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2024 Oregon Poetry Association Contests

The Oregon Poetry Association is proud to announce the 2024 OPA Contests! Poets are invited to submit to the following contests: Youth, Adult, and Spanish Language. The Cascadia Youth Poetry Contest is now open. Full details are here: https://opa.submittable.com/ More information will be available on our Submittable Page when each contest opens. We look forward […]

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READ THE WINNING POEMS FROM OPA’S POETS CHOICE CATEGORY, JUDGE DAN BEACHY-QUICK

2023 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS POETS CHOICE, JUDGE DAN BEACHY-QUICK 1st Place: Crystal Willer, “The Arsonist Speaks of Her Beginnings” 2nd Place: David J.S. Pickering, “Zsa-Zsa Eva Magda, Pray for Us in Our Time of Need” 3rd Place: Sarah Rohrs, “A Woman Alone” 1st HM: Paul Telles, “Ham Salad” 2nd HM: Ted Virts, “Sonora” 3rd

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READ THE WINNING POEMS FROM OPA’S MEMBERS ONLY CATEGORY, JUDGE JERI THERIAULT

2023 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS MEMBERS ONLY,  JUDGE JERI THERIAULT 1st Place: Given Davis, “Catch and Release” 2nd Place: David A. Goodrum, “My Middle Brother Bleeding” 3rd Place: Nancy Flynn, “provenance” 1st HM: Jone Rush MacCulloch, “I Dreamt of Crows” 2nd HM: Jennifer Rood, “Shooting Star Cento” 3rd HM: Rachel Barton, “A Willamette Valley Solstice”

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READ THE WINNING POEMS FROM OPA’S NEW POETS CATEGORY, JUDGE ALEX DANG

NEW POETS, JUDGE ALEX DANG 1st Place: Steve Slemenda, “Memorial” 2nd Place: Savannah Busby, “Months Poem” 3rd Place: Nicholas Denning, “Grow” 1st HM: Zachary Paul, “Hello” 2nd HM: Jill Flores, “Commonwealth Lake Park” 3rd HM: Mark Fryburg, “Family Vacation – Memoir” Judge’s Comments: “Memorial”: Fantastic use of the epitaph looking like a gravestone! Succinct, precise,

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READ THE WINNING POEMS FROM OPA’S TRADITIONAL–ELEGY CATEGORY, JUDGE DEREK SHEFFIELD

2023 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS TRADITONAL– ELEGY, JUDGE DEREK SHEFFIELD 1st Place: Steve Slemenda, “Elegy” 2nd Place: John Miller, “Help Me Finish” 3rd Place: Elisa Carlsen, “Beneath Sonoma Range” 1st HM: M.L. Lyons, “The Vanishing” 2nd HM: Davis J.S. Pickering, “Summer 2020, Portland Oregon—an Elegy (of Sorts) 3rd HM: Vivienne Popperl, “To the Members of

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READ THE WINNING POEMS FROM OPA’S THEME–EKPHRASIS CATEGORY, JUDGE JENNIFER PERRINE

2023 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS THEMED—EKPHRASIS: JUDGE JENNIFER PERINNE 1st Place: Crystal Willer, “Diptych in Black and White” 2nd Place: Connie Soper, “I and the Village” 3rd Place: Nancy Flynn, “Learning to See” 1st HM: Louise Barden, “Pieta: 1964 World’s Fair” 2nd HM: Keli Osborn, “A Certain Constellation” 3rd HM: Suzy Harris, “To Marc Chagall’s

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Poetry Box is Open for Poetry & Artwork Submissions to The Poeming Pigeon

It’s that time of year! ⁠ The Poetry Box is open for submissions to our 14th issue of The Poeming Pigeon: a journal of art & poetry We can’t wait to read your wonderful poems and see your gorgeous art.⁠  The deadline is Nov. 15, 2023. See our website for complete details and guidelines: Questions:

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ANNOUNCING OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION 2023 ADULT FALL CONTEST

Categories, Guidelines, Judges  OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION 2023 ADULT FALL CONTEST Begins:  August 1, 2023                                                                                                              Ends:     September 1, 2023                    Winners announced mid-to-late October 2023                                                                                                    CATEGORIES Please remember that if you are not a current member of OPA you must submit your entries through the Non-Member Submittable portal in order for them to be accepted. Limit:

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OPA Needs You!

Dear friends, we are losing six of nine executive board members when their terms expire in October. We need your help. Would you consider a nomination to the OPA board of directors? Most of the board member activities revolve around policy-setting, contests, and planning our annual conference and other events. Serving on the board starts

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