Member News Digest

We love hearing about, passing on news about, and reading about our OPA members having poems published in literary journals, in zines, on web sites, and as a consequence of winning a contest. Please let us know where we can find your most recent publications, and use this page as a guide to the publications where OPA member’s poems appear!

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 OPA Member News

  • Ars Poetica presents Bruce Parker on May 21st

    May 17, 2022Ars Poetica presents Bruce Parker on May 21st

    Ars Poetica presents BRUCE PARKER reading from his recently published chapbook, Ramadan in Summer, Saturday,  May 21 from 7:00 pm PDT at Salon Argyle,
    2530 N. Argyle Street, Portland, OR 97217. 
    This is a free event, with open mic to follow.  BYOB (Bring Your Own Books to sell).

  • J.V. Foerster has new poems out

    May 17, 2022J.V. Foerster has new poems out

    J.V. Foerster has a poem in the current issue of The Bluebird Word, and two poems in The Fiery Scribe, forthcoming in Orchard Lea Anthology and The Amethyst Review.

    J.V. Foerster is a Pushcart-nominated poet. Her work has appeared in many literary magazines including The Bluebird Word, Eclectica, Agnieszka’s Dowry, Red River Review, Midnight Mind, Premiere Generation Ink, Fickle Muse, Oak Bend Review, Fox Chase Review, and The Fiery Scribe, to name just a few. She has work forthcoming in Orchard Lea Anthology and Amethyst Review. She is a finalist in the Oprelle “Into Pieces” Poetry contest. Her work was included in a Rosemont College Anthology.
    She is also a published painter and photographer.
    J.V. lives in Portland, Oregon.

  • Beth Bonness’s chapbook is available from The Poetry Box

    May 17, 2022Beth Bonness's chapbook is available from The Poetry Box

    Beth Bonness’s chapbook “Transition Thunderstorms” was released by The Poetry Box on April 15th. The chapbook is “A collection of poems from inside the mind of someone having a series of unexplained strokes and other life events soaking you to the bone.” To purchase a copy, go to https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/thunderstorms.

  • Eleanor Berry’s chapbook manuscript “Works of Wildfire” has won the 2022 Grayson Books Chapbook Competition

    May 17, 2022Eleanor Berry's chapbook manuscript "Works of Wildfire" has won the 2022 Grayson Books Chapbook Competition

    Eleanor Berry’s chapbook manuscript “Works of Wildfire” has won the 2022 Grayson Books Chapbook Competition and will be published later this year.

  • Gathering News from Oregon Poetry Groups

    May 16, 2022Gathering News from Oregon Poetry Groups

    While Oregon Poetry Association represents poets throughout the state and beyond, we know numerous other groups in Oregon and southwest Washington offer workshops, write-ins, readings, inspiration, and companionship for poets. Over the past few years, between the pandemic and multiple changes of volunteers, we have lost track of some of our official “units,” along with other organizations doing poetry in Oregon. In many cases, the previous contact information is no longer valid. We would like to right that wrong by offering a comprehensive list with up-to-date activities and contacts. If you have a group that’s doing poetry here, please send a short description of who you are, what you do, where you meet, and whom to contact to get involved to OPA president Sue Fagalde Lick, [email protected]. Thank you!

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