Minutes of the Oregon Poetry Association Annual Meeting of October 9, 2021 Jennifer Rood, President, began the meeting at 9 am. Jennifer thanked Emmett Wheatfall for his keynote address, the workshop presenters, and the OPA Board members who worked on the conference. Jennifer announced the new Board members: Nancy Christopherson Eastern Oregon; Priscilla Hunter, Southwest
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Minutes of the Oregon Poetry Association (OPA) Board Meeting of October 10, 2021 The meeting was scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm via Zoom. Present: Jennifer Rood (President, Historian), Sue Fagalde Lick (Vice-President), Dan Liberthson (Secretary), Rana Tahir (Treasurer), Dave Mehler (Membership Co-chair), Dale Champlin (Newsletter and Verseweavers Editor), Lorna Rose Hahn (Membership Co-Chair, Outreach
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Congratulations to all of the poets with winning poems in our Fall contest! A total of 386 poems were entered, so the competition was rigorous. Thank you to each of our judges for their expertise and hard work making these decisions, which are never easy with so many wonderful pieces to consider. I thoroughly enjoyed
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The 2021-22 OPA board convened Oct. 10 via Zoom to elect officers and say farewell to outgoing board members Dale Champlin, Susan Morse and Jennifer Rood. We welcomed new board members Nancy Christopherson, Priscilla Hunter, and Lauren Mallett and look forward to working with them. Our thanks to all these wonderful poets for their talent,
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OPA Fall Conference 2021: Bearing Witness Saturday, October 9, 2021 9 a.m. Opening(Welcome, introductions, keynote (Emmett Wheatfall), Banta Awards 10 – 11 a.m. Workshop Session 1 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Workshop Session 2 LUNCH 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Workshop Session 3 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Workshop Session 4 3:45 –
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Minutes of the Oregon Poetry Association (OPA) Board Meeting of September 7, 2021 The meeting was scheduled to begin at 7:00 pm via Zoom. Present: Jennifer Rood (President, Historian), Sue Fagalde Lick (Vice-President), Dan Liberthson (Secretary), Rana Tahir (Treasurer), Dave Mehler (Membership Co-chair), Dale Champlin (Newsletter and Verseweavers Editor), Lorna Rose Hahn (Membership Co-Chair, Outreach
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Good news! You still have time to submit your best poetry to Oregon Poetry Association’s Fall Contest! We have extended the contest until September 15. You can still submit poems here in the following categories: Poet’s Choice, Members Only, New Poets, Traditional Form–Sestina, Theme–The Sea, Age 30 and Under, and Spanish Language. You can find
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Minutes of the Oregon Poetry Association (OPA) Board Meeting of August 16, 2021 The meeting was scheduled to begin at 7:00 pm via Zoom. Present: Jennifer Rood (President, Historian), Sue Fagalde Lick (Vice-President), Dan Liberthson (Secretary), Rana Tahir (Treasurer), Dave Mehler (Membership Co-chair), Dale Champlin (Newsletter and Verseweavers Editor), Susan Morse (Assistant Secretary, Adult Contest
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OPA Fall 2021 Poetry Contest Begins: August 1, 2021 Ends: August 31, 2021 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 entry per category (no duplicates). 1) Poet’s Choice: Limit 80 lines, any
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Spring 2021 Adult Contest Winning Poems for the Spanish Language Category Judge: Efraín Díaz-Horna “Recuerdo haber escuchado que un buen poema tiene la gracia de invitarnos a bailar, a pensar o a luchar con la ambiguedad de las palabras. El poema nos invita a destilar la esencia, el mensaje, de la ofrenda que nos hace
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