Spring Contest Deadline March 1st!
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Calls for submission
OPA Spring 2018 Contest Opens Today
Deadline March 1 2018 Categories (Limit: one entry per category.) 1) Poet’s Choice: Limit 80 lines, any subject, any form. Judge: Armin Tolentino. 2) Members Only: Limit 20 lines, any subject, any form. Entrant must be a current OPA member. Judge: Tim Whitsel. 3) New Poets: Limit 30 lines, any subject, any form. A new
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Cascadia 2018 Student Poetry Contest: Opens October 15th!
2018 Cascadia Student Poetry Contest Guidelines Poems accepted between October 15, 2017 and December 31, 2017 (postmark deadline) Division I: Kindergarten—Grade 2 Division II: Grade 3—Grade 5 Division III: Grade 6—Grade 8 Division IV: Grade 9—Grade 12 Contest open to all K-12 students throughout the state of Oregon, including private, parochial and home school students. Each winner
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OPA Fall Contest Opens for Submission July 15th
Deadline September 1st 2017 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 form. Judge: Joe
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Fall 2017 Contest
Fall Contest Opens This Summer, with a September 1st Deadline Poet’s Choice, any subject, any form, 80-line limit Members Only, any subject, any form, 20-line limit New Poets, any subject, any form, 30-line limit Traditional Form, any subject, Villanelle– usually 19 lines (but modern variations sometimes have other line counts) Themed, current events, any form,
Oregon rocks the Manningham Contest!
Once again, Oregon’s middle and high school students captured awards in the national Manningham Student Poetry Contest, sponsored by NFSPS. Junior Division: grades 6-8 Neve Ann McGuire of Create Solutions Tutoring, Ashland: Second Place Senior Division: grades 9-12 Gabrielle Cohn of Wilson High School, Portland: Honorable Mention Kaitee Steiert of St. Mary’s Academy, Portland:
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Cascadia 2017 Student Poetry Contest Award Ceremony
OPA announces the 2017 STUDENT CONTEST AWARDS CEREMONY April 29th, 1:00 – 3:00 PM Charles Jordan Community Center 9009 N Foss Ave. Portland, Oregon
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Spring 2017 Contest Info
OPA’s spring 2017 adult contest will open for submissions February 1st. Deadline is March 1st. Details under CONTESTS > Adult Contest. Questions to Joan Dobbie at CONTACTS > Adult Contest Chair.
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REMINDER: Student Contest Deadline, December 31st
For the students and teachers in your life: Cascadia, OPA’s K-12 student poetry contest, closes December 31st (postmark deadline). Get those poems to the Post Office! Cascadia Poetry Contest c/o Lisa Baldwin 560A NE F Street, #643 Grants Pass, OR 97526 Detailed guidelines under CONTESTS > Student Contest
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Cascadia 2017 Student Poetry Contest
2017 Cascadia Student Poetry Contest Rules Poems accepted between October 15, 2016 and December 31, 2016 (postmark deadline) Division I: Kindergarten—Grade 2 Division II: Grade 3—Grade 5 Division III: Grade 6—Grade 8 Division IV: Grade 9—Grade 12 Prizes: 10 unranked prizes in each Division, $10.00 each Each winner will receive a certificate and a copy of Cascadia: The Oregon Student
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