Pennsylvania Poetry Society

The Pennsylvania Poetry Society (PPS), Inc. was founded October 21, 1949, growing out of the Pennsylvania Folklore Society and inaugurated by Colonel Henry W. Shoemaker and his sister, Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff.

PPS is a non-profit organization of poets involved in the craft of poetry at the local, state, and national levels.

[2] The Pennsylvania Poetry Society state affiliate chapters hold monthly workshops and meetings, sponsor a contest cycle[3] and arrange for poetry readings, events and publication of anthologies featuring members' poems.

The PPS has hosted the NFSPS annual convention a number of times, including a conference in Philadelphia in 1960, in Carlisle in 1974, and Harrisburg in 2005.

[4] The organization publishes a newsletter, the Sylvan (print and electronic formats), and a member-focused digital journal of poetry titled "Pennsylvania's Poetic Voices" (electronic format).