mail or email entries. (Please review instructions carefully.) Mailed contest entries must be postmarked during the open submission period.

Get contest guidelines and details.

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