August 22, 2014, 8:38 am Eberhart, Katie I’m leading a writing workshop “Field Notes” at the Deschutes Land Trust’s Indian Ford Meadow Preserve in Central Oregon Saturday Aug. 23rd 9:00-11:00. There is no cost but you need to sign-up through the Deschutes Land Trust web site. http://www.deschuteslandtrust.org/events/hikes/field-notes-indian-ford-meadow-preserve
The deadline for submitting proposals for Workshops, Panels, Presentations, and Readings for the OPA Fall Conference has been extended to August 26, 2014. Please see the OPA Fall 2014 Conferences page for proposal guidelines and other conference information: https://oregonpoets.org/call-for-proposals-opa-fall-2014-conference/
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I have been reading an email from Oregon Poet Laureate, Peter Sears’ friend Jim Scheppke who is helping manage Peter’s Facebook Page. Here’s what I learned from this email: 1. Peter and Jim are hoping to get 1,000 Likes on Peter’s Oregon Poet Laureate Facebook page by the end of Peter’s term as Oregon Poet
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August 3, 2014, 8:04 pm Ansari, Tiel Aisha Tiel Ansari’s sonnet “Gargoyle’s Egg” was a winner in the Laureate’s Choice category, Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest, Great River Shakespeare Festival. James Armstrong and Ken McCullough were among the judges.
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July 24, 2014, 9:01 am Hanner, Toni Michael and I were thrilled to receive the news that we had won 1st and 3rd place prizes in the CV2 48 Hour Poem Contest for 2014!
If a pie and a jar of pickles can win a blue ribbon at the State Fair, why not a poem? At the Oregon State Fair, poems have their own competition, with separate levels for adults (Professional and Experienced) and young people (Junior and Teen). Poems will be displayed together with works of visual art,
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Woodstock Baby by Joan Dobbie The Unforgettables Press ([email protected]) ISBN 978-1-4923138-3-0 2013, $9.00 Joan Dobbie’s Woodstock Baby is described on its cover as a Novel in Poetry, and while it is not technically a verse novel, with a formal structure (stanzas, rhyme scheme), it is composed of short free verse poems that tell a story.
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Among the winners of the 2014 National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS) annual contests are several OPA members—Gail Denham, Eleanor Berry, Dave Harvey, Joy McDowell, and Charlotte Abernathy (in order of the contests in which they received place awards or honorable mentions). OPA page with more information about NFSPS and the 2015 Conference. Four new
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July 18, 2014, 3:51 pm Petersen, Paulann In late May, I was fortunate enough to be invited to give a reading with Annie Lighthart at Daedalus Books in NW Portland, a marvelous bookstore owned by Jeremy Breedlove. Jeremy and the lovely Zosia Wiatr (who works there) had Carla Girard of Mercuria Press create a letterpress
At the 2014 NFSPS Convention, held June 26-29 in Salt Lake City, OPA’s immediate past president, Eleanor Berry, was elected President of The National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS). She will serve a two-year term. Eleanor first became involved with NFSPS in 2006 when another OPA past president, David Hedges, recommended her for chair of
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