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The Oregon Poetry Collection is scheduled to move to the University of Oregon library December 17th. This represents the culmination of a year and more of hard work on the part of OPA members, Oregon State Library staff, and University of Oregon staff. We had hoped to make the move by the end of this

Fall 2014 OPA Poetry Contest Winners and Honorable Mentions, along with the judges’ comments, have been posted to the Fall 2014 Contest Winners page.

The OPA Fall Poetry Conference is October 3-5 in Bandon, Oregon. More information is on the Conference page, including an updated Conference Schedule. The October 2014 issue of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies’ publication Strophes is now available online.

For the teachers and students in your life: Spread the word! The seventeenth annual OPA Student Poetry Contest will open for submissions, November 1st, 2014 – February 10th, 2015. Steve Jones and Tiel Ansari repeat as co-chairs. This year we will have 10 unranked winners, instead of 1st – 3rd plus Honorable Mentions. Details on