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New: Instars from Deborah Zenha Adams
PST member Debora Zenha Adams’ latest poetry chapbook, Instars, is now available.
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Members Featured in Had I a Dove & More
Several PST members appear in Had I a Dove, a thoughtful anthology that benefits those most affected by Hurricane Helene, and other books featuring our members.
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New: Nameless as the Minnows from Connie Jordan Green
PST member Connie Jordan Green’s latest poetry collection, Nameless as the Minnows, is now available.
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October 2025 Program with Valencia Robin
In this program, award-winning poet Valencia Robin unpacks poetry’s two major traditions: the lyric and narrative poem. Join us!
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Submissions Open for the 2025 Tennessee Collegiate Poetry Contest

The Tennessee Collegiate Poetry Contest is open through November 1, 2025. Send your best poem. Free to enter. Win a prize. Be published!
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Opportunities Abound: September Roundup
Get the deets on poetry in Tennessee and surrounding communities. Workshops, conferences and conventions. Calls for submission. Contests. Events.
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Members Featured in Encore 2025
Several PST members appear in Encore 2025, the National Federation of State Poetry Societies’ anthology of prize poems.
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PST 2025-2026 Student Contests Open

PST’s 2025-2026 student contests are now open. Learn more about our contests, including prizes, how to submit, and entry deadline.
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September 2025 Program with Thomas Alan Holmes
In this program, Thomas Alan Holmes explores use of the lyric “I” as a poetic device in poems with autobiographical elements to write truth (without distraction of actual events).