Organization News
- OPA Contest Results 2025OPA Contest Results 2025 Spring OPA National Poetry Month Contest (judged by Emmet Wheatfall) 1st Place: Ann Heath, “Mary Magdalene Has Second Thoughts about Jesus” 2nd Place: “Reckoning” by Sherri… Read more: OPA Contest Results 2025
- OPA 2025 Conference Workshops Announced!This year there are twelve workshop sessions, including four with either Spanish or Bilingual presentations. We will be posting a detailed description of each presentation with a biography of the… Read more: OPA 2025 Conference Workshops Announced!
- OPA Changes to Constitution and Bylaws – ApprovedAt the 2024 annual meeting, members had approved a motion to allow making changes to the OPA Constitution and Bylaws through a secure poll sent to current members. After an… Read more: OPA Changes to Constitution and Bylaws – Approved
- Call for New OPA Board Members – open until July 31st2026 will be the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Oregon Poetry Association! There could be no better year for you and your colleagues to consider joining the OPA… Read more: Call for New OPA Board Members – open until July 31st
- OPA 2025 SUMMER/FALL POETRY CONTEST – Now Open – Deadline July 28OPA is thrilled to announce four categories and four judges for entries in this year’s contest: 1) OREGON Poet’s Choice: one poem / two pages maximum, any subject, any form.… Read more: OPA 2025 SUMMER/FALL POETRY CONTEST – Now Open – Deadline July 28
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- 28Poetry in the Round12:30 pm - 2:00 pmA casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...Humble Poets’ Open Mic4:00 pm - 6:00 pmThe Humble Poets’ Open Mic will be at The Stacks Coffeehouse on the last Sunday of each month, 4:00-6:00pm. The featured reader for May is Frederick Livingston. We are encouraging poets and storytellers to come share their works, and musical accompaniments are welcome as well. The address is 1831 N. Killingsworth , ...
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- 2EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: 2026 Next Generation Short Story AwardsAll Day
The Next Generation Short Story Awards is a not-for-profit awards program open to authors writing original unpublished short stories in English. Submissions accepted: Short stories and poems (5,000 words or less) Categories: 30+ Deadline: February 26, 2026 Winners’ Prizes: Winners in each category receive , ... - 3CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2026 Next Generation Indie Book AwardsAll Day
The Next Generation Indie Book Awards, currently in its nineteenth year, is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. The Indie Book Awards is now accepting entries from independent publishers and authors worldwide who have a book written in English and released in 2024, 202 , ...
- 4Poetry in the Round12:30 pm - 2:00 pmA casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...
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- 6Freewrite Virtual Writing Circles – Shaping Intentions6:00 pm - 7:30 pmTap into your intentions for 2026 with a writing group to keep you motivated. Reflect on your plans to bring about change and explore your potential with writing prompts designed to keep you excited for your journey ahead! Hosted virtually on Zoom Facilitated by Arabelle May Sliding Scale Pricing! , ...
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- 8Poetry Night at McMinnville Public Library6:00 pm - 8:00 pmSince 2013 we’ve been meeting once a month in McMinnville. We start each evening with a reading from a featured poet, followed by an open mic from the audience. In 2025, we meet on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 6 pm. 2025 Featured Poets Jan 9: Richard Robbins Feb 13: Bethany Lee Mar 13: John Van Dreal Apr , ...Salem Poetry Project featuring Paulann Petersen7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita, has eight full-length books of poetry, most recently My Kindred from Salmon Poetry of Ireland. A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, she’s the recipient of the Holbrook Award from Literary Arts. Willamette Writers honored her with a Distinguished Northwest Write , ... - 9EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: 2026 Next Generation Short Story AwardsAll DayThe Next Generation Short Story Awards is a not-for-profit awards program open to authors writing original unpublished short stories in English. Submissions accepted: Short stories and poems (5,000 words or less) Categories: 30+ Deadline: February 26, 2026 Winners’ Prizes: Winners in each category receive , ...
- 10CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2026 Next Generation Indie Book AwardsAll DayThe Next Generation Indie Book Awards, currently in its nineteenth year, is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. The Indie Book Awards is now accepting entries from independent publishers and authors worldwide who have a book written in English and released in 2024, 202 , ...Petrichor’s Child: Within and the Written6:30 pmAn active poetry workshop entitled Petrichor’s Child: Within and the Written will be held monthly on the second Monday of every month, beginning Monday February 10th at 6.30 at Portland Arts Collective, in downtown Portland at 122 NW Couch Street. There are resources guiding our practice and a unique visual monta , ...
- 11Poetry in the Round12:30 pm - 2:00 pmA casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...The Studio Series Poetry Reading & Open Mic7:00 pmFeaturing Colette Tennant and Sharon Johnson Colette Tennant has three books of poetry: Commotion of Wings, Eden and After, and Sweet Gothic. Her book, Religion in The Handmaid’s Tale: a Brief Guide, was published in 2019 to coincide with Atwood’s publication of The Testaments. Her poems have won various awards and ha , ...
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This evening will have readings by two poets in exile. “Flight and Metamorphosis” marks the culmination of Nelly Sachs’s development as a poet. Sachs, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966, speaks from her own condition as a refugee from Nazi Germany. Berthold Brecht wrote a number of poems about life i , ... - 16EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: 2026 Next Generation Short Story AwardsAll DayThe Next Generation Short Story Awards is a not-for-profit awards program open to authors writing original unpublished short stories in English. Submissions accepted: Short stories and poems (5,000 words or less) Categories: 30+ Deadline: February 26, 2026 Winners’ Prizes: Winners in each category receive , ...In Memory Reading Series7:00 pm - 9:00 pmLive featured poet series, with open mic. This month the feature is celebrated Oregon poet Emmett Wheatfall Hawthorne Hideaway (Red Room performance space) 2221 SE Hawthorne Blvd. , ...
- 17CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2026 Next Generation Indie Book AwardsAll DayThe Next Generation Indie Book Awards, currently in its nineteenth year, is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. The Indie Book Awards is now accepting entries from independent publishers and authors worldwide who have a book written in English and released in 2024, 202 , ...
- 18Poetry in the Round12:30 pm - 2:00 pmA casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...
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- 20Intro to Creative Writing – 6 Week Workshop6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Intro to Creative Writing – 6-Week Online Workshop An Along These Lines Workshop Ever wondered what it would feel like to finally put your ideas on the page? Curious to explore your voice, try out new forms, and just…write? I’m Ellee Achten — a Portland-based multi-medium artist, writer, and creative instructor ( , ... - 21
- 22Salem Poetry Project featuring David Mehler7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
David Mehler studied literature at University of California, Santa Barbara, and currently lives in McMinnville, Oregon. He is the editor of the online literary journal, Triggerfish Critical Review. His chapbook, God Truck Nature appeared in the chapbook anthology, Burning Gorgeous: Seven 21st Century Poets, edited by P , ... - 23EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: 2026 Next Generation Short Story AwardsAll DayThe Next Generation Short Story Awards is a not-for-profit awards program open to authors writing original unpublished short stories in English. Submissions accepted: Short stories and poems (5,000 words or less) Categories: 30+ Deadline: February 26, 2026 Winners’ Prizes: Winners in each category receive , ...
- 24CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2026 Next Generation Indie Book AwardsAll DayThe Next Generation Indie Book Awards, currently in its nineteenth year, is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. The Indie Book Awards is now accepting entries from independent publishers and authors worldwide who have a book written in English and released in 2024, 202 , ...
- 25Poetry in the Round12:30 pm - 2:00 pmA casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...Humble Poets’ Open Mic4:00 pm - 6:00 pmThe Humble Poets’ Open Mic will be at The Stacks Coffeehouse on the last Sunday of each month, 4:00-6:00pm. The featured reader for May is Frederick Livingston. We are encouraging poets and storytellers to come share their works, and musical accompaniments are welcome as well. The address is 1831 N. Killingsworth , ...
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- 28Wordplay Writing Circle at Masu Sushi5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Wednesday, January 28th from 5 PM – 6:30 PM at Masu Sushi Facilitated by Chris McDonald Join us for an intimate evening of creativity and connection at a special Write Around Portland writing circle at Masu Sushi in downtown Portland. On Wednesday, January 28, from 5:00-6:30 PM, we’ll gather in the warm, soothing , ... - 29Salem Poetry Project featuring Colette Tennant7:00 am - 9:00 pm
Colette Tennant has three books of poetry: Commotion of Wings, Eden and After, and Sweet Gothic. Her book, Religion in The Handmaid’s Tale: a Brief Guide, was published in 2019 to coincide with Atwood’s publication of The Testaments. Her poems have won various awards and have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes along wi , ... - 30EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: 2026 Next Generation Short Story AwardsAll DayThe Next Generation Short Story Awards is a not-for-profit awards program open to authors writing original unpublished short stories in English. Submissions accepted: Short stories and poems (5,000 words or less) Categories: 30+ Deadline: February 26, 2026 Winners’ Prizes: Winners in each category receive , ...
- 31CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2026 Next Generation Indie Book AwardsAll DayThe Next Generation Indie Book Awards, currently in its nineteenth year, is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. The Indie Book Awards is now accepting entries from independent publishers and authors worldwide who have a book written in English and released in 2024, 202 , ...