Organization News
- OPA National Poetry Month Contest for Members OnlyA new poetry contest opens on March 10 through April 14th for OPA members only in celebration of National Poetry Month. The contest has been sponsored by an anonymous donor.… Read more: OPA National Poetry Month Contest for Members Only
- 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
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- 26“JUST IMAGINE: OREGON HORIZONS” POETRY READING8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Mid-Willamette Valley people, our final reading of the season from “Just Imagine: Oregon Horizons” will be on May 16 as described below. Around ten of the poets will read from this collection as part of the Oregon 250 Celebration in coordination with the Salem Poetry Project.“JUST IMAGINE: OREGON HORIZONS” , ...Poetry 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 , ...Prompt at Powell’s City of Books6:00 pm - 12:00 amPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ... - 27Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 28Head for the Hills Poetry Series & Open Mic8:00 am - 6:00 pmHead for the Hills has returned to the Hillsdale Library in SW Portland. The last Wed of each month from 6 to 8. Incredible featured readers plus one page poetry open mic. Join hosts: Dale Champlin & Sherri Levine , ...Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 29Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 30Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...Salem Poetry Project featuring Word Up7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Temporary change of venue, Salem Poetry Project will be temporarily at the Salem First Presbyterian Church. Liz Schillinger Cruz produces and hosts Word Up, a lively radio program celebrating writers, bookmonsters, and musicians. What’s more fun than to explore the creative experience? Tonight several poet-guests from , ... - 1EARLY 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 , ...Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ... - 2Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 3Poetry 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. , ...Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 4Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 5Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 6Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 7Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...Salem Poetry Project featuring Seimonn DeLeon7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
After graduating high school with a diploma and an associate’s degree in Liberal Arts, Siomonn De Leon hightailed it from Oklahoma straight to Oregon. He now resides in a swell Salem cave with his partner and his devil cat, Nosfuratu. As a poet, he’s hunting for publication and taking the spare little moments of the wo , ... - 8EARLY 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 , ...Poetry 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 , ...Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 9Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 10Poetry 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. , ...Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...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 , ...The Studio Series Poetry Reading & Open Mic7:00 pm - 7:00 pmFeaturing Armin Tolentino and Genevieve DeGuzman Armin Tolentino is the author of the poetry collection We Meant to Bring It Home Alive (Alternating Current Press) and the co-author of the children’s book, Mythwakers: The Manananggal (Hope Well Books). He served as poet laureate for Clark County, WA from 2021-2023. He , ...
- 11Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 12Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 13Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 14Salem Poetry Project featuring John Miller7:00 am - 9:00 pm
John Miller’s chapbooks Andes and Olympic have been published by The Poetry Box. His poetry has featured on KBOO’s The Talking Earth, published by the Connecticut Poetry Festival, placed with the Oregon Poetry association, and appeared in various anthologies and journals. John is a founder of Portland Ars Poetica, a li , ...Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ... - 15EARLY 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 , ...Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 16Collage and Freewrite: In-Person Writing and Crafting Circle1:00 pm - 3:00 pmCreate small collages from a collection of provided images, paper, and assorted media! Start each collage process with a moment of generative writing to get you thinking about the colors, textures, and scenes you’ll be handling for your artwork. Flex your skills in sensation and imagery by trying something tactile and , ...Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...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. , ...
- 17Poetry 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. , ...Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 18Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 19Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 20Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 21Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...Salem Poetry Project featuring Isabel Jaén7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Isabel Jaén is a professor, writer, and performer who divides her time between Portland and Madrid. She holds PhDs from the Universidad Complutense and Purdue University, teaches at Portland State University, and writes and speaks on literature, film, cognition, and empathy. Jaén began her poetic career in the 90s in M , ... - 22EARLY 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 , ...A Satirical Cocktail3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
A performance of song and poetry as a Tom Lehrer tribute. Bob Sterry sings the songs, Emmett Wheatfall reads the poetry, Stephanie Lynne Smith accompanies on piano. Tickets available at Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.com/d/or–portland/a-satirical-cocktail/ , ...Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ... - 23Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 24Poetry 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. , ...Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 25Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 26Prompt at Powell’s City of BooksAll DayPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 27Prompt at Powell’s City of Books12:00 am - 8:00 pmPrompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books! With accountability and community built in – as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration – you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas. , ...
- 28Head for the Hills Poetry Series & Open Mic8:00 am - 6:00 pmHead for the Hills has returned to the Hillsdale Library in SW Portland. The last Wed of each month from 6 to 8. Incredible featured readers plus one page poetry open mic. Join hosts: Dale Champlin & Sherri Levine , ...Tributaries Writing Retreat3:00 pm - 12:00 amLed by our Executive Director Chris McDonald, this transformative experience taps into the healing energy of the Menucha Retreat setting, allowing participants to explore personal growth through writing in community. No writing experience is required – only a desire to put pen to paper, allowing the words to tell a sto , ...
- 29EARLY 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 , ...Tributaries Writing RetreatAll DayLed by our Executive Director Chris McDonald, this transformative experience taps into the healing energy of the Menucha Retreat setting, allowing participants to explore personal growth through writing in community. No writing experience is required – only a desire to put pen to paper, allowing the words to tell a sto , ...
- 30Tributaries Writing RetreatAll DayLed by our Executive Director Chris McDonald, this transformative experience taps into the healing energy of the Menucha Retreat setting, allowing participants to explore personal growth through writing in community. No writing experience is required – only a desire to put pen to paper, allowing the words to tell a sto , ...
- 31Poetry 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. , ...Tributaries Writing Retreat12:00 am - 11:00 amLed by our Executive Director Chris McDonald, this transformative experience taps into the healing energy of the Menucha Retreat setting, allowing participants to explore personal growth through writing in community. No writing experience is required – only a desire to put pen to paper, allowing the words to tell a sto , ...
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- 5EARLY 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 , ...
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