South Dakota State Poetry Society
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| Established | 1927 |
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| Type | Poetry organization |
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| Website | sdpoetry |
The South Dakota State Poetry Society (SDSPS) is a non-profit state-level poetry association in the U.S. state of South Dakota, affiliated with the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS). The organization promotes poetry, conducts state-wide contests, issues poetry publications and organizes periodic workshops and festivals.
The South Dakota State Poetry Society was founded in 1927 by Dr. James C. Lindberg at Northern State University after serving as editor of the college's literary magazine Pasque Petals the previous year. The organization incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 1984,[1] with a mission statement that reads, in part: "To encourage and foster the writing and publication of poetry by South Dakota writers and to promote excellence therein."[2]
