The Poetry Society of Tennessee (PST) is a non-profit state-level poetry organization affiliated with the

National Federation of State Poetry Societies The National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Inc. (NFSPS) is a national organization of state poetry societies in the United States. It was established in 1959 and now includes affiliates in 32 U.S. states. The federation hosts conferences a ...

. In 2020 it has three affiliate chapters in the

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. The society hosts conferences and maintains award and educational programs related to poetry.

History

The Poetry Society of Tennessee was founded by poets in

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in 1953, and is recognized as the founding society in the

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by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS). Since then, the organization has expanded to three affiliate chapters in West Tennessee, East Tennessee and

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Activities

The Poetry Society of Tennessee hosts a number of annual conferences, festivals and events and publishes the ''Tennessee Voices'' anthology annually. It also offers the NFSPS Critiquing Challenges, a discussion and educational opportunity for poet development. The organization sponsors a number of contests that provide monthly and annual awards. The youth contests are open to all Tennessee students. Student award categories are: *Elementary (Grades 2–5) *Middle School (Grades 6–8) *High School (Grades 9–12) *Eye Poems (all age groups)

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*{{Official, https://www.poetrytennessee.org Poetry organizations based in the United States Literary societies 1953 establishments in the United States Non-profit organizations based in Tennessee 501(c)(3) organizations Arts organizations based in Tennessee Arts organizations established in 1953