ROGUE VALLEY The Down Towne Poets, a monthly reading held in Dan and Sarah Goyette’s Down Towne Coffee House, in Talent, was started in 2005 by Deborah Thornley, who moved to Tucson in 2007, leaving the program to be coordinated by Dave Harvey. Co-host Carol Brockfield and he have continued to hold it on the […]
MARY’S PEAK Marys Peak Poets sponsored two workshops by Oregon Poet Laureate Peter Sears based on William Stafford’s poem “Ask Me”. One workshop was held at the Philomath Historical Museum and the other at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. The workshops were coordinated by Linda Gelbrich and Sandy Lizut. Be Davison Herrera created a William Stafford
MID-VALLEY POETRY SOCIETY (Salem-area OPA unit) This spring the major project of the MVPS is a National Poetry Month exhibit of Oregon poets and artists’ collaborative works in the Capitol April 13-17. Works to be exhibited include artist’s books containing poems by Paulann Petersen and Ellen Waterston. Pieces from Paul Merchant and Ingrid Wendt collaborations with sculptors
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February 28, 2015, 2:20 pm Shawn Aveningo Member news item: Thank you to Emmanuel Sigauke for featuring five of my poems in the Munyori Literary Journal, last month. You can visit the direct link below to read “Born Where Men Go To Die”, “Shape-Shifting”, “Last Call”, “Citizen’s Mistress” and “And the Question Is…”. Please feel
January 26, 2015, 6:31 pm M I wanted to let you know that one of my poems is featured today, January 17, at the Rattle website. It was selected as the Artist’s Choice Winner in Rattle’s recent Ekphrasis Challenge #2. Entrants were asked to write a poem in response to a photograph by James Bernal.
The editors of VoiceCatcher: a journal of women’s voices & visions are pleased to announce the publication of the Winter 2015 issue. Twenty poets, five prose writers, five young voices and four artists fill the content-rich, visually-unique pages with new work. VoiceCatcher, Winter 2015: http://voicecatcherjournal.org/2015WinterIssue/_intro-page.html
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The Oregon Poetry Association Spring 2015 poetry contest is open for entries. The deadline is March 1, 2015. Categories: Poet’s Choice, Members Only, Dueling Judges, Traditional Form (Ghazal), New Poets, Themed: Endings, Experimental Poetry. Entries can be made online or by mail. Complete information, including categories and judges, awards, entry fees, and rules has been posted on the OPA Adult Contest page.
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Review by Ruthy Kanagy Reverberations from Fukushima: 50 Japanese Poets Speak Out Edited by Leah Stenson and Asao Sarukawa Aroldi Inkwater Press (Portland, Oregon) ISBN: 9781629010656 2014, 192pp., $14.95 3.11.11 is a date forever imprinted on the memories of Japanese and other persons who were in Japan on that fateful day. A massive tsunami launched
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The 2015 annual NFSPS College/University Level Poetry Competition is the first to allow students to submit their manuscripts either in electronic form through Submittable.com or on paper. The contest opens on January 1, 2015 when the Submittable system will become available online and those sending hard copy manuscripts can mail their packages (postmarked no earlier
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December 28, 2014, 12:33 pm Gail Denham Nov/Dec news: 3rd prize, Florida cont.; 1st prize, Illinois cont.; 2nd prize Mississippi cont. (& H.M.s); Thin Air prize; poem in Mocassin; poem in two Okla. on-line newsletters; Festival using a poem; Highland Park (IL) prize on-line; 3rd prize, Massachusetts cont.
