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.
December 7, 2013, 11:13 am Barton, Rachel Rachel Barton’s poem, “This is not a Drill” will be published in the next issue of the Oregon English Journal. She has also been approved to teach a poetry workshop at LBCC, Benton Center, beginning Jan. 9. It will run Thursday afternoons, 1:-2:50, and will finish on March […]
LAUNCH OF THE NEW OPA PAGE: MEMBER WEBSITES Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit their website information for the launch of the new OPA Member Websites page! I just clicked through to all the websites and I can tell you there is a lot of information and a lot to think about.
ANNOUNCING: New Member Websites Page Read More »
As we approach the 4th anniversary of the Figures of Speech reading series, we will be celebrating the Stafford Centennial on January 7th at In Other Words by hosting the book launch for Ooligan Press as they present We Belong in History: Writing with William Stafford, an anthology of student poems in response to the
Portland Unit News Read More »
On Tuesday, October 22, the Eugene-Springfield chapter of OPA presented poets Karen Holmberg, Frank Rossini and Amanda Powell as part of their Arts, Culture and Education Series at the Springfield Library. It was an absolutely wonderful reading, and as always, we were warmly welcomed by the Springfield Library. Reported by Cathy McGuire (for Sharon Munson)
Eugene-Springfield Unit News Read More »
Marys Peak Poets meet the last Sunday of the month for critiquing. We do plan events supported by individuals attending. We average 8-12 poets. We meet at Linda Smith’s from 7-9. Everyone is welcome. In September members helped judge the Fall Festival Youth Contest and read at the open mic reading of young and older
Marys Peak Unit News Read More »
OPA’s Rogue Valley unit has held a super workshop! Dave Harvey, former teacher of many years, now poet, OPA secretary, and facilitator of the Downtowners (the monthly open mic in Talent), informed, inspired, and entertained Saturday afternoon Nov. 9 at the Medford Library. Dave is also an incomparable singer/guitar player. The topic of the workshop
Rogue Valley OPA Unit Workshop Read More »
Meetings, open to anyone in the greater Salem area who is interested in poetry, are held on the second Saturday of the month, 1 to 3 p.m., in room 102 of the Oregon State Library. Those attending share poems of their own or by others plus local poetry news, then discuss MVPS projects. Ongoing projects
Mid-Valley Poetry Society (Salem-area) Unit News Read More »
ARTICLES ON OREGON POETS: John E. Bellamy, by Eleanor Berry; Three Pioneer Voices, by Tim Pfau; and Mary Barnard’s Collected Poems, by Eleanor Berry Book Review: Willingly Would I Burn by Laura LeHew reviewed by Larina Warnock Conferences: A write-up, with slideshow, of the Fall 2013 OPA Conference, by Carol Brockfield.
New Posts and Articles Read More »
OPA Conference Fall 2013, Forest Grove, Oregon This conference, held at Pacific University, focused on student voices and techniques for teaching poetry. Poetry is part of the world and of everyday existence, and making people aware of poetry (and, to put it in the words of a panelist, “breaking down their resistance to poetry,”) is
OPA Conference Fall 2013 – Teaching Poetry Read More »
Photo credits: Carol Brockfield
OPA Fall 2013 Conference – Photos Read More »
