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- OPA National Poetry Month Contest for Members OnlyA new poetry contest opens on March 10 through April 14th for OPA members only in celebration of National Poetry Month. The contest has been sponsored by an anonymous donor.… Read more: OPA National Poetry Month Contest for Members Only
- OPA Cascadia Youth Poetry Contest – Open!The OPA Youth Poetry Contest opened on Sunday through May 2nd! Contest co-chairs (and board members) Julia Gaskill and Ty Brack are hoping you will encourage your kids and/or grandkids,… Read more: OPA Cascadia Youth Poetry Contest – Open!
- A Quick Update on the OPAIn the spirit of posting more frequently this year… In early 2025, the OPA board established several key activities for the year: The 25th Cascadia Youth Poetry Contest and its… Read more: A Quick Update on the OPA
- Meet the new OPA Board members!We’re pleased to announce the results of the elections held earlier this month. In addition to the appointment of David Goodrum as President and Steve Slemenda, a new member, as… Read more: Meet the new OPA Board members!
- NFSPS Submittable SurveyDue to rising costs and unreliability of mail service, and the time and effort required by unpaid volunteers to manage paper submissions, NFSPS plans to transition to online-only submissions for… Read more: NFSPS Submittable Survey
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- 23Poetry in the Round12:30 pm - 2:00 pmA casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...Humble Poets’ Open Mic4:00 pm - 6:00 pmThe Humble Poets’ Open Mic will be at The Stacks Coffeehouse on the last Sunday of each month, 4:00-6:00pm. The featured reader for May is Frederick Livingston. We are encouraging poets and storytellers to come share their works, and musical accompaniments are welcome as well. The address is 1831 N. Killingsworth , ...
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- 25Prompt @ Powell’s City of Books6:00 pm - 6:00 pmMake 2025 the year you commit to your writing! Prompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come aw , ...
- 26Prompt Online: Fresh Eyes, Bold Strides (START)All DayMake 2025 the year you commit to your writing. Prompt is an 8-week series of connected workshops full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback. With accountability and community built in, you’ll be able to bundle up all your holiday memories and turn them into beautiful art. Join us over Zoom, and let’s , ...
- 27Next Generation Short Story AwardsAll Day
The Next Generation Short Story Awards, currently in its second year, is a not-for-profit international awards program for authors of short stories. The Short Story Awards is now accepting entries, i.e. short stories and poems in English (5000 words or less) for the 2025 awards program in 30+ categories. The entry dead , ...Poetry of Childhood4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
In this workshop, suitable for poets of all skill levels/publication histories, we will read and discuss some poems that focus on childhood from a diverse group of poets. With those poems and prompts the workshop leader will supply, participants will then write (and share if they wish to) their own poems. This is a fun , ...Salem Poetry Festival5:00 pm - 12:00 am
Salem Poetry Festival February 27 through March 1 The Salem Poetry Festival includes three days of poetry events located in Salem, Oregon. All the happenings are free. See Below for a short description of events. For more information visit the facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571465476438 See , ... - 28Salem Poetry FestivalAll DaySalem Poetry Festival February 27 through March 1 The Salem Poetry Festival includes three days of poetry events located in Salem, Oregon. All the happenings are free. See Below for a short description of events. For more information visit the facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571465476438 See , ...
- 1Salem Poetry Festival12:00 am - 6:00 pmSalem Poetry Festival February 27 through March 1 The Salem Poetry Festival includes three days of poetry events located in Salem, Oregon. All the happenings are free. See Below for a short description of events. For more information visit the facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571465476438 See , ...
- 2Poetry in the Round12:30 pm - 2:00 pmA casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...
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- 4Prompt @ Powell’s City of Books6:00 pm - 6:00 pmMake 2025 the year you commit to your writing! Prompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come aw , ...
- 5Prompt Online: Fresh Eyes, Bold Strides (START)All DayMake 2025 the year you commit to your writing. Prompt is an 8-week series of connected workshops full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback. With accountability and community built in, you’ll be able to bundle up all your holiday memories and turn them into beautiful art. Join us over Zoom, and let’s , ...
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- 8Macbeth by William Shakespeare7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
“By the pricking of my thumb… something wicked this way comes.” In this contemporary examination of Shakespeare’s seminal play, we explore the relationship between human beings and the natural world through the lens of folk horror. Drawing on rich inspiration from artists such as Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, and Robin Har , ...
- 9Poetry in the Round12:30 pm - 2:00 pmA casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...Macbeth by William Shakespeare2:00 pm - 3:30 pm“By the pricking of my thumb… something wicked this way comes.” In this contemporary examination of Shakespeare’s seminal play, we explore the relationship between human beings and the natural world through the lens of folk horror. Drawing on rich inspiration from artists such as Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, and Robin Har , ...
- 10Petrichor’s Child: Within and the Written6:30 pmAn active poetry workshop entitled Petrichor’s Child: Within and the Written will be held monthly on the second Monday of every month, beginning Monday February 10th at 6.30 at Portland Arts Collective, in downtown Portland at 122 NW Couch Street. There are resources guiding our practice and a unique visual monta , ...
- 11Prompt @ Powell’s City of Books6:00 pm - 6:00 pmMake 2025 the year you commit to your writing! Prompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come aw , ...Poetry Reading6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us for a reading and book signing with award-winning Oregon poets Brittney Corrigan, Genevieve DeGuzman, Joan Naviyuk Kane, and visiting Arizona poet Karen Rigby at UpUp Books. , ... - 12Prompt Online: Fresh Eyes, Bold Strides (START)All DayMake 2025 the year you commit to your writing. Prompt is an 8-week series of connected workshops full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback. With accountability and community built in, you’ll be able to bundle up all your holiday memories and turn them into beautiful art. Join us over Zoom, and let’s , ...
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Share your words in sweet community at our monthly open mic emceed by spoken word poet Jorah LaFleur. No matter your genre or form – poetry, fiction, storytelling, spoken word, or prose – you’re invited to share your work in our monthly open mic. Hear what your fellow wordsmiths have been working on and support your li , ...Macbeth by William Shakespeare7:30 pm - 9:00 pm“By the pricking of my thumb… something wicked this way comes.” In this contemporary examination of Shakespeare’s seminal play, we explore the relationship between human beings and the natural world through the lens of folk horror. Drawing on rich inspiration from artists such as Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, and Robin Har , ... - 14Macbeth by William Shakespeare7:30 pm - 9:00 pm“By the pricking of my thumb… something wicked this way comes.” In this contemporary examination of Shakespeare’s seminal play, we explore the relationship between human beings and the natural world through the lens of folk horror. Drawing on rich inspiration from artists such as Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, and Robin Har , ...
- 15An Afternoon of Poetry at Tillamook Main2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join us for a poetry reading by award-winning Oregon poets Daneen Bergland, Ciel Downing, Emily Ransdell, and visiting Arizona poet Karen Rigby as they give voice to their new works. , ...Macbeth by William Shakespeare7:30 pm - 9:00 pm“By the pricking of my thumb… something wicked this way comes.” In this contemporary examination of Shakespeare’s seminal play, we explore the relationship between human beings and the natural world through the lens of folk horror. Drawing on rich inspiration from artists such as Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, and Robin Har , ...
- 16Poetry in the Round12:30 pm - 2:00 pmA casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...
- 17In Memory – Alberta Street Pub reading series7:00 pm - 11:00 pmPoetry open mic reading series, with a focus on remembering the poets who inspired and influenced us, both personally and historically. , ...
- 18Prompt @ Powell’s City of Books6:00 pm - 6:00 pmMake 2025 the year you commit to your writing! Prompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come aw , ...
- 19Prompt Online: Fresh Eyes, Bold Strides (START)All DayMake 2025 the year you commit to your writing. Prompt is an 8-week series of connected workshops full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback. With accountability and community built in, you’ll be able to bundle up all your holiday memories and turn them into beautiful art. Join us over Zoom, and let’s , ...
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- 23Poetry in the Round12:30 pm - 2:00 pmA casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...
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- 30Poetry in the Round12:30 pm - 2:00 pmA casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...Humble Poets’ Open Mic4:00 pm - 6:00 pmThe Humble Poets’ Open Mic will be at The Stacks Coffeehouse on the last Sunday of each month, 4:00-6:00pm. The featured reader for May is Frederick Livingston. We are encouraging poets and storytellers to come share their works, and musical accompaniments are welcome as well. The address is 1831 N. Killingsworth , ...
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- 5Tiffany Mills Dance Residency7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Tiffany Mills and the NYC-based Tiffany Mills Company has created over 20 works performed with a “fearless sense of freedom and exhilaration” (Washington Post). Mills’ process of creation is collaborative, ensemble-based, and multidisciplinary. She collaborates to blur lines between mediums and to discover layered meth , ...