TMT Awards & Submissions

Troubadour Awards

Each year after the PSOV chooses Selected Works for the year’s volume, an outside judge presents two awards from these member-submitted poems. The Corinne Eastman Davis Memorial Award is awarded for the best poem by a member who has not previously won this honor; the prize is $20. The Arthur Wallace Peach Memorial Award is awarded for the best poem by a member; the prize is $20.
The Davis and Peach Awards are announced in the spring and published in the Troubadour the next year. A certificate of honorable mention is also given for each award.

Guidelines for All Submissions

Note: Not accepting submissions at this time, the deadline for submissions is February 1st.

Prepare your submission:

  • Place your poems in a single Word document with each poem on its own page.
  • Create a Word document for Selected Works that is separate from Previously Published.
  • Please use 12-pt. Times New Roman, single-spaced.
  • All line lengths will be considered.
  • Please specify if you use a pen name.

Email your submission:

  • Send Selected Works submissions in an email to Troubadour editor.
  • Use a subject line as follows: Selected Works_Your Name.
  • Attach a Word Document with your unplublished poem to the email.
  • Send Previously Published submissions in an email to Troubadour editor.
  • Use a subject line as follows: Previously Published_Your Name.
  • Attach a Word document with your previously published poem to the email.

Examples for submission:

  • Subject line: Selected Works_Josephine Hudson
  • Email Message (sample):
    • I’m happy to submit three unpublished poems in the attached word document for your consideration: “First Game of Dawn,” “The Pony,” and “Spilt Milk.” I have recently updated my membership and bio to the Poetry Society of Vermont using your online Submittable account (or other payment method). Thank you for the opportunity to submit my poems. Sincerely, Josephine Hudson
  • Subject line: Previously Published _ Betty McCartwright
  • Email Message (sample):
    • Please accept my poem, “Carrying Wood,” for consideration for publication in The Mountain Troubadour. This poem was previously published online by the Young Woodcutters Review, Issue #15, December 2021. Here is the link to my poem, [paste link here if poem is online.] Thank you for the opportunity to submit my poems. Sincerely, Betty McCartwright

Your entry will be acknowledged with an email from the Troubadour editor.

News & Notes, Cover Art and Tributes

We encourage members to send your news and photographs or other art for the cover. Please send News & Notes, Cover Art and Tributes using the guidelines described above to Troubadour editor.

News & Notes: We’re interested in news of your publications, reading and performances. Consult your Troubadour for style when composing your submission. Please use the subject line: News & Notes_Your Name.

Covert Art: Member photos, including photos of your own art, will be considered for the cover. Must be high resolution, 1 MB or more, JPG file. Images less than 1 MB are not suitable for printing and will not be considered. If you have questions email Troubadour editor, use the subject line: Photo_Your Name in the email.

Tributes: If you know of a member who has passed, we’d appreciate a tribute. See past issues for style. Subject line: Tribute for Member’s Name_Your Name.