The Poetry Society of Tennessee (PST) formally announced its members-only May 2025 contest results at their May 10 member meeting. Winners receive cash prizes. The first place poem will be published in an upcoming edition of PST’s anthology, Tennessee Voices.

This month featured two contests. Many thanks to sponsor and judge for each, Russell Strauss and Dr. Emory Jones, who selected the following winners and honorable mentions:

 A humorous poem
1st: "Composing a Poem" by Sara Gipson
2nd: "Cab Calloway Called it Chinse Music" by William Hill 

A poem about friends
1st: "Reminisce" by Lisa A. Riley
2nd: "Flow" by Jonathan Bennett
3rd: "Forever Friends" by Fred Tudiver
HM "Coffee with Chris" by Mark Hudson

Meeting attendees enjoyed the readings of these winning poems.

Get full-year members-only contest results here.

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Winners of June’s contest, for a Burma Shave poem, will be announced at the next meeting.

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