Debris by Stephanie Striffler you and I pick our way through tsunami debris claws of bare tree up-ended tires Harley Davidson soccer ball the task has fallen to us an ocean away to fill bags with ragged styrofoam remnants forever undegradable oyster farm buoys stamped with undecipherable characters carried from a disaster more than
2019 Fall Contest Winner: Theme—Our Common Life, 3rd Place Read More »
1st Honorable Mention: “The Neighbor Brings a Boat Home” by Colette Jonopulos, Denver, CO 2nd Honorable Mention: “Facing the Light” by Jana Carp, Salem, OR 3rd Honorable Mention: “Earth: An Abecedarian Ode” by Alida Rol, Eugene, OR Judge’s comments Judging poetry is always weighty. We are tasked with selecting one poem over another and ranking
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Poet’s Choice — Carl Adamshick, Judge 1st Place: “Tiny Blue Flowers” by Danielle Stricklin, Eugene, OR 2nd Place: “Original Face” by Michael Selker, Portland, OR 3rdPlace: “My Selfie Poem” by Cynthia Jacobi, Newport, OR 1st Honorable Mention: “Barbizon Nightgowns” by Sandra Rokoff-Lizut, McMinnville, OR 2nd Honorable Mention: “Do Not Be Afraid” by Michael Hanner, Eugene,
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Oregon Poet Adam Levon Brown has won the 2019 Blue Nib Chapbook Award. Out of nearly 450 entries, his chapbook, “Incidents” placed first. As well as the award, Brown was allotted 500 Euros as his prize. In the same week, Brown was named the judge of the 2019 Into the Void Magazine Poetry Prize Contest.
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Call for Submissions! The Oregon Poetry Association sponsors CASCADIA 2020: Oregon’s annual K-12 student poetry contest. Open for submissions October 15 through JANUARY 31, 2020 Cascadia, the Oregon Student Poetry Contest, serves to nurture poetic talent of young Oregonians by providing an opportunity for their poems to be widely shared, published, and celebrated. Ten unranked
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The National Federation of State Poetry Societies‘ quarterly newsletter, Strophes, is available through the NFSPS website. October 2019 is the most current issue. Previous issues are also available for viewing or download.
Present: Retiring Board Members: Shirley Marc (president); Charles Castle (vice-president); Erik Muller (secretary); Lynn Otto (treasurer) Continuing Board Members: Bruce Parker (Historian and NFSPS liaison, newsletter) Dale Champlin (Verseweavers editor, newsletter editor) Diane Corson (membership outreach) Stella Jung Guillory (adult poetry contest coordinator) Jennifer Rood (Banta Award committee chair) New Members: Dave Mehler (elected for
President Shirley Marc presiding. Banta Award: Jennifer presented the First Annual Ruth Banta Award to David Hedges, with a survey of his contributions, and the gift of a framed broadside and a certificate. David comments. Annual Report: Lynn summarized the handout, using power point to survey the accomplishments since the last conference, also thanking those
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Copies Author Title 2 Eleanor Berry Only So Far 1 Gordon Dawson The Listening Post 1 Jennifer Dawson Vagaries 2 Kelly Lenox The Brightest Rock 2 Joan Dobbie Quail Go Beserk 2 Susan K. Anderson from Please Plant This Book Coast to Coast Virginia Brautigan Aste 2 Penelope S. Schott House of the
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