The Poetry Society of Tennessee (PST) formally announced its members-only January 2025 contest results at their January 11 member meeting. Winners receive cash prizes. The first place poem will be published in an upcoming edition of PST’s anthology, Tennessee Voices.

Many thanks to sponsor and judge UPDATE, who selected the following winners and honorable mentions:

• 1st: “ThinBlue Line” by Patricia Hope
• 2nd: “Truncheon or Tolerance” by Howard S. Carman,Jr.
• 3rd: “Young Symphony” by Russell H. Strauss
• HM: “please pick it up” by Kayla Nichols

Meeting attendees enjoyed the readings of these winning poems.

Enter Your Poem

Only two more months of members-only contests left in the year.

February’s contest is open for submissions January 1-15. “Crazy for Cliches” Use those trite ideas we’ve all been warned to avoid. Focus on a poetic cliche. Many thanks to sponsor Sally Boyington and judge Claudia Stanek.

March’s contest is open for submissions February 1-15. An ekphrastic poem in response to a specific picture. Many thanks to sponsor and judge Janet Qually. (See contest details.)

Entrants may mail or email entries. Mailed entries must be postmarked within the open submission period. Get contest details.

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