Events PSV poets at the Williamsburg Book Festival on Feb. 22nd, 2025 7 Feb 2025 Kathleen Decker, Eastern Region VP, PSV will moderate a presentation of PSV poets at the Williamsburg Book Festival on Feb. 22nd, 2025. Featured Readers include Virginia Poet Laureate Mattie Q…
Events Save the Date: 2025 PSV Contest Award Ceremony June 1, 2025 7 Feb 2025February 7, 2025 The 2025 PSV Contest Award Ceremony will be held on June 1st, 2025 at the Richmond Public LIbrary. The address is: 101 East Franklin StreetRichmond, Virginia 23219 The event will…
Announcement… New Site Page: Past Events Archive 28 Jan 2025January 28, 2025 Check out our archive of past events for public videos and media. Currently you will find videos from the Annual Holiday Poetry Banquet 2024. Featured readers included our newest Virginia…
Announcement… Save the Date: PSV festival at W&M, April 26, 2025 28 Jan 2025January 28, 2025 See our Festival Information page for further information and updates.
Announcement William & Mary Libraries Announces Virginia Writer-in-Residence position 28 Jan 2025January 28, 2025 William & Mary Libraries is thrilled to announce the launch of a brand-new Virginia Writer-in-Residence position! This exciting opportunity, made possible by a generous gift, is designed to support writers…
Contests POETRY JUMPS OFF THE SHELF Call for Submissions 18 Jan 2025January 18, 2025 POETRY JUMPS OFF THE SHELF announces a callfor submissions for the Woodrow Hall Top Shelf Awardfor full length poetry collections published in 2024 Send poetry books published by a press…
Announcement… Young Poets in the Community Applications Extended to Jan. 11 13 Dec 2024January 18, 2025 Please see our Youths Program page for full information!
Contests… Haiku Workshop for PSV Contest 10 Dec 2024 Hi, PSV Member: We've had some questions about one of the newer categories: Hardy Haiku (#22). To improve the chances of PSV members to "win" this category, I have recruited…
Announcement Congratulations Mattie Quesenberry Smith, Virginia’s 21st Poet Laureate 26 Nov 2024January 18, 2025 On November 22, the Office of the Governor informed the Poetry Society of Virginia that he had selected a new Poet Laureate of Virginia. Mattie Quesenberry Smith will serve a…
Book Release Seamus Heaney’s Gifts, by Henry Hart, Distinguished PSV Member, Explores Heaney’s Preoccupation with Gifts and Gift-Exchange 21 Nov 2024November 21, 2024 From LSU Press Release: Throughout his career, Seamus Heaney maintained that poetry came to him from a mysterious source like a gift of grace, and that the recipient of this…
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