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August 22, 2014, 8:38 am Eberhart, Katie I’m leading a writing workshop “Field Notes” at the Deschutes Land Trust’s Indian Ford Meadow Preserve in Central Oregon Saturday Aug. 23rd 9:00-11:00. There is no cost but you need to sign-up through the Deschutes Land Trust web site. http://www.deschuteslandtrust.org/events/hikes/field-notes-indian-ford-meadow-preserve
August 3, 2014, 8:04 pm Ansari, Tiel Aisha Tiel Ansari’s sonnet “Gargoyle’s Egg” was a winner in the Laureate’s Choice category, Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest, Great River Shakespeare Festival. James Armstrong and Ken McCullough were among the judges.
July 24, 2014, 9:01 am Hanner, Toni Michael and I were thrilled to receive the news that we had won 1st and 3rd place prizes in the CV2 48 Hour Poem Contest for 2014!
July 18, 2014, 3:51 pm Petersen, Paulann In late May, I was fortunate enough to be invited to give a reading with Annie Lighthart at Daedalus Books in NW Portland, a marvelous bookstore owned by Jeremy Breedlove. Jeremy and the lovely Zosia Wiatr (who works there) had Carla Girard of Mercuria Press create a letterpress
July 17, 2014, 2:32 pm Martin, Carolyn The fifth edition of VoiceCatcher: a journal of women’s voices & visions is now live online (www.voicecatcherjournal.org). Enjoy the work of 14 poets, 6 prose writers, 5 artists and 5 young voices. http://www.voicecatcherjournal.org/
May 5, 2014, 4:14 pm LeHew, Laura Wild Age Press, www.wildagepress.com, an independent literary publisher, is proud to announce SALT. This single poem by OPA member Laura LeHew is about wounds visible and invisible, about illusion and disillusion, about running into truth. The poem is presented as a 6 1/2” x 8” broadsheet printed on high-quality 120 lb
December 7, 2013, 11:13 am Barton, Rachel Rachel Barton’s poem, “This is not a Drill” will be published in the next issue of the Oregon English Journal. She has also been approved to teach a poetry workshop at LBCC, Benton Center, beginning Jan. 9. It will run Thursday afternoons, 1:-2:50, and will finish on March
October 14, 2013, 7:53 pm Maiers, Joan Joan Maiers has been invited to serve on the board for the Cultural Alliance for the Arts in Clackamas County. She intends to network information and advocate on behalf of literary arts concerns throughout the county.
October 2, 2013, 5:53 pm Wicks, Christopher Christopher M. Wicks announces the release of his CD “Now, Today, I Will Sing: Songs on Poems from Sappho,” including Christopher’s work as a composer and pianist, together with soprano Christine Welch Elder and flutist Sandy Duffy Norman. The texts of the songs are by Sappho, mostly in
