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A Year-End Message from the OSPA Board |
Dear fellow OSPAer,
As you make your holiday gift list, I hope you'll remember that OSPA was very good this past year. . . . It put on two stimulating conferences—a spring one in Portland and a fall one in Newport. It conducted the 11th annual Oregon Student Poetry Contest, awarding cash prizes, certificates, and publication to 40 students from across the state. It conducted spring and fall contests open to member and non-member poets anywhere. It published handsome anthologies of winning poems—Cascadia, with students' poems, and Verseweavers. Through four full issues of the OSPA newsletter and through the OSPA website, it kept members informed about poetry activities, including those of the five current OSPA units in their various parts of the state. And its all-volunteer board, unit chairs, and other volunteers are working to serve Oregon poets and poetry lovers even better in 2010.
To help continue this work on behalf of Oregon poets and their poetry, I hope that you will be able to make a year-end gift to OSPA. Any amount—a stocking present, a major gift, or something in between—will be appreciated and well used. Checks should be made payable to OSPA and mailed to P.O. Box 14582, Portland, OR 97293. OSPA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and all contributions are tax-deductible. In addition, if you match your gift to OSPA with an equal gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust, you can receive credit for the amount you give the Trust (up to $500 for individuals, $1,000 for couples filing jointly) on your Oregon tax return.
Thank you very much for thinking of the Oregon State Poetry Association as you make your year-end gifts.
With appreciation,
Eleanor Berry, OSPA Board Member and Development Chair
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OSPA December 2009 Newsletter Available for Download |
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Spring 2010 Contest Rules and Information |
** The OSPA Spring Conference is always held the third weekend in April
The 2010 OSPA Conference will be Friday and Saturday, April 16 – 17 in Eugene.
As part of National Poetry Month, OSPA will put on our usual fun and educational weekend. We will have workshops, the contest awards, poetry readings, chances to buy (or sell!) poetry books, time to catch up with fellow poets, and of course, the ever-popular open mics! Put the date on your calendar — you won’t want to miss out!
Stay tuned for more details!
Spring 2010 Conference Contest Rules and Information (pdf)
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Winter 2009-10 Member News |
OSPA members are keeping it real! Rather than have great news
items fall off the Newsflash column, here are recent and upcoming member news stories:
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OSPA Membership Chair Needed! |
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OSPA Membership Chair needed!
Computer skills necessary to produce membership list, labels and annual membership
directory. Please contact Marie Buckley through
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for more information.
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Poetry Events Calendar of the Northwest |
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Ongoing Call for Book Donations to Oregon Poetry Collection |
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Oregon State Poetry Association and the Oregon State Library are still seeking donations of books for the Oregon Poetry Collection, an inclusive collection of books by Oregon poets, housed at the State Library and open to the public. Part of the collection will circulate, and part--including signed first editions, rare books, and second copies of circulating books--will be non-circulating for the purpose of long-term preservation.
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