Poetry Society of Tennessee

EST. 1953

A blog by poets for poets in Tennessee and beyond.

PST 2022-2023 Student Contests Open

We’re excited to announce our 2022-2023 Student Contests! We invite all eligible students to submit a poem, and we encourage Tennessee educators to involve their students in a contest. This year we offer up three contests, one each for elementary, middle and high school students: High School Division (Grades 9-12) Free Verse Poem — postmark deadline…

October 25, 2022
The Value of Competition

Although I’ve been busy with many personal endeavors, I’ve been thinking about the value of competition and what it means for our society.

October 25, 2022
Performance Opportunity in Knoxville TN

Sundress Reading Series Seeks Readers for Spring 2023 From February to May of 2023, the Sundress Reading Series will be back in person at their new venue, Pretentious Beer Co. in the Knoxville Old City. They now feature comedy and music alongside literary readings! The Sundress Reading Series is an award-winning literary reading series previously…

October 25, 2022
November 2022 Program

In this talk, Blue Ridge native and award-winning poet Matthew Wimberley engages with the responsibilities of the writer when engaged with the particulars of place.

October 25, 2022
October 2022 Poetry Contest Results

The Poetry Society of Tennessee (PST) formally announced its members-only October 2022 contest results at their October 8 member meeting. Winners receive cash prizes. The first place poem will be published in an upcoming edition of PST’s anthology, Tennessee Voices. Sponsor and judge Howard Carman selected the following winners and honorable mentions: Meeting attendees enjoyed…

October 19, 2022
The People Behind the Voices

As previously announced,Tennessee Voices 2021-2022 , Poetry Society of Tennessee’s anthology, is now available on Amazon. It features results and winning poems from the 2021-2022 Monthly Contests, Poetry Festival, and Student Competitions. Creating a collection like this takes a whole lot of work, and we have a whole lot of appreciation to hand out to everyone who made…

September 28, 2022
The Power of Place

Just as poets understand the power of place in their writing, PST understands and nurtures the power of place as a means to grow poets and the poetry community across Tennessee.

September 28, 2022
Creating Regional Connections

Learn more about our new regional connections committee and meet the people from across our state who form it.

September 19, 2022
October 2022 Program

In our writing, regardless of genre, we often need some level of research. Presenter Melissa Helton will discuss genealogical research and the process of writing her current manuscript, a family memoir in verse investigating our history, interrogating what that means as the descendent of colonizers in a white supremacist US, and what can be done…

September 19, 2022
Tennessee Voices 2021-2022 Released

Tennessee Voices 2021-2022, PST’s anthology of winning contest poems (and more) is now available on Amazon for just $5.99. Order yours today!

September 17, 2022