OPA announces the 2017 STUDENT CONTEST AWARDS CEREMONY April 29th, 1:00 – 3:00 PM Charles Jordan Community Center 9009 N Foss Ave. Portland, Oregon
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Announcing our 2017 conference venue and date: We’ll meet at the University Place Hotel owned by Portland State University on the weekend of October 13-15. Emmett Wheatfall headlines as keynote speaker. The 2017 conference will feature multiple tracks of workshops, presentations, open mics and more! Browse the book room and bring books of your own
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Enjoy Poetry and Sunshine at the 2017 NFSPS Convention The 2017 National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS) Convention will be held June 29 – July 2 in Fort Worth, Texas. Hosted by the Poetry Society of Texas at the historic Hilton Fort Worth, the Convention offers an opportunity to explore “The Art and Soul
February 19, 2017 Minutes Oregon Poetry Association Board Meeting On the phone: Tiel, Dick, Joy, Shirley, Lisa, Lynn (Dorothy, Susan unavailable) Student Contest: The judging is finished. We have ten winners from each age division. The letters OPA sent to middle schools paid off in participation. K-2 had 18 entries, 74 in the
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The Oregon Poetry Association congratulates the winners in the nineteenth annual K-12 student poetry contest. Division I: Kindergarten through Second Grade Antonio del Solar, “Starfall”, Beverly Cleary School, Portland, teacher Tricia Barry Bradan Lasse, “My House”, Beverly Cleary School, Portland, teacher Tricia Barry Eleanor Black, “Poetry”, Beverly Cleary School, Portland, teacher Tricia Barry Eliott Polzin,
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OPA membership renewals are due March 1st. Watch for email, and for a postcard, to let you know the status of your membership.
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OPA BOARD MEETING by conference call January 8, 2017 Participating: Tiel, Dorothy, Dick, Joy, Susan, Lisa, Lynn and Shirley FALL CONFERENCE: University Place Hotel is confirmed and so is Emmett Wheatfall as keynote speaker. Keynote to be delivered on Friday evening. Request for gluten free lunch option. VERSEWEAVERS: Booklet collected from printer 12/16.
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OPA’s spring 2017 adult contest will open for submissions February 1st. Deadline is March 1st. Details under CONTESTS > Adult Contest. Questions to Joan Dobbie at CONTACTS > Adult Contest Chair.
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OPA FALL 2016 CONTEST RESULTS Categories & Judges Poet’s Choice — Scot Siegel Members Only — Kelly Eastlund Traditional Form, Pantoum — Cecelia Hagen Themed Narrative — Laura LeHew Open Form — Austin Gray Oregon/Pacific Northwest — Rodger Moody New Poets — Quinton Hallett POET’S CHOICE JUDGE: SCOT SIEGEL WINNERS FIRST
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OPA members: It’s almost solstice! And I have several pieces of news to share. Fall contest results are in! Winners should hear shortly from contest chair Joan Dobbie, and the contest results will appear on the Contest Winners page after that. Reminder: The student contest postmark deadline is December 31st. Help the students and teachers
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