OPA Board Meeting Monday, November 7, 2022 Present Sue Fagalde Lick, President Nancy Christopherson, VP Efrain Diaz-Horna, Membership Melissa Boderick Eaton, Treasurer Debra Wöhrmann, Secretary Lauren Mallett Jade Rosina McCutcheon Bob Sterry Lorna Rose Hahn Only ten state societies sent a rep. for Slam–including Oregon. Next years’ conference in Iowa: June 21-26 First three […]
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OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION 2023 ADULT SPRING CONTEST Begins: February 1, 2023 Ends: March 1, 2023 Winners will be announced mid-to-late April, 2023 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 poem
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Finishing Line Press, 2020, 40 pages, $14.99ISBN: 1646622901Available at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/small-feather-by-jade-rosina-mccutcheon/https://www.amazon.com/Small-Feather-Jade-Rosina-McCutcheon/dp/1646622901 The cover of Jade Rosina McCutcheon’s chapbook immediately caught my eye. Within a kaleidoscope of doodled line and color, a thought bubble speaking for the soul of the work declares, I AM Still Here. Within a few hours, I was at the book’s end, where
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The Poetry Box, 2022, 87 pages, $18.00ISBN: 978-1-956285-17-8Available at The Poetry Boxhttps://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/lightness and Amazon In This is the Lightness,her new collection from The Poetry Box,Rachel Barton takes us on a spiritual and imaginative journey, starting with her narrator’s youthful sense of a universe so small…I wonder it should matter at all (“Sometimes My Universe”) through
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It’s the holidays. For some, our poetic hearts are singing. For others, we shout Bah! Humbug! and wish the insanity would end. When poets have strong feelings, they write poems. OPA invites you to a Zoom holiday/anti-holiday open mic on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. Come share your holiday-oriented poems or, if your muse
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Bob Sterry joined the OPA board on Nov. 7. He replaces Priscilla Hunter, who has moved to Texas. Bob is a voice-over actor, audiobook narrator, writer of short stories and poetry, singer, occasional stage actor and humorist. Originally trained in England as a research analytical chemist, he immigrated into the United States in 1973, working
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Interview with poet Concepción Sámano Patiño by OPA board member Erain Diaz-Horna. (English translation follows) En Español: Concepción Sámano Patiño, nació en Jaral del Progreso, Guanajuato, México en 1971. Estudió la licenciatura en Filosofía en la Universidad de Guanajuato. Fue becaria del Fondo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes en el área de narrativa
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The OPA board welcomed three new members at its Oct. 9 meeting and said sad goodbyes to longtime members, Dave Mehler, Dan Liberthson, and Rana Tahir. Shortly after the election, Priscilla Hunter, who has moved to Texas, submitted her resignation, so we will be filling one more seat at our November meeting. Thank you to
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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS POET’S CHOICE: JUDGE: DOROTHEA LASKY 1st Place – La Chua, Alison Gaines 2nd Place — At St. Mary’s, Suzy Harris 3rd Place — Pink Bubble Technology, DM Wallace 1st HM — Upon Learning of a Friend’s Suicide, Robert Eastwood 2nd HM – Amelia, Scottie Sterrett 3rd HM — I’ll Tell
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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS MEMBERS ONLY: JUDGE: MICHAEL MINASSIAN 1st Place — Breaking, Jennifer Rood 2nd Place — Still Life, Linda Drach 3rd Place — Audaciouse, Joy McDowell 1st HM — At Harriet Tubman’s Grave in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York, Nancy Flynn 2nd HM — The Day I Die, Dale Champlin 3rd
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