Oregon Poetry Association - OPA

Just two weeks left to submit to OPA’s National Poetry Month Contest! This Members Only contest closes on April 14th.

Members can submit one poem (two pages maximum). No submission fee. Winners will be announced by mid-May 2026 and will be invited to read at OPA's 70th Anniversary Celebration. Winning poems will be published in the next issue of OPA’s Verseweavers. This contest will be judged by Sherri Levine.

To submit your poem, head on over to opa.submittable.com

The Oregon Poetry Association is excited to announce that the 2026 Cascadia Student Poetry Contest will begin next month!

Running from March 2 - May 2, this contest will once again be open to K-12 students who are residents of Oregon (including public, private, magnet, charter, parochial, incarcerated, and home-schooled). No entry fee - one submission per student. Ten winning students will be selected from each judging division, all winning $50 and a publication in this year's "Cascadia" anthology.