Several organizations have reached out to the society this month to share opportunities, from calls for submissions to contests, conventions and conferences (one even has scholarship offerings!).

Submission Closing Soon!

Highland Park Poetry’s 2025 Poetry Challenge submission deadline is deadline is Monday, January 27, 2025 at 11:59PM. They offer three challenge options:

• The Roaring Twenties – in honor of the 100th publication anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
• Ode to a Geographic Place – inspired by Diane L. Redleaf’s Odes to the States: Poems Inspired By the 50 States and the District of Columbia)
• Dodoitsu (any subject written as a dodoitsu, Japanese form of four lines where first three lines have 7 syllables and the last line has 5; usually concerning topics of work or love; see attached description and examples)

It’s free to submit one poem, and previously published poems are accepted (include the appropriate acknowledgment).

Learn more about this and other opportunities from Highland Park Poetry at www.HighlandParkPoetry.org.

Tennessee Mountain Writers Competition and Conference

FESTIVAL INFORMATION: The Tennessee Mountain Writers’ 36th Annual Conference, “Appalachian Ink,” is coming up April 3-5, 2025, at the Double Tree Hotel in Oak Ridge, TN. More info coming soon.

For more information, please contact us at scholarships@tmwi.org.

From NFSPS

CONTESTS: The National Federation of State Poetry Societies’ Annual Poetry Contests are open to eligible members for entry through March 15, 2025. Learn more. Two of three BlackBerry Peach Spoken Word Contests & Events are also underway! The BlackBerry Peach Spoken & Written Contest is open for submissions through March 16, 2025. The BlackBerry Peach National Poetry Slam is open for registration (winner will represent the United States in international competition!).

CONVENTION: NFSPS announced their annual convention will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico from July 23-28, 2025. Naomi Shihab Nye will be their keynote speaker! Details on the BlackBerry Peach Youth Mini-Festival to be held July 25, 2025, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will also become available in the coming months.

POETS FOR PEACE Call for Submissions

Poets for Peace has a call for submissions open now through March 31, 2025. Please note submissions will close once 150 poets have submitted.

From North Carolina Poetry Society

This society offers 11 poetry contests for adults, with a deadline of February 1, 2025. Learn more.

Title Writing Workshop

Poetry Society of Tennessee member Shuly Cawood is once again offering her popular “Let Your Titles Do More of the Heavy Lifting” workshop in partnership with Press 53 on February 13, 2025. Learn more.