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The poem “Americans”, by James Garland, earned a runner-up prize in the Mirabai Poetry contest in January. The poem has now been published in the Summer 2020 issue of The Raw Art Review (©2020 Henry G. Stanton, UnCollected Press), “A Journal of Storm and Urge”.
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“Love Is Strong As Death,” a concise opera with music and libretto by Silvertonian Christopher M. Wicks, will be premiered at 2 PM on February 3, 2018 at the Mount Angel Abbey Library Auditorium at One Abbey Drive, St. Benedict, Ore. A repeat performance will take place on February 10, also at 2 PM. The
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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,
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Fall 2021 Adult Contest Winners in the Poet’s Choice Category Judge – Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita, has seven full-length books of poetry, most recently One Small Sun, from Salmon Poetry in Ireland. Her poems have appeared in many journals, including Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Willow Springs, Calyx, and the Internet’s Poetry Daily. A Stegner
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Congratulations to all of the poets with winning poems in our Fall contest! A total of 386 poems were entered, so the competition was rigorous. Thank you to each of our judges for their expertise and hard work making these decisions, which are never easy with so many wonderful pieces to consider. I thoroughly enjoyed
Announcing the OPA Fall 2021 Adult Contest Winners Read More »
The 2021-22 OPA board convened Oct. 10 via Zoom to elect officers and say farewell to outgoing board members Dale Champlin, Susan Morse and Jennifer Rood. We welcomed new board members Nancy Christopherson, Priscilla Hunter, and Lauren Mallett and look forward to working with them. Our thanks to all these wonderful poets for their talent,
OPA Executive Board Read More »
OPA Fall Conference 2021: Bearing Witness Saturday, October 9, 2021 9 a.m. Opening(Welcome, introductions, keynote (Emmett Wheatfall), Banta Awards 10 – 11 a.m. Workshop Session 1 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Workshop Session 2 LUNCH 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Workshop Session 3 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Workshop Session 4 3:45 –
OPA Annual Conference, “Bearing Witness”, October 9 Read More »
Good news! You still have time to submit your best poetry to Oregon Poetry Association’s Fall Contest! We have extended the contest until September 15. You can still submit poems here in the following categories: Poet’s Choice, Members Only, New Poets, Traditional Form–Sestina, Theme–The Sea, Age 30 and Under, and Spanish Language. You can find
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