Contests

2024 Oregon Poetry Association Contests

The Oregon Poetry Association is proud to announce the 2024 OPA Contests!

Poets are invited to submit to the following contests: Youth, Adult, and Spanish Language.

The Cascadia Youth Poetry Contest is now open. Full details are here: https://opa.submittable.com/

More information will be available on our Submittable Page when each contest opens. We look forward to reading your work.

Dates

  • Youth opening: February 1, 2024
  • Youth deadline: April 30, 2024
  • Youth announcement: June 5, 2024
  • Spanish opening: May 1, 2024
  • Spanish deadline: May 30, 2024
  • Spanish announcement: June 30, 2024
  • Adult opening: June 17, 2024
  • Adult deadline: August 1, 2024
  • Adult announcement: September 2024
  • Award Winner’s Reading at Conference: October 2024

Oregon Poetry Association Submittable

You can find open contests at the Oregon Poetry Association Submittable: https://opa.submittable.com/


Adult Contests

OPA hosts two adult contest each year in the spring and fall. All winning poems are published in Verseweavers.

Submit to our contests through Submittable.


Cascadia Youth Contest

OPA hosts an annual youth contest for poets in the categories of K-5, 6-8, 9-12. All winning poems are published in Cascadia.

Submit to our contests through Submittable.


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