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Observing the Arsonist by Colette Jonopulos Long sigh of a summer worn thin from brush fires you’ve conjured for the camera. You’ve devoured the hillsides, left wretched smell of pulp and water, remnants of people’s trash. —you know even after you turn away, they are talking about you Your work appears […]
2019 Spring Contest Winner: 3rd Place, Poet’s Choice Read More »
Judge’s comments Given the wealth of incredible poems submitted to Poet’s Choice this year, selecting only six was a struggle. So many more deserve to be honored. Naturally, we all carry personal preferences in terms of themes and structures. Given the subjectivity of how one mind experiences a text, we often tend toward a
2019 Spring Contest: Poet’s Choice, Judge’s Comments and Honorable Mentions Read More »
OPA congratulates all the winners below, and thanks them and all the poets who entered for sharing their work. Watch for individual poems to appear in Poet’s Spotlight over the coming weeks. Poet’s Choice — John Sibley Williams, Judge 1st Place: “Maps” by Jennifer Dorner, Klamath Falls, OR 2nd Place: “passing” by Deborah Akers, Portland,
Oregon Poetry Association Spring 2019 Contest Winners Read More »
The Oregon Poetry Association is happy to announce an evening of poetry at the Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Avenue, Hood River, Oregon, on June 7th at 6.00 pm. CCA has been gracious to welcome OPA for a poetry reading and gathering for a film, entitled, “William Stafford Life & Poems, The Methow
OPA meets Hood River Poets Read More »
September 14 and 15, 2019Salem Convention Center, Salem, OR Submissions accepted between May 1 and June 1, 2019 Please submit a 1- to 2-page proposal that includes the following:-Title of presentation-Presenter name(s)-Short bio(s) of 50 words or less, and additionally, your qualifications to present/teach the session described.-List any A/V needs and what equipment you would supply.-Explain
Call for Proposals for the Fall 2019 OPA Conference Read More »
OPA and contest co-chairs Tiel Aisha Ansari and Lisa Baldwin congratulate Oregon’s vibrant and talented community of young poets and their teachers. Division I: Kindergarten through Second Grade “Room 8” by Ayala Albrecht, Adams Elementary School, teacher Jacob Havner “Grandma” by Henry Finot, Adams Elementary School, teacher Jacob Havner “The Bus Ride” by Hazel Hall,
OPA Congratulates the 2019 Cascadia Contest Winners! Read More »
Do you know of an individual or group who deserves recognition for their contributions to the culture of poetry in Oregon? Consider nominating them for OPA’s Patricia Ruth Banta Award, which honors an individual or group that has made a significant contribution to Oregon poetry and to OPA’s mission. Download the nomination form below: print,
Nominations Are Open for OPA’s Patricia Ruth Banta Award Read More »
A new year, new books, and new reviewers: a fertile combination to keep OPA members informed about the creative work their colleagues are doing. If you’d like to add a book to the list book review list, go to https://oregonpoets.org/submit-a-member-book/ and fill out the information. If you’d like to add “book reviewer” to your resume,
Wanted: New Books for Review and Book Reviewers Read More »
The annual OPA membership meeting and Fall conference is scheduled for September 14-15, 2019. This year’s venue is the Salem Convention Center, with easy access from north and south, east and west. Please put the dates on your calendar and join us for another really good conference. Our early bird registration deadline will be August
OPA 2019 Fall Conference – Salem. Save the Date! Read More »
Main Street Rag Publishing Company will publish my book “Mortality with Pronoun Shifts,” which won the 2018 Cathy Smith Bowers Poetry Chapbook Prize. Cathy Smith Bowers, former Poet Laureate of North Carolina, was the final judge. “I loved this book from the get-go,” she said of the winning manuscript. “The title itself is a brilliant
Don Colburn wins national contest for chapbook due out in March Read More »
