The Annual Summer Conference convenes in a different area of the state each July. 2018 will be:

49th Annual Summer Conference
Thursday-Saturday July 12-14
Poetry: A Bridge to the World

Marriott SpringHill Suites-Waco/Woodway, Texas
200 Colonnade Parkway, 76712

To view full event details and register, please see the following information sheet:

PST 2018 Summer Conference Registration Form

We hope to see you there!

The 2017 Annual Contest Winners have been announced! Click to download the PDF list. Congratulations to all who placed!

The Fort Worth Poetry Society

In Cooperation With the Poetry Society of Texas

Offers

The William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest, 2018

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.

The winner will receive $50 plus 25 free copies of the published chapbook.

Rules for Entry:

1. This contest is open to Texas residents and/or active PST members only. Entry fee for Members of the Poetry Society of Texas is $10. Entry fee for non-members of PST is $20. Make your check or money order payable to the Fort Worth Poetry Society. No cash please.
2. Contestants should submit a single copy of their manuscript in English only, which should be a minimum of 20 but no more than 30 pages of poetry, and no more than one poem per page. The manuscript may include both published and unpublished poems, but may not include poems from other books by the author. A list of acknowledgments of published poems should not be included. The winner will supply an acknowledgments page, if needed, during arrangements for publication. The author should not be identified on the manuscript. Include a separate identification sheet with name of author, address, phone, email, and title of the manuscript.
3. Manuscripts with poems that contain explicit sexual language or expletives will not be considered.
4. Fort Worth Poetry Society will assume the production costs of developing the manuscript into a market-ready, soft cover collection. This includes editing, cover design, pricing and ISBN registration. Upon publication of the finished chapbook, the author will receive 25 free copies of the chapbook, with additional copies available at the author discount of 50%. FWPS reserves the right to print and sell additional copies at retail cost, with a 10% royalty to the author. Except for the rights granted to the FWPS, the winner will retain the copyright to the chapbook.
5. The winner of the contest will not be eligible to enter again for six years. Current members of the Fort  Worth Poetry Society are not eligible to enter this contest.
6. A qualified, impartial judge selected by FWPS, but not a member of FWPS or PST, will select the winning manuscript. The judge’s name will not be announced until the winner is announced.
7. The winner will be invited to do readings from the chapbook at the PST Summer Conference; at a monthly meeting of PST in Dallas; and at a 2^nd Friday Poetry program at Benbrook Public Library, Benbrook, Texas.
8. Entry of the contest acknowledges agreement with these stipulations.
9. Entries will be accepted with postmarks between January 1 and February 15, 2018.
10. Announcement of the winner will be at the April, 2018, PST meeting and by email to entrants. Entries should be mailed to: FWPS Chapbook Contest, 10148 Fieldcrest Drive, Benbrook, TX 76126. Include your email or a SSAE to be notified of delivery.

Introducing the Poetry Society of Texas
61st Annual Awards Banquet:
‘The Magic of Words’

Saturday, November 11th, 2017
DoubleTree by Hilton (near the Galleria)
4099 Valley View Lane, Dallas, Texas 75244
972-385-9000

For more information, and to register, please see the 2017 Banquet Flyer.

The winner of the second annual Fort Worth Poetry Society William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest 2017 was Ann Howells of Dallas for Softly Beating Wings. The contest was judged by NFSPS past president, Doris Stengel of Minnesota.

Congratulations, Ann!

Hello poets!

Just a reminder that the 2017 NFSPS Convention registration form, schedule, list of speakers, book room information, and more are all available on our NFSPS Convention page. Click through to find out more and get signed up. We hope to see you there!

A new “deal” for
Convention Attendees!
E  X  T  E  N  D  E  D  Deadline
for
2017 NFSPS Convention
Texas Hold ‘Em Poetry Contest
Postmarked by May 1, 2017
 
Unpublished, Any Subject, Any Form
36-Line Limit
 
Winners announced at the convention.
Yep, you gotta be there to win!

Prizes: 1^st – $100, 2^nd – $75, 3^rd – $50,
and three (3) HMs – $25 each.

Enter as many times as you want.
$10 entry fee for each group of three (or fewer) poems.

Make checks payable to
Poetry Society of Texas

Snail mail entries only!

Postmark by MAY 1, 2017
 
Send two copies: one with Name, Address, Phone Number, Email Address, State Society membership or Non-Member; one with no ID.

Send to J. Paul Holcomb, Texas Hold ‘Em Convention Contest Chairman,
235 Shady Hill Lane, Double Oak, TX 75077-8270.

PLEASE NOTE:

The extended May 1 deadline applies ONLY to the above-mentioned convention contest offered by the Poetry Society of Texas for convention attendees only. The winners of this contest will be announced opening night of the convention June 29).

March 15 is still the postmark deadline for the NFSPS Annual Contests (orange brochure) and online at nfsps.com under Poetry Contests. Winners in these contests will be announced throughout the convention proceedings, as usual.