The Poetry Society of Tennessee (PST) formally announced its members-only March 2025 contest results at their March 8 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 Janet Qually, who selected the following winners and honorable mentions:

• 1st: “What the Sun Might Say” by Patricia Hope
• 2nd: “So Swift the Flight” by Connie Jordan Green
• 3rd: “Flying Home” by Russell H. Strauss
• 1HM: “The Hawk Flies” by Chrissie Anderson Peters

Meeting attendees enjoyed the readings of these winning poems.

MORE Members-Only Contests

TWO contests are in play for May, both open for entries April 1-15:

• A poem about friends. Many thanks to sponsor and judge Emory Jones.
• A rhymed and metered poem about any humorous subject. Many thanks to sponsor and Judge Russell H. Strauss.

IMPORTANT: Please submit entries separately and note which contest on the blind and ID copies of your entry.

PST “Poetry Fest 68”

Who will win or place in PST’s 68th Poetry Festival contests? Come find out at our first-ever hybrid festival, with in-person and virtual programming festival, to be held April 26, 2025, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and on Zoom. Get details.

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