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Mark your calendars! OPA’s 2016 annual conference will be September 30th – October 2nd, 2016, in Eugene. The Valley River Inn hosts, and there will be a public open mic at Tsunami Books the evening of October 1st. We are using the same format as last fall’s conference in Portland. Watch for a call for
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LAST CALL: Oregon Poetry Association’s Spring 2016 Contest Deadline is March 1! This week is your last chance to submit to OPA’s contest, so get your entries in. There are seven categories to choose from, and our renowned judges include Vince Wixon, Don Colburn, Margaret Chula, Lisa Ciccarello, Jeff Whitney, Bette Husted, Emily Pittman Newberry, and
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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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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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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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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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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: 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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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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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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