Spring Contest Opens!
Happy New Year in poetry! OPA’s 2016 Spring Contest is open for submissions. Deadline is March 1st. View the categories and judges at https://oregonpoets.org/contests/adult-contest/
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News
This page lists all news items published on the website. This includes calls for submissions, contests, adult contest winners, student contest winners, events, conference news, member news, and unit news.
OPA Transitions to Single Renewal Date
For the last several months, the OPA Board has been working to simplify OPA membership procedures and make it easier for members to track their memberships and renewal dates. At the last General Membership Meeting, in October 2015, members voted to transition to a single renewal date. From now on, the renewal due date for
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OPA Sponsors 2016 Oregon Student Poetry Contest
The Oregon Poetry Association (OPA) is sponsoring the eighteenth annual Oregon Student Poetry Contest. Tiel Aisha Ansari of Portland, OR and Steve Jones of Corvallis, OR are the 2016 student contest co-chairs. All Oregon students, kindergarten through 12th grade, enrolled in public, private, parochial and alternative schools, and home schooled, are invited to submit a poem.
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2015 Oregon Student Poetry Contest Winners!
Note as of Nov. 25, 2015: This post reflects a change in formatting on the Oregon Poetry Association web site, NOT a new posting. 2015 Oregon Student Poetry Contest Winners! The Oregon Poetry Association congratulates the winners in the seventeenth annual student poetry contest. Division I: Kindergarten through Second Grade Climbing the Tree by Brin Shilhanek,
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2015 Manningham Student Contest Winners
Note as of Nov. 25, 2015: This post reflects a change in formatting on the Oregon Poetry Association web site, NOT a new posting. The Oregon Poetry Association congratulates the following winners in the nationwide student poetry contest sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, and by the Manningham Trust. Division III: Sixth through Eighth
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Reverberations from Fukushima, Award-winning Finalist
Reverberations from Fukushima: 50 Japanese Poets Speak Out, edited by Leah Stenson and Asao Sarukawa Aroldi (Inkwater Press, 2014) is an award-winning finalist in the Social Change category of the 2015 USA Book Awards.
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Food Issue of The Poeming Pigeon Released by The Poetry Box
Shawn Aveningo of The Poetry Box is proud to announce the release of the latest issue of The Poeming Pigeon, just in time for the holidays! Homer, The Poeming Pigeon mascot, has been hunting and pecking to gather the most delicious poetry for a new collection of poems from around the globe – all about
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Fall 2015 Poetry Contest Winners Announced
Last summer, poets submitted poems in six categories—Poet’s Choice, Members Only, Dueling Judges, Traditional Form-Haibun, New Poets, Themed-Longing, and Experimental Poetry—for OPA’s Fall 2015 Poetry Contest. Contest winners and judges comments can be read on the page: Oregon Poetry Association Fall 2015 Contest Winners.
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Oregon Poetry Association – Fall 2015 Contest Winners
vincePoet’s Choice. Judge: Karen McPherson 1st Place: “The Good Nurse” by Nancy Carol Moody, Eugene 2nd Place: “Cryopediology” by Marian Shapiro, Lexington, Massachusetts 3rd Place: “the wonder and terrible” by Liz Robinson, Phoenix Honorable Mentions: “Among the Things You deserve” by Emily Ransdell “Live Music” by Dan Kaufman, Central Point “Central” by Marjorie Power, Denver, Colorado I
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Conference Update
OPA’s annual conference begins Friday, October 2nd, at 4:00 PM! Networking, coffee, meet and greet: then join us for the annual General Membership Meeting at 7:00 PM. Judith Barrington headlines as keynote speaker at lunch on Saturday, October 3rd. Saturday evening, we have a special treat: Blackfish Gallery hosts us for a presentation of their