Calls for submission

OPA Fall Contest deadline extended to September 15th. Click here for details. OPA Pandemic deadline extended to September 8th. Click here for details.

Categories Limit: one entry per category. 1) Poet’s Choice: Limit 80 lines, any subject, any form. Judge: Pepper Trail. 2) Members Only: Limit 20 lines, any subject, any form. Entrant must be a current OPA member. Judge:  Amy Miller. 3) New Poets: Limit 30 lines, any subject, any form. A new poet is someone with no more than two poems published

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Categories Limit: one entry per category. 1) Poet’s Choice: Limit 80 lines, any subject, any form. Judge: Lynn Otto 2) Members Only: Limit 20 lines, any subject, any form. Entrant must be a current OPA member. Judge: Andrea Hollander 3) New Poets: Limit 30 lines, any subject, any form. A new poet is someone with

Categories Limit: one entry per category. 1) Poet’s Choice: Limit 80 lines, any subject, any form. Judge: Carl Adamshick. 2) Members Only: Limit 20 lines, any subject, any form. Entrant must be a current OPA member. Judge: Leah Stenson. 3) New Poets: Limit 30 lines, any subject, any form. A new poet is someone with

Deadline: March 1, 2019 Submissions open: January 1, 2019 Limit: one poem per category. Spaces between stanzas do not count as lines. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be published on the OPA website and in OPA’s annual anthology, Verseweavers Categories Limit: one entry per category. 1) Poet’s Choice: Limit 80 lines, any subject, any