This page collects various reference documents for use by the OPA Board.
What’s here?
Address:
PO Box 14582
Portland OR 97293
Tax-related
OPA’s nonprofit tax ID#: 93-1283907
IRS letter confirming 501(c)(3) status
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Most recent 990-N filing (for 2016 tax year, filing date June 2017)
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Board Policies, Recent Board Members and their terms, Board Member Responsibilities, recommendations from the 2010 Vision Committee, USPS renaming
Adult Contest chair job description, recent contest categories, recent judges, judges’ guidelines
Membership Chair job description
Book Review Editor job description
Unit Charter
Board Related
- Board Policies
- [gview file=”https://oregonpoets.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/OPA-Policies-6_14_2019.xlsx”]
- [gview file=”https://oregonpoets.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/OPA-Policies-6_14_2019-1.pdf”]
- Recent Board Members and Terms
- [gview file=”https://oregonpoets.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Board-Members-and-Terms.xlsx”]
- Board Member Responsibilities
- [gview file=”https://oregonpoets.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/OPA-Board-Member_Responsibilites.pdf”]
- 2010 Vision Committee Recommendations
- [gview file=”https://oregonpoets.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Vision-Committee-Recommendations1.pdf”]
- USPS renaming document
- [gview file=”https://oregonpoets.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/299330-Oregon-Poetry-Association.pdf”]
Adult Contest
- Chair Job Description
- [gview file=”https://oregonpoets.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Adult-Contest-Chair-Job-Description.pdf”]
- Recent Categories
- Fall 2009 – traditional verse / movie
Spring 2010 – traditional verse / frogs & toadsFall 2010 – traditional verse / feed the beast
Spring 2011 – Sonnet / experimental poems
Fall 2011 – prose poem / you do, tooSpring 2012 – traditional verse / indecision (members only)
Fall 2012 – traditional verse / collaboration (2 or more poets working on same poem)Spring 2013 – Sestina / art or music (in memory of Virginia Corrie-Cozart)
Fall 2013 – traditional verse / dueling judges – theme sportSpring 2014 – Limerick / weather
Fall 2014 – traditional verse / fencesSpring 2015 – Ghazal / endings
Fall 2015 – traditional verse / longingSpring 2016 – Haiku / ancestry
Fall 2016 – Pantoum / Pacific NWSpring 2017 – Literary Ballad / Oregon/Pacific NW
Fall 2017 – Villanelle / current eventsSpring 2018 – Sonnet / Borders & Boundaries
Fall 2018 – Rondeau / HarvestSpring 2019 – Ghazal / climate
Fall 2019 – Blank Verse / Our Common Life - Recent Judges
- [gview file=”https://oregonpoets.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Recent-judges.pdf”]
- Guidelines for judges
- [gview file=”https://oregonpoets.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Oregon-Poetry-Association-Spring-2015-Contest-Judge-Guidelines.pdf”]
Also see Contest Rules and Additional Guidelines
Membership Chair Job Description
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Book Review Editor Job Description
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Also see Book Review Guidelines
Unit Charter
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