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 …
Polish your poems. It’s contest time again!Begins: August 1, 2022Ends: September 1, 2022 CATEGORIESPlease remember that if you are not a current member of OPA you must submit yourentries through the Non-Member Submittable portal in order for them to be accepted.Limit: one poem per category (no duplicates).1) Poet’s Choice: Limit 80 lines, any subject, any …
By Sue Fagalde Lick, OPA president Oregon boasts hundreds of wonderful poets, but our state is just one tiny part of the poetry world. In June, I traveled to Columbus, Ohio for the National Federation of State Poetry Societies’ annual convention and witnessed a much larger chunk of that world. The convention was a hybrid, …
Would you like to teach a one-hour workshop at OPA’s annual conference, scheduled for Oct. 8, 2022 on Zoom? We are currently collecting workshop proposals, hoping for a healthy mix of craft talks, generative workshops, and everything related to the business of writing and publishing poetry, keeping in mind this year’s theme, “Poetry in Troubled …
While Oregon Poetry Association represents poets throughout the state and beyond, we know numerous other groups in Oregon and southwest Washington offer workshops, write-ins, readings, inspiration, and companionship for poets. Over the past few years, between the pandemic and multiple changes of volunteers, we have lost track of some of our official “units,” along with …
We are delighted to welcome the newest member of the OPA Board of Directors, Efraín Díaz-Horna. He will serve the remainder of the term of Rayn Roberts, who has resigned. That term expires in October 2023, when Efraín will be eligible to run for a full term. Efraín is active in Oregon’s Hispanic poetry community, …
OPA Offers Free Performance Poetry Workshop with Oregon’s own Alex Dang! Prizewinning slam poet Alex Dang! will present a Zoom workshop on performance poetry for OPA on Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m. Open to all poets, it will cover how to get started with slam and other varieties of spoken word poetry, how to move from …
Fall 2021 Adult Contest Winners in the Members Only Category Judge: Susan Leslie Moore’s poetry has appeared in Best American Poetry, The New York Times Magazine, New York Quarterly, Poetry Northwest, Willow Springs, and elsewhere. She is the author of two chapbooks from Dancing Girl Press, She Preferred to Read the Knives and How to …
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Poets with published full-length poetry books are invited to donate copies to the Blue River Library, which burned in the Holiday Farm fire last summer. They are trying to replenish their collection and are assembling a section on Oregon poets. Send your books to John Witte, 1170 Barber Dr., Eugene, OR 97405. For more information, …
When I moved from San Jose, California to the Oregon Coast 25 years ago, I never imagined I would be president of OPA, but I am pleased to be here. We elected new officers in October, so the Nov. 9 board meeting was the first full meeting with the new board. What an energetic group, …
