Read the Winning Poems from OPA’s Themed Category
Read the winning poems from OPA’s Themed category in the Spring 2022 contest.
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Read the Winning Poems from OPA’s Traditional Form Category
Read the winning poems from OPA’s Traditional Form category in the Fall 2021 contest.
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OPA Spring 2015 Poetry Contest — Announcement
The Oregon Poetry Association Spring 2015 poetry contest is open for entries. The deadline is March 1, 2015. Categories: Poet’s Choice, Members Only, Dueling Judges, Traditional Form (Ghazal), New Poets, Themed: Endings, Experimental Poetry. Entries can be made online or by mail. Complete information, including categories and judges, awards, entry fees, and rules has been posted on the OPA Adult Contest page.
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Announcing OPA’s Spring 2014 Poetry Contest
Submissions are now open for the adult poetry contest of spring 2014, under the able chairmanship of board member A. Molotkov. For the first time, OPA is offering an online submission option to our poetry contest. This will save our contest chairs and judges a great deal of work, and reduce the risk of entries
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OPA Conference Fall 2013 – Teaching Poetry
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
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Fall Poetry Contest Deadline Aug. 31
The postmark deadline for OPA’s Fall 2013 Poetry Contest is August 31. Six contest categories. Enter one category, or all of them: Poet’s Choice Free Verse Traditional Verse Dueling Judges Members Only New Poets There are cash prizes and OPA members pay only $5 to enter up to six poems, one poem per category. Even
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