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.
At the 2014 NFSPS Convention, held June 26-29 in Salt Lake City, OPA’s immediate past president, Eleanor Berry, was elected President of The National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS). She will serve a two-year term. Eleanor first became involved with NFSPS in 2006 when another OPA past president, David Hedges, recommended her for chair of […]
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: DEADLINE EXTENDED TO August 26, 2014. Oregon Poetry Association Conference Bandon, OR, October 3-5, 2014 “Stafford by the Sea – and More…” We are offering three days of 12 – 15 Poetry Workshops, Panels, Presentations, and Readings, each one hour, plus 2 Open Mics. Please submit a one-page proposal with Title and Poet(s): Workshop: include examples and writing
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July 17, 2014, 2:32 pm Martin, Carolyn The fifth edition of VoiceCatcher: a journal of women’s voices & visions is now live online (www.voicecatcherjournal.org). Enjoy the work of 14 poets, 6 prose writers, 5 artists and 5 young voices. http://www.voicecatcherjournal.org/
Information about the Oregon Poetry Association Fall 2014 poetry contest has been posted on the Adult Contest page. The deadline is September 1, 2014. Categories: Poet’s Choice, Members Only, Dueling Judges, Traditional Form (Litany), New Poets, Themed: Fences, and Experimental Poetry. Please check the Adult Contest page for complete information or download the Adult Contest rules
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May 5, 2014, 4:14 pm LeHew, Laura Wild Age Press, www.wildagepress.com, an independent literary publisher, is proud to announce SALT. This single poem by OPA member Laura LeHew is about wounds visible and invisible, about illusion and disillusion, about running into truth. The poem is presented as a 6 1/2” x 8” broadsheet printed on high-quality 120 lb
At the general membership meeting, April 12th, 2014 in Bend, several amendments to OPA’s constitution and bylaws were passed. You can read the revised text on the WHO WE ARE tab (scroll down to read the constitution). Amended articles are marked with an asterisk, and the unamended text is copied at the bottom of the
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Oregon student poets brought home five nationwide poetry awards this year, including First Place in the senior division and Second Place in the junior division. Please join us in congratulating these fine poets and their teachers! Winners
Oregon collects five Manningham winners! Read More »
Peter Sears, founder and director of the Oregon Literary Coalition, has been named Oregon’s seventh poet laureate, succeeding Paulann Petersen who retires at the end of this month. Read about Peter
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By now you may have heard that Vern Rutsala passed away, April 2nd. He is a great loss to poetry worldwide and to Oregon in particular. Read the Oregonian obit Watch Paulann Petersen and others read from Hubbub, in tribute to Vern
Vern Rutsala, 1934 – 2014 Read More »
Article posted: You Are Someone And Have A Right To Your Life–Richard Hugo by Larry Tyle [See all Mid-Valley Poetry Society articles.] Units: now it’s super-simple to submit your Unit News for posting on the OPA web site, just use the new web form to Submit your OPA Unit News!
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