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The OPA board welcomed three new members at its Oct. 9 meeting and said sad goodbyes to longtime members, Dave Mehler, Dan Liberthson, and Rana Tahir. Shortly after the election, Priscilla Hunter, who has moved to Texas, submitted her resignation, so we will be filling one more seat at our November meeting. Thank you to […]
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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS POET’S CHOICE: JUDGE: DOROTHEA LASKY 1st Place – La Chua, Alison Gaines 2nd Place — At St. Mary’s, Suzy Harris 3rd Place — Pink Bubble Technology, DM Wallace 1st HM — Upon Learning of a Friend’s Suicide, Robert Eastwood 2nd HM – Amelia, Scottie Sterrett 3rd HM — I’ll Tell
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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS MEMBERS ONLY: JUDGE: MICHAEL MINASSIAN 1st Place — Breaking, Jennifer Rood 2nd Place — Still Life, Linda Drach 3rd Place — Audaciouse, Joy McDowell 1st HM — At Harriet Tubman’s Grave in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York, Nancy Flynn 2nd HM — The Day I Die, Dale Champlin 3rd
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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS NEW POETS: JUDGE: AMY MILLER 1st Place — Eyelashes in the Sink, Christine Payne 2nd Place – Safe, Zachary Paul 3rd Place – My Mother Said, Ann Stinson 1st HM – Ghosts, Olivia Niland 2nd HM – The apple tree is gone, M. Sean Stanley 3rd HM – Ordinary—A Ghazal,
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s 2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS TRADITIONAL: THE GOLDEN SHOVEL: JUDGE: JAMES BENTON 1st Place – over the wintry, Marvin Lurie 2nd Place – Our Eyebrows Raised Like Cathedral Arches, Linda Ferguson 3rd Place – Without the Solace of Green, Trina Gaynon 1st HM – Migration, Amelia Diaz Ettinger 2nd HM – Without Effort, Brad
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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS THEME: THE MOON: JUDGE: A. MOLOTKOV 1st Place – to keep them close, Melanie Green 2nd Place – You, Robert Eastwood 3rd Place – You Can’t Move Moonlight, Susan Woods Morse 1st HM – split ends, Daniela Elza 2nd HM – Sapphire Moon, Judson Hyatt 3rd HM – Photograph in
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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS 30 AND UNDER: JUDGE: JAMES R. MERRILL 1st Place – Smoke, TJ Foltz 2nd Place – Fetch, Julia Fritz-Endres 3rd Place – This Twilight, Christopher Foufos 1st HM – Racing, Olivia Niland 2nd HM – To The Cabbage White Butterfly Who Frequents My Lettuce Patch, Caroline Holm 3rd HM –
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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS SPANISH LANGUAGE: JUDGE: AMELIA DIAZ ETTINGER 1st Place — La luna del mediodÃa, Anna Jasinska 2nd Place — Duraznos de Sangre India, Jabez W. Churchill No Honorable Mentions selected. Judge’s Comments: none. ____________________ La luna del mediodÃa – 1st Place, Anna Jasinska Al mediodÃa camino insomne bajo la luna brillante—
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Polish your poems. It’s contest time again!Begins: August 1, 2022Ends: September 1, 2022 CATEGORIESPlease remember that if you are not a current member of OPA you must submit yourentries through the Non-Member Submittable portal in order for them to be accepted.Limit: one poem per category (no duplicates).1) Poet’s Choice: Limit 80 lines, any subject, any
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By Sue Fagalde Lick, OPA president Oregon boasts hundreds of wonderful poets, but our state is just one tiny part of the poetry world. In June, I traveled to Columbus, Ohio for the National Federation of State Poetry Societies’ annual convention and witnessed a much larger chunk of that world. The convention was a hybrid,
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