Contests

2026 Oregon Poetry Association Contests

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

Dates

  • Youth Contest opening: March 2, 2026
  • Youth deadline: May 1, 2026
  • Youth announcement: June, 2026

  • April OPA National Poetry Month Contest(members only):
  • opening: March 10, 2026
  • deadline: April 16, 2026
  • announcement: mid-May
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  • Spanish Contest opening: April 1, 2026
  • Spanish deadline: June 1, 2026
  • Spanish announcement: early July
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  • Summer Adult Contest opening: May 10
  • Summer Adult deadline: June 25
  • Summer/Adult announcement: August 1

    Oregon Poetry Association Submittable

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

    Cascadia Youth Contest

    OPA hosts an annual youth contest for poets in the categories of K-5, 6-9, 10-12. All winning poems are published in Cascadia.

    Submit to our contests through Submittable.

    The April OPA National Poetry Month Contest (for members only)

    This contest opened on Mar 1oth and closes on April 14th. Winners will be announced in mid-May via social media. The judge for the contest is Sherri Levine.

    All winning poems will be published in Verseweavers.

    Submit to our contests through Submittable.

     

    CONCURSO DE POESÍA EN ESPAÑOL 2026

    Una vez más, la Asociación de Poesía de Oregón abre sus puertas a la comunidad hispana y te invita cordialmente a participar en su Concurso de Poesía en Español, cuyas bases son las siguientes:
    Fecha límite para participar: hasta el 1 de junio de 2026.
    Los poemas deben entregarse de manera electrónica a través de la plataforma “Submittable”: https://opa.submittable.com
    Participar en el concurso no tiene costo alguno.
    Los poemas ganadores serán anunciados durante el mes de agosto de 2026.
     

    2026 SPANISH POETRY CONTEST

     
    Once again, the Oregon Poetry Association opens its doors to the Hispanic community and cordially invites you to participate in its Spanish Poetry Contest, whose guidelines are as follows:
    Deadline to submit entries: June 1, 2026.
    Poems must be submitted electronically through the “Submittable” platform: https://opa.submittable.com
    There is no fee to enter the contest.
    The winners will be announced in August 2026.

     

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

    OPA 2026 SUMMER/FALL POETRY CONTEST – Deadline June 25

     four categories for entries for this year’s contest:

    1) OREGON Poet’s Choice: one poem / two pages maximum, any subject, any form. Entrant must have current Oregon mailing address. 

    2) Members Only: one poem / one page maximum, any subject, any form. Entrant must be a current OPA member.

    3) Emerging Poet: one poem / one page maximum, any subject, any form. Poet must not have any published, accepted, or self-published poetry chapbooks or books. Open to anyone who has poems published in poetry journals (print or online) or never been published.

    4) Theme—”Poetry of Endurance, Resilience, Strength, & Rarity“: one poem / one page maximum, any form.

     

     

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