The PST 2019 Annual Contests Results are on the Publications tab, under Bulletins, November 2019.
The contests are now closed. Our Annual Awards Banquet was on Nov. 9, 2019.
2018 Annual Award Winners
Congratulations to all of the 2018 Annual Awards Winners! Thank you to all who entered!
2017 Annual Contest Winners
The 2017 Annual Contest Winners have been announced! Click to download the PDF list. Congratulations to all who placed!
Congratulations to Loretta Diane Walker
Congratulations to Loretta Diane Walker on winning the 2016 Phyllis Wheatley Book Award in Poetry for her book In This House, by Blue Light Press.
This is a huge award and honor for Loretta.
PST is proud of her!
For more information about the award, visit the 2016 Harlem Book Fair website.
William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest Winner
Congratulations to Budd Powell Mahan, winner of the first William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest sponsored by the Fort Worth Poetry Society and the Poetry Society of Texas, for Names In A Book.
2nd place went to Charlotte Renk, of Athens, TX, for This Great Turtle Heart; 3rd place was Chet Taylor of Seguin, TX.
Now Available: A History of Poetry Society of Texas
Budd Mahan’s book on the history of PST has been printed. Copies are available for $15.00 from Budd at 7059 Spring Valley Road, Dallas, TX 75254.
PST Member J. Paul Holcomb Proclaimed Lewisville’s First Poet Laureate
PST member and councilor J. Paul Holcomb has been proclaimed Lewisville’s first poet laureate. To read more details, view the article by Sylvia Medel.
Congratulations, Paul!
