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Yakima Valley Libraries now accepting self-published, independent, and small-press titles

Yakima Valley Libraries, in Washington State, is now accepting self-published, independent, and small-press titles for inclusion in our new Local & Regional Author Collection (LRAC). The driving idea behind this collection is to provide a special space and readership for our local and regional self-published and small press authors that often don’t meet our criteria […]

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2019 Fall Contest Winner: Theme—Our Common Life, 3rd Place

Debris by Stephanie Striffler you and I pick our way through tsunami debris    claws of bare tree up-ended    tires   Harley Davidson  soccer ball         the task has fallen to us an ocean away   to fill bags with ragged styrofoam remnants   forever undegradable   oyster farm buoys stamped with undecipherable characters   carried from a disaster more than

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2019 Fall Contest, Theme—Our Common Life: Honorable Mentions and Judge’s Comments

1st Honorable Mention: “The Neighbor Brings a Boat Home” by Colette Jonopulos, Denver, CO 2nd Honorable Mention: “Facing the Light” by Jana Carp, Salem, OR 3rd Honorable Mention: “Earth: An Abecedarian Ode” by Alida Rol, Eugene, OR Judge’s comments  Judging poetry is always weighty. We are tasked with selecting one poem over another and ranking

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Oregon Poetry Association Fall 2019 Contest Winners

Poet’s Choice — Carl Adamshick, Judge 1st Place: “Tiny Blue Flowers” by Danielle Stricklin, Eugene, OR 2nd Place: “Original Face” by Michael Selker, Portland, OR 3rdPlace: “My Selfie Poem” by Cynthia Jacobi, Newport, OR 1st Honorable Mention: “Barbizon Nightgowns” by Sandra Rokoff-Lizut, McMinnville, OR 2nd Honorable Mention: “Do Not Be Afraid” by Michael Hanner, Eugene,

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CASCADIA 2020: Deadline Extended to January 31st

Call for Submissions! The Oregon Poetry Association sponsors CASCADIA 2020: Oregon’s annual K-12 student poetry contest.  Open for submissions October 15 through JANUARY 31, 2020 Cascadia, the Oregon Student Poetry Contest, serves to nurture poetic talent of young Oregonians by providing an opportunity for their poems to be widely shared, published, and celebrated. Ten unranked

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Oregon Poetry Collection Donations at the 2019 OPA Conference, September 14-15, Salem

Copies   Author                       Title 2          Eleanor Berry              Only So Far 1          Gordon Dawson          The Listening Post 1          Jennifer Dawson         Vagaries 2          Kelly Lenox                  The Brightest Rock 2          Joan Dobbie                Quail Go Beserk 2          Susan K. Anderson      from Please Plant This Book Coast to Coast             Virginia Brautigan Aste 2          Penelope S. Schott      House of the

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OPA 2019 Conference Registration and Workshop Descriptions

Join us for our fall conference and annual membership meeting September 14th and 15th! $105.00 Member – $125.00 Non-Member – $60.00 student Our conference theme, “Our Common Life,” is highlighted by this year’s keynote speaker, Penelope Scambly Schott, with her topic The Personal “I” in the Community of “We.” She says, “Skim through any contemporary

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