January 2023

ANNOUNCING OPA’S 2023 ADULT SPRING POETRY CONTEST

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OPA 2023 ADULT SPRING POETRY CONTEST Categories, Guidelines, Judges  Begins:  February 1, 2023              Ends: March 1, 2023                                                                                             Winners will be announced mid-to-late April, 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 Board Meeting, Nov. 7, 2022

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 MEETING CONVENED AT 6:33PM Present: Sue Fagalde Lick (president), Nancy Christopherson (vice-president), Debra Wöhrmann (Secretary), Melissa Broderick Eaton (treasurer), Efrain Diaz-Horna, Lauren Mallett, Jade Rosina McCutcheon, Bob Sterry, Lorna[SL1]  Rose Hahn (attended part of the meeting) Only ten state societies sent a rep. for Slam–including Oregon.   Next years’ conference in Iowa: June 21-26 First

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OPA Board Meeting, Oct. 9, 2022

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1. Meeting convened at 2:07pm Present: Sue Fagalde Lick (president), Nancy Christopherson (vice-president), Rana Tahir (treasurer), Dan Liberthson (secretary), Lorna Rose-Hahn, David Mehler, Efrain Diaz-Horna New Board Members: Jade Rosina McCutcheon Melissa Broderick Eaton Debra Wöhrmann Absent: Lauren Mallett,Priscilla Hunter, who has resigned. (Moved to Texas) Lauren Mallett II. Minutes for the Sept. 13 meeting

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OPA Board Meeting,Sept. 13, 2022

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Present: Sue Fagalde Lick (President), Nancy Christopherson (Vice President and Adult Contest Chair), Lauren Mallett (Cascadia Contest Chair), Dan Liberthson (Secretary), Rana Tahir (Treasurer and Webmaster), Dave Mehler (Membership Chair and Publications Liaison), Lorna Rose-Hahn (Membership Co-Chair, Outreach Chair, Events Committee Chair) Not Present: Priscilla Hunter (Historian), Efraín Diaz-Horna (at-large) I. Sue called the meeting

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OPA Board Meeting, Jan. 10, 2023

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I. Call to Order 6:32pm Present: Sue Fagalde Lick, Nancy Christopherson, Lauren Mallett, Bob Sterry, Lorna Rose-Hahn, Debra Wöhrmann                                              Absent: Efrain Diaz-Horna, Jade Rosina McCutcheon II. Approval of Nov. 7, 2022 minutes III. Resignation of membership chair—still in need of someone. IV. Officer Reports change the P.O. Box to Bend?      D. Treasurer (Melissa): She

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The ground at my feet: Sustaining a family and a forest

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by Ann Stinson Reviewed by Melody Wilson Oregon State University Press, 2021, 144 pages, $21.95 ISBN-13978-0870711466 Available at Annie Bloom’s and Broadway Books When I say I love a book, maybe I mean it meets my expectations or it’s better than other books I’ve read. Maybe I mean I learned a lot without working too

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Minutes of November 7, 2022 Board Meeting

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OPA Board Meeting Monday, November 7, 2022 Present Sue Fagalde Lick, President Nancy Christopherson, VP Efrain Diaz-Horna, Membership Melissa Boderick Eaton, Treasurer Debra Wöhrmann, Secretary Lauren Mallett Jade Rosina McCutcheon Bob Sterry Lorna Rose Hahn Only ten state societies sent a rep. for Slam–including Oregon.   Next years’ conference in Iowa: June 21-26 First three

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Announcing OPA’s 2023 Adult Spring Poetry Contest — Categories, Guidelines, Judges

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OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION 2023 ADULT  SPRING CONTEST Begins:  February 1, 2023      Ends: March 1, 2023 Winners will be announced mid-to-late April, 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: one poem

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