A meeting place for poets in NW Houston
third Saturday monthly 10 a.m. - noon
our next meeting
Saturday January 19, 2019
Public Poetry
ENOUGH is the theme of Public Poetry’s
annual nation-wide poetry contest
deadline January 15, 2019
All are eligible $1000 FIRST PRIZE plus invitation to give a public reading in Houston, Texas.
TOP 40 entries will be included in an e-book anthology. Guidelines and Entry Form HERE
Read about contest judges Robin Davidson, Roy G. Guzmán, Patricia Spears Jones
and Carmen Giménez Smith HERE
ENOUGH is the theme of Public Poetry’s
annual nation-wide poetry contest
deadline January 15, 2019
All are eligible $1000 FIRST PRIZE plus invitation to give a public reading in Houston, Texas.
TOP 40 entries will be included in an e-book anthology. Guidelines and Entry Form HERE
Read about contest judges Robin Davidson, Roy G. Guzmán, Patricia Spears Jones
and Carmen Giménez Smith HERE
The William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest, 2019
The contest will honor deceased Fort Worth poet William D. Barney, one of the most distinguished poets Fort Worth has produced, a former member of FWPS, and past president of the Poetry Society of Texas. He won the national Robert Frost Award in 1961 and was Texas Poet Laureate in 1982-83.
Entries will be accepted with postmarks between January 1 and February 15, 2019.
Check the link for full details of submission.
The contest will honor deceased Fort Worth poet William D. Barney, one of the most distinguished poets Fort Worth has produced, a former member of FWPS, and past president of the Poetry Society of Texas. He won the national Robert Frost Award in 1961 and was Texas Poet Laureate in 1982-83.
Entries will be accepted with postmarks between January 1 and February 15, 2019.
Check the link for full details of submission.
The National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS) is a non-profit organization, exclusively educational and literary. Its purpose is to recognize the importance of poetry with respect to national cultural heritage. It is dedicated solely to the furtherance of poetry on the national level and serves to unite poets in the bonds of fellowship and understanding.
The NFSPS sponsors fifty annual poetry contests with cash prizes totaling over $6,000, including a grand prize of $1,000. It also sponsors the Stevens Manuscript contest for a collection of poems by one poet, with a cash prize of $1,000 plus publication, the BlackBerry Peach Poetry Awards, with total cash prizes of $1,750.00, plus publication, and the College Undergraduate Poetry competition, which awards two $500 prizes, plus publication.
If you are a PST member, you are also a member of NFSPS. Time to check out the contests and polish up those poems! Deadline is March 15, 2019.
The NFSPS sponsors fifty annual poetry contests with cash prizes totaling over $6,000, including a grand prize of $1,000. It also sponsors the Stevens Manuscript contest for a collection of poems by one poet, with a cash prize of $1,000 plus publication, the BlackBerry Peach Poetry Awards, with total cash prizes of $1,750.00, plus publication, and the College Undergraduate Poetry competition, which awards two $500 prizes, plus publication.
If you are a PST member, you are also a member of NFSPS. Time to check out the contests and polish up those poems! Deadline is March 15, 2019.
