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If you are an OPA member who is not afraid of spreadsheets, we need you! We are seeking a new treasurer asap, ideally someone with an accounting or bookkeeping background. You would receive all the information needed to get started. You’d have the delight of becoming a board member and contribute to the vitality and …
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 …
SMALL FEATHER by Jade Rosina McCutcheon, reviewed by John Van Dreal Read More »
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 …
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 …
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 …
2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS POET’S CHOICE: JUDGE: DOROTHEA LASKY 1st Place – La Chua, Allison 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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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS NEW POETS: JUDGE: AMY MILLER 1st Place — Eyelashes in the Sink, Christine Payne 2nd Place – Safe, Zachary Paul 3rd Place – My Mother Said, Ann Stinson 1st HM – Ghosts, Olivia Niland 2nd HM – The apple tree is gone, M. Sean Stanley 3rd HM – Ordinary—A Ghazal, …
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s 2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS TRADITIONAL: THE GOLDEN SHOVEL: JUDGE: JAMES BENTON 1st Place – over the wintry, Marvin Lurie 2nd Place – Our Eyebrows Raised Like Cathedral Arches, Linda Ferguson 3rd Place – Without the Solace of Green, Trina Gaynon 1st HM – Migration, Amelia Diaz Ettinger 2nd HM – Without Effort, Brad …
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