Member Benefits

Benefits of being a PSOV member:

  • participation in member readings and workshops
    • 3 workshops per year- spring, summer & fall
  • participate in the monthly online PSOV Poetry Group
  • free submission to all PSOV contests and opportunities to have poems published in the societyโ€™s journal, The Mountain Troubadour
    • January: The Mountain Troubadour (TMT)
      • Selected Works (from General Submissions,) winners will be selected by the Editorial Board and published in TMT
      • Previously Published Works will be selected by TMT Editor and published in TMT
    • May: Spring Workshop (top 10 poems selected by members, published in TMT)
    • July/August: 
      • Summer Contests (7 contests, winners selected by outside judges, winners and honorable mentions published in TMT)
      • TMT Awards are chosen from Selected Poems in the current issue of The Mountain Troubadour, two winners and two honorable mentions are selected by outside judges.
    • October: Fall Workshop (top 10 poems selected by members, published in TMT)
  • feedback and comments on submitted poems to the General Submissions (Selected Works)
  • fellowship with many appreciative readers and writers of poetry
  • members receive a free copy of the societyโ€™s journal, The Mountain Troubadour (TMT), published annually
    • a copy of TMT will be distributed to members each spring after PSOV receives print copies from the publisher
    • new members who register after the spring mailing will receive a digital copy of that year’s TMT
  • announcements of readings and events around the state
  • promotion of member publications on the PSOV website, and at workshops and events

Join today: Become a Member use the same link to renew.