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BLITZ UPDATE - DECEMBER 1, 2009

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Dear Friends of Ohio Poetry

For reasons beyond our control we have been experiencing problems with both the web site and the service with which the Blitz Newsletter is constructed.

For now, we ask that you please check the BigList Page of our web site for news of Poetry Events from around the state. If you have an event to add, we have provided a do it yourself calendar to allow poets and MC's to advertise their own events.

If you have other questions or needs, please notify the web master: webmaster@ohiopoetryassn.org

Thank You!

The OPA Team

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OPA Blitz - September 9, 2009

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Underscores & graphics are live links to more information. Only the curious, will be informed, don't be afraid, click something!

“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

SEPTEMBER 12 - 10:00 am @ Areopagitia Books
3510 N High St, Columbus, Ohio 43214
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Dr. David Young is the author of ten collections of poetry, most recently BLACK LAB (Knopf, 2006) as well as numerous books of translation, literary criticism, creative nonfiction, and literary anthologies. He helps edit FIELD, a twice-yearly journal of poetry and poetics, and the Oberlin College Press, which publishes contemporary American poetry as well as
poetry in translation. His most recent book of poetry in translation is DUFU: A LIFE IN POETRY(Knopf, 2008).

His poetry appeared in Best American Poetry 2008, the Pushcart Anthology, and numerous publications. He is a winner of a Pushcart Prize, OSU The Journal Award, Ohio Major Artist Award, Ohioana Poetry Award, Ohio Arts Council Award, U.S. Award of the
International Poetry Forum, and others. He received the Witter Bynner Translation Fellowship and the Huntington Library Fellowship. Dr. Young served as the Bogliasco Fellow and the Guggenheim Fellow in Poetry.

Make this week poetically yours !

Stars indicate an OPA sponsored event.

September 2009

September 9 at 11:am Columbus, OH - Second Annual Poet Games CANCELED

September 9 at 6:45 pm Cincinnati, OH - Gibbous Moon Poetry Jam - The Holistic Health Center

September 9 at 6:30 pm Powell, OH -Espresso Yourself Music Cafe - Rattlebox - Features Fred Kirchner & Rose Smith. Sposored by Pudding House Publications

September 12 at 10:00 am Columbus, OH - OPA Dr. David Young Workshop -Areopagitica Books

September 13 at 12:00 pm Akron, OH - 4th Annual Evening for Chuck - Musica - Feature TM Gottl
CLICK TO DONATE!

September 13 at 2:00 pm Sandusky, OH - Larry Smith's Book Launch - Mr. Smith's Coffeehouse

September 15 at 7:00 pm Cleveland, OH - Lix & Kix - Dave Smith & Russ Vidrik Music by Lea Lou!

September 15 at 9:00 pm Toledo, OH - Tuesday Night Poetry Collingwood Arts Center

September 17 at 7:00 pm Coshocton, OH - Write-On Writers of Coshocton - Tim Hortons - Feature Bennet Rader - Music by Prairie Orchid

September 17 at 7:30 pm Cleveland, OH - Cleveland State Poetry Center - Fall Reading Series begins- Features Kate Greenstreet & Rebecca Wolff

September 19 at 6:30 pm Columbus, OH - Poetry in the Park - Goodale @Buttles & Park - Features Mark Hersman and Beverly Zeimer.

September 19 at 7:00 pm Cleveland, OH - Poets Haven @ Blue Arrow Records - Feature Anne McMillian and Meganne Stepka

[Check for more details. See what new has been added, learn what else is coming up?

Visit the BIG list at our web site: http://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/BIGLIST ]

Cover: $Most events are Free
Some events are 18 and up
Please check with the venue listed for details
Details are on the BIG LIST

OPA Events

2009 Events

Sept 12 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM - OPA Quarterly meeting with Dr. David Young
Click above for more details on the reading, lecture, and workshop.

Oct 9 - 7 PM to 10 PM, OPA Fundraising Event
Send books & goods donations to Areopagitica Books
Cash Donations may be sent to the Treasurer or online through the NETWORK FOR GOOD
CLICK TO DONATE

Oct 31 - 9 AM to 2:45 PM, OPA Publishing Workshop- Jennifer Bosveld with Andy Roberts of Pudding House Publications & Pudding Magzazine.

Nov 15 -1 PM to 5 PM, OPA Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop with
Dr. Frank Richardson @The Columbus Museum of Art

Dec 12 - 10 AM to 5 PM, OPA Quarterly Meeting with Dr. Ann Townsend

2010

Feb 13- 10 AM to 5 PM, OPA Quarterly Meeting with Dr. Kathy Fagan

April 24 - 10 AM to 4:30 PM, OPA National Poetry Month Celebration with Dr.Robert Miltner

June 12 - 10- AM to 5 PM, OPA Quarterly meeting with Richard Hague

OPA events are free and open to all Poets and poetry lovers.

The Ohio Poetry Association is made possible primarily through the volunteer efforts of its members and membership dues.

We would consider it an honor if you would join us in an 80 year traditon of supporting Poetry in Ohio. The cost is minimal and value is amazing!

Get to know some writers join us now!
More information Here

Featured Book

Bob Casey
Get Bob's story Here

See Poetical Journeys Newsletter here

NEW OPEN MIC VENUES OPEN UP!
September 28 at 7:00 pm - Athens, OH - Abrio's Brick Oven - Poets of Athens - Features TBA - contact: Particia Black
plhb222@hotmail.com
Ocotber 2 at 6:30 pm Marion, OH - Chaleston Place Downtown Marion - Features Kurt Moore, David Francis Smith, Dr. Stuart Lisan - contact:
Michael Schurch
michael@ohiopoetryassn.org

Other OPA Member Books Here

Author Bob Birch

September 9, 2009

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OPA BLITZ - August 25, 2009

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"Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn."

Thomas Gray

SEPTEMBER 12 begins at 10:am - @ Areopagitia Books
3510 N High St, Columbus, Ohio 43214

Ten days Ahead in Ohio Poetry~
Make this week poetry !

August 2009

August 25 at 6:30 pm Mt.Vernon, OH - Tracey Meiskey & Barbara Stout Feature @ SIPS Coffee House

August 25 at 9:00 pm Toldeo, OH - Tuesday Night Poetry Collingwood Arts Center

August 27 at 8:00 pm Toledo, OH - Poetry Open mic/slam @ Ground Level

August 29 at 9:00 pm Toledo, OH - Open mic @ The Truth Gallery

August 29 at 7:00 pm Stratford, London - United Kingdom @Stratford Circus - Fixing Barbie - feature Michaela (If I only had wings-MLS)

September 2009

September 1 at 9:00 pm Toledo, OH - Tuesday Night Poetry Collingwood Arts Center

September 5 at 6:30 pm Bay Village, OH - Mark Hersman presents @ the Bay Arts Center

September 5 at 2:00 pm North East PA - The Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe - Features Ohio Poets Dianne Borsenik & John Burroughs

[Check for more details. See what new has been added, learn what else is coming up?

Visit the BIG list at our web site: http://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/BIGLIST ]

Cover: $Most events are Free
Some events are 18 and up
Please check with the venue listed for details
Details are on the BIG LIST

OPA Events

2009 Events

Sept 12 - Dr. David Young
Oct 9 - OPA Fundraising Event
Oct 31 - Jennifer Bosveld & Andy Roberts
Nov 15 - Dr. Frank Richardson
Dec 12 - Dr. Ann Townsend

2010 Events

Feb 13- Dr. Kathy Fagan
April 24- Dr.Robert Miltner
June 12- Richard Hague

All OPA events are free and open to all Poets and poetry lovers.

The Ohio Poetry Association is made possible primarily through the volunteer efforts of its members and membership dues.

We would consider it an honor if you would join us in an 80 year old traditon of supporting Poetry in Ohio. The cost is minimal and value is amazing!

Get to know some writers join us now!
More information Here

Featured Chap Book

Mark Hersman
Get his story Here

Other OPA Member Books Here

Author Dalene Stull

August 26, 2009

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OPA Blitz - August 12, 2009

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"I I didn't know writers could be real live people, because I never knew any writers."
Ohio Poet - Rita Dove
Poet Laureate to the United States 1993-1995

"To have great poets, there must be great audiences."
Walt Whitman

* Stars under the Stars * and an open Mic!

7 days Ahead in Ohio Poetry~
Make it a poetry week!

TONIGHT! August 12 at 6:30 pm Espresso Yourself Music Cafe - Powell OH - Rattlebox Poets

August 13 at 8:00 pm Toledo, OH - Open mic
poetry & music @ Ground Level

August 14 at 8:30 pm Cleveland, OH - Deep Cleveland @Borders Bookstore Strongsville, OH Dianne Borsenik

August 15 at 6:00 pm -Columbus, OH - Poetry in the Park - Robert Pringle and Deborah Strozier

August 15 at 6:00 pm Toledo, OH - Broadway Bards @ The Original Sub Shop Michael Grover features.

August 15 at 9:00 pm Toledo, OH - Open mic @ The Truth Gallery

August 17 at 8:00 pm Toledo, OH - Open mic poetry & music @ Ground Level

August 18 at 6:30 pm. Circleville,OH - J R HOOKS
Bev Zeimer Book signing, poetry reading/open mic

August 18 at 7:00 pm Bela Dubby Art Gallery and Beer Cafe Lix and Kix Presents -Ra Washington & Kisha Nicole Foster - Lakewood, OH

August 18 at 9:00 pm Toledo, OH - Tuesday Night Poetry Collingwood Arts Center

August 20 at 12:30 pm Marion, OH - Marion Poets Workgroup - Marion Diner

August 20 at 7:00 pm Coshocton, Ohio - Tim Hortons - Write on Writers present Sarah Wells

August 20 at 8:00 pm Toldeo, OH - Poetry Open mic/slam @ Ground Level

[Want to check more details? See what new has been added, what else is coming up?
Visit the BIG list at our web site: http://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/BIGLIST ]

Cover: $Most events are Free
Some events are 18 and up
Please check with the venue listed for details
Details are on the BIG LIST

Upcoming OPA Events:

2009 Events

Sept 12- Dr. David Young
Oct 31- Jennifer Bosveld
Nov 15- Dr. Frank Richardson
Dec 12- Dr. Ann Townsend

2010 Events

Feb 13- Dr. Kathy Fagan
April 24- Dr.Robert Miltner
June 12- Richard Hague

All OPA events are free and open to all Poets and poetry lovers.

The Ohio Poetry Association is made possible primarily through the voluteer efforts of its members and membership dues.

We would consider it an honor if you would join us in an 80 year old traditon of supporting Poetry in Ohio. The cost is minmal and value is amazing!

Get to know some writers join us now!
More information Here

Featured Chap Book

Beerly Zeimer
Get the full story on Beverly Here

Other OPA Member Books Here

August 12, 2009

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OPA Blitz August 6 2009

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"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."
Carl Sandburg

"To have great poets, there must be great audiences."
Walt Whitman

North Coast Poets Extraordinaire

John Burroughs, Gina Tabasso & Dianne Borsenik

Special Music Featuring

musicians
               Karen Bricker and
                               Allison Schuller

      Pumkin Hollow - 24 Bell Street in Bellville, Ohio

   Cover: $Free
   Friday August 7
   6:30 - 9:00 pm All ages welcome
                 Great Food!
Pumpkin Hollow - Bellville, OH
                  (flyer here)

11 days Ahead in Ohio Poetry ~

August 6 at 7:00 pm Toledo, OH - Poetry in Borders in the mall hosted by Alfred Frank

August 6 at 7:00 pm Canton, OH - Monroe Community Center hosted by Carla Thompson

August 6 at 9:00 pm Toledo, OH - Poetry Open mic/slam @ Ground Level

August 7 at 6:30 pm Bellville, OH Lix & Kix on the Briks (Borsenik & Burrougs) - Pumkin Hollow

August 8 at 9:00 pm - Toledo, OH Steve North features @ Ground LevelAugust 8 at 9:00 pm Toledo, OH - Open mic @ The Truth Gallery

August 9 at 2:00 pm Sandusky, OH - Allen Frost features Mr.Smith's Coffee House

August 10 at 8:00 pm Toledo, OH - Open mic poetry & music @ Ground Level

August 11 at 9:00 pm Toledo, OH -Tuesday Night Poetry Collingwood Arts Center Katie "Kaboom" Erlinger from KC features with Miles Budimir from Cleveland

August 12 at 6:30 pm Espresso Yourself Music Cafe - Powell OH - Rattlebox Poets Robert Pringle, Sammy Greenspan, Music - Fred McKinney.

August 13 at 8:00 pm Toledo, OH - Open mic poetry & music @ Ground Level

August 14 at 8:30 pm Cleveland, OH - Deep Cleveland @Borders Bookstore Strongsville, OH Dianne Borsenik

August 15 at 6:00 pm -Columbus, OH - Poetry in the Park - Robert Pringle and Deborah Strozier

August 15 at 6:00 pm Toledo, OH - Broadway Bards @ The Original Sub Shop Michael Grover features.

August 15 at 9:00 pm Toledo, OH - Open mic @ The Truth Gallery

August 16 at 7:00 pm Columbus, OH - Writers Ink Westminster Thurber

[Want to check more details? See what new has been added, what else is coming up?
Visit the BIG list at our web site: http://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/BIGLIST ]

Cover: $Most events are Free
Some events are 18 and up
Please check with the venue listed for details
Details are on the BIG LIST

Upcoming OPA Events:

2009 Events

Sept 12- Dr. David Young
Oct 31- Jennifer Bosveld
Nov 15- Dr. Frank Richardson
Dec 11- Dr. Ann Townsend

2010 Events

Feb 13- Dr. Kathy Fagan
April 24- Dr.Robert Miltner
June 12- Richard Hague

All OPA events are free and open to all Poets and poetry lovers.

The Ohio Poetry Association is made possible primarily through the voluteer efforts of its members and membership dues.

We would consider it an honor if you would join us in an 80 year old traditon of supporting Poetry in Ohio. The cost is minmal and value is amazing!

Please join us now.
More information Here

Featured Chap Book

Gina Tabasso
Get the full story on Gina Here

Other OPA Member Books Here

The Ohio Poetry Association
3510 N High Street
Columbus, Ohio, Ohio 43214-4033
US

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New Blitz Short Format - The week in Ohio Poetry

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Contact

North Coast Poets Extraordinaire

John Burroughs, Gina Tabasso & Dianne Borsenik

Special Music Featuring
musicians
              Karen Bricker and
                               Allison Schuller
      24 Bell Street in Bellville, Ohio
   Cover: $Free
   6:30 - 9:00 pm All ages welcome
                 Great Food!
Pumpkin Hollow - Bellville, OH
                  (flyer here)

10 days Ahead in Ohio Poetry

August 6 at 7:00 pm Toledo, OH - Poetry in Borders in the mall hosted by Alfred Frank

August 6 at 7:00 pm Canton, OH - Monroe Community Center hosted by Carla Thompson

August 6 at 9:00 pm Toledo, OH - Poetry Open mic/slam @ Ground Level

August 7 at 6:30 pm Bellville, OH Lix & Kix on the Briks (Borsenik & Burrougs) - Pumkin Hollow 8

August 8 at 9:00 pm - Toledo, OH Steve North features @ Ground Level

August 8 at 9:00 pm Toledo, OH - Open mic @ The Truth Gallery

August 9 at 2:00 pm Sandusky, OH - Allen Frost features Mr.Smith's Coffee House

August 10 at 8:00 pm Toledo, OH - Open mic poetry & music @ Ground Level

August 11 at 9:00 pm Toledo, OH -Tuesday Night Poetry Collingwood Arts Center Katie "Kaboom" Erlinger from KC features with Miles Budimir from Cleveland

August 12 at 6:30 pm Espresso Yourself Music Cafe - Powell OH - Rattlebox Poets

August 13 at 8:00 pm Toledo, OH - Open mic poetry & music @ Ground Level

August 14 at 8:30 pm Cleveland, OH - Deep Cleveland @Borders Bookstore Strongsville, OH Dianne Borsenik

August 15 at 6:00 pm -Columbus, OH Poetry in the Park - Robert Pringle and Deborah Strozier

August 15 at 6:00 pm Toledo, OH - Broadway Bards @ The Original Sub Shop Michael Grover features.

August 15 at 9:00 pm Toledo, OH - Open mic @ The Truth Gallery

[Want to check what's coming up? Visit the ongoing list at our web site: http://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/biglist ]

Cover: $Most events are Free
Some events are 18 and up
Please check with the venu listed for details.

Quarterly meetings are held:

Areopagitia Books

3510 N High St, Columbus, Ohio 43214

Upcoming OPA Events:

2009 Events

Sept 12- Dr. David Young
Oct 31- Jennifer Bosveld
Nov 15- Dr. Frank Richardson
Dec 11- Dr. Ann Townsend

2010 Events

Feb 13- Dr. Kathy Fagan
April 24- Dr.Robert Miltner
June 12- Richard Hague

All OPA events are free and open to all Poets and poetry lovers.

The Ohio Poetry Association is made possible primarily through the voluteer efforts of its members and membership dues.

We would consider it an honor if you would join us in an 80 year old traditon of supporting Poetry in Ohio. The cost is minmal and value is amazing!

Please join us now.

More information Here

Featured Chap Book

Gina Tabasso
Get the full story here

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OPA Blitz July 17, 2009

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Tonight
Poetry and Music at Tim Hortons

Third Thursday, July 16th
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
131 Chestnut Street
Coshocton, Ohio

Featured Poets:

David Francis Smith

is a Columbus-based poet with roots in southwestern Ohio and the “agricultural aristocracy” of the New Deal family farm. Current projects include coffee house and bookstore readings and a work on a teaching book of poetics, Commonplace Things About Poems

Jonathan Carlisle (Coshocton)

will be reading from his father's poetry. Thomas John Carlisle published over 1200 poems in newspapers and journals like The New York Times, Christian Century, Yankee, and Good Housekeeping and wrote twelve books of poetry. A special feature will be his poetry related to Emily Dickinson.
Rev. Carlisle served three Presbyterian congregations in NY State. Jonathan Carlisle is pastor of The Presbyterian Church of Coshocton.

Write On Writers - Click Here!

The Summer is siiizzzlln !

July 18 at 6:00 pm Goodale Park Columbus, OH. Fred Kirchner & Nathan Moore

July 19 at 12:00 pm. OPA Annual Picnic Whetstone Park - Nathan Moore, Bob Pringle, M.L.Schurch,Craug McVay,Patricia Black, & Fred Kirchner.

July 19 2:30 pm. Lincoln Theater "She Speak" Rachel McKibbens, Jessica Care Moore, Gina Loring, Rose Smith, and Chauncey Beaty.

July 19 5:00 pm Westminster Thurber Columbus, OH - Columnist Mike Harden is Writers Ink guest speaker.

July 21 at 7:00 pm Bela Dubby - Lakewood,OH - Lix and Kix features Philip Metres,Terry Provost, Kent Brown

July 24 at 7:00 pm. Areopagitica Books Elizabeth Ann James will present poems independece.

July 28 at 6:30 pm. SIPS - Mt Vernon OH - Mark Hersman Presents
Andy Roberts, Susann Moeller, and Beverly Zeimer

More on Lix and Kix Here!

OPA Picnic Sunday!

July 19 -12 pm - Whetsone Park - Columbus, OH
Ohio Poetry Association Annual Picnic
Picnic Flyer Here.

SUMMER WORKSHOPS

July 11-17, 2009 Ends Friday!
(Application & Fee)
The 24th Annual Antioch Writers' Workshop

Keynote Speaker Zakes Mda & faculty of John Drury, Joyce Dyer, Mary Grimm,Rebecca McClanahan,Randy McNutt,Zakes Mda,Nahid Rachlin & Crystal Wilkinson !

July 27 - 7:00 pm - Ashland University

Author Scott Russell Sanders
Professor Sanders was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1945. His father came from a family of cotton farmers in Mississippi, his mother from an immigrant doctor’s family in Chicago. He spent his early childhood in Tennessee and his school years in Ohio.

July 28 at 7:00 pm. Readings by Angie Estes & Robert Root

Ms Estes the author of four books, most recently Tryst (2009) and Chez Nous (2005), both from Oberlin College Press. Her second book, Voice-Over (Oberlin College Press, 2002), won the 2001 FIELD Poetry Prize and was also awarded the 2001 Alice Fay di Castagnola Prize from the Poetry Society of America. Her first book, The Uses of Passion (1995), was the winner of the Peregrine Smith Poetry Prize.

Robert Root taught at Central Michigan University and at Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver. His article “Collage, Montage, Mosaic, Vignette, Episode, Segment,” from The Fourth Genre, is often assigned in creative nonfiction courses across the country. An essay on writing and teaching, “A Double Life,” published in Writing on the Edge, won the 2007 Donald Murray Award for Best Essay on Writing and/or Teaching.

July 29 - 7:00 pm Ashland UniversityReading by Patricia Hampl -
Particia is a poet, creative nonfiction. She first won recognition for A Romantic Education, her memoir about her Czech heritage, which was awarded a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship in 1981. This book and subsequent works established her as an influential figure in the rise of autobiographical writing in the past 25 years.

July 26-August 7
FREE! The MFA at Ashland University Presents Summer Residency Readings and Craft Seminars

BOOKS

PRE-PUBLICATION OFFER FROM PUDDING HOUSE
SPRINGSTEEN ANTHOLOGY

Love Poems & Other Messages
for Bruce Springsteen

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

* OPA Summer Poetry Contest - Sun and Moon - closes July 19th.

* W.A.R.M. call for Poetry The Womens Art Recognition Movement, is grassroots organization of international women artists founded in 1999 by Dr Molly Merryman (who at the time was the Director for Kent State's Women's Resource Center) and Cheryl Townsend.

This is a great organization and one more reason to be Ohio Proud! If you have not already checked out their web site it's a great place to belong. Oh...they let guys in too so don't be shy!

W.A.R.M

OTHER CALLS

TUPELO PRESS: Open Submissions Month for Poetry

Throughout July, Tupelo Press will hold open submissions for book-length poetry collections (48-90 pages). Aware of the current economy, we have reduced our reading fee from $35 to $25. We also now accept electronic submissions, which save on photocopying and postage, via a special transfer site. This ensures correct formatting and provides automatic receipts and a log-in option to check the status of your manuscript. We will continue to accept submissions by postal mail as well.

Historically Tupelo Press has granted contracts each year to three to five poetry books submitted in July, for example Ted Deppe's ORPHEUS ON THE RED LINE, Karen An-hwei Lee's ARDOR, Mark Halliday's KEEP THIS FOREVER, Ellen Doré Watson's THIS SHARPENING, and Michael Chitwood's SPILL. Tupelo Press editors will read all manuscripts.

In addition to July's open submissions for poetry, fiction and nonfiction manuscripts are welcome year-round. Click here and scroll down to view the complete Submissions Guidelines for fiction and nonfiction.

See the Submissions tab on their website for complete guidelines: www.tupelopress.org

* More Event Dates & Information Here

<Stay Kool with the Blitz !

Coming Soon * 7 Nationally recognized Poets and Speakers,
A great new flyer designed by The OPA Team! and dates set through 2010 !

The Ohio Poetry Association

Doug Rutledge - President
doug@ohiopoetryassn.org

Debbie Strozier - Vice President
Marketing and Events Chair
deborah@ohiopoetryassn.org

David Frances Smith - Treasurer and Membership Chair
david@ohiopoetryassn.org

Nathan Moore - Recording Secretary
nathan@ohiopoetryassn.org

Amy Jo Zook, Common Threads Editor
3520 State Rte 56
Mechanicsburg, OH 43044

Chuck Salmons - Contest Chair
Supporting Editor
charles@ohiopoetryassn.org

Doug Rutledge, Newsletter Editor
doug@ohiopoetryassn.org

Michael L. Schurch, Web Master
& Information Technology Coordinator
michael@ohiopoetryassn.org

Did we miss an event? Comments? Suggestions?
Email the webmaster - webmaster@ohiopoetryassn.org

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July 10 2009 - Blitz

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THE OPA BLITZ

Tonight
Roasting Indiana!

July 10 at 6:00 pm. Book signing and "Poet Roast" Co-hosted by Rose M. Smith & Steve Abbott ! Roasted Poet - Mark Hersman !

How & Where to Roast - Click Here!

OPA Picnic & more!
Ohio Poetry Association Annual Picnic
July 9th, 2009
Whetstone Park
3923 N. High St, Columbus, Ohio

Featured Poets - Nathan Moore, Bob Pringle, Michael Schurch, Anna Soter, Fred Kirchner & Patricia Black
Picnic Flyer Here.

SUMMER WORKSHOPS
July 11-17, 2009
(Application & Fee)
The 24th Annual Antioch Writers' Workshop
Keynote Speaker Zakes Mda & faculty of John Drury, Joyce Dyer, Mary Grimm,Rebecca McClanahan,Randy McNutt,Zakes Mda,Nahid Rachlin & Crystal Wilkinson !

July 26-August 7
FREE!The MFA at Ashland University Presents Summer Residency Readings and Craft Seminars

BOOKS

PRE-PUBLICATION OFFER FROM PUDDING HOUSE
SPRINGSTEEN ANTHOLOGY
Love Poems & Other Messages
for Bruce Springsteen

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

* OPA Summer Poetry Contest - Sun and Moon - closes July 19th.

* W.A.R.M. call for Poetry The Womens Art Recognition Movement, is grassroots organization of international women artists founded in 1999 by Dr Molly Merryman (who at the time was the Director for Kent State's Women's Resource Center) and Cheryl Townsend.

This is a great organization and one more reason to be Ohio Proud! If you have not already checked out their web site it's a great place to belong. Oh...they let guys in too so don't be shy!

W.A.R.M

Poets in Coming Events - Bev Zeimer, David Francis Smith, Doug Rutledge,Deb Strozier, Mark, Hersman, Susan Hendrickson,Anna Soter, RIkki Santer, Elizabeth Ann James, Sandy Feen, Susan Moeller, M.L.Schurch and Nathan Moore just to name a few!
* More Event Dates & Information Here
The Summer Heat is turned up now !
Stay Kool with the Blitz!

Coming Soon * 7 Great Nationally recognized Poets and Speakers,
A great new flyer designed by The OPA Team! and dates set through 2010 !

The Ohio Poetry Association

Doug Rutledge - President
doug@ohiopoetryassn.org

Debbie Strozier - Vice President
Marketing and Events Chair
deborah@ohiopoetryassn.org

David Frances Smith - Treasurer and Membership Chair
david@ohiopoetryassn.org

Nathan Moore - Recording Secretary
nathan@ohiopoetryassn.org

Amy Jo Zook, Common Threads Editor
3520 State Rte 56
Mechanicsburg, OH 43044

Chuck Salmons - Contest Chair
Supporting Editor
charles@ohiopoetryassn.org

Doug Rutledge, Newsletter Editor
doug@ohiopoetryassn.org

Michael L. Schurch, Web Master
& Information Technology Coordinator
michael@ohiopoetryassn.org

Did we miss an event? Comments? Suggestions?
Email the webmaster - webmaster@ohiopoetryassn.org

The Ohio Poetry Association
3510 N High Street
Columbus, Ohio, Ohio 43214-4033

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July 5, 2009

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THE OPA BLITZ

Summer Sizzles!

The Ohio Poetry Association Congratulates

Sharon Fish Mooney
Poet of the Month
July 2009

Click here for more about Sharon

New Rattlebox!

July 8 at 6:30 pm. Espresso Yourself Music Café in Powell, Ohio meet OPA members & other poet friends from around the state.

Featured poets: Kip Knott
and
T.M. Gottl Musician: Meredith Snyder

POETS ! 2nd Wednesday each month—
6:30 pm Teen Set (grades 9-12) 1st half hour Grab a smoothie and enjoy a live music break.

Featured Poets with regional and national reputations begin 7 pm Open Mic 8:30 pm . Two Poets featured each month! Musicians featured during breaks.
Sponsored by Pudding House Publications: the largest literary small press in America
In celebration of the best poetry and music we can bring you.

For more information contact: Andy Roberts at
andyrobertspuddingmagazine@gmail.com
Or
Connie Everett at
lithag@aol.com

More Information about Express O Yourself Here

Roasting Indiana!

July 10 at 6:00 pm. Book signing and "Poet Roast" Co-hosted by Rose M. Smith & Steve Abbott ! Roasted Poet - Mark Hersman !

How & Where to Roast - Click Here!

OPA Picnic & more!

Ohio Poetry Assciation Annual PicNic and More
Picnic Flyer Here.

Poets in Coming Events - Bev Zeimer, David Francis Smith, Doug Rutledge,Deb Strozier, Mark, Hersman, Susan Hendrickson,Anna Soter, RIkki Santer, Elizabeth Ann James, Sandy Feen, Susan Moeller, M.L.Schurch and Nathan Moore just to name a few!

SUMMER WORKSHOPS
July 11-17, 2009
(Application & Fee)
The 24th Annual Antioch Writers' Workshop
Keynote Speaker Zakes Mda & faculty of John Drury, Joyce Dyer, Mary Grimm,Rebecca McClanahan,Randy McNutt,Zakes Mda,Nahid Rachlin & Crystal Wilkinson !

July 26-August 7
FREE!The MFA at Ashland University Presents Summer Residency Readings and Craft Seminars

BOOKS

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Doug Rutledge - President
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Debbie Strozier - Vice President
Marketing and Events Chair
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David Frances Smith - Treasurer and Membership Chair
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Nathan Moore - Recording Secretary
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Amy Jo Zook, Common Threads Editor
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Chuck Salmons - Contest Chair
Supporting Editor
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Doug Rutledge, Newsletter Editor
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CONGRATULATIONS GOES OUT TO NATHAN MOORE!

Nate, who won the Annual William Redding Poetry Award earlier this year was selected to fill the unexpired term for OPA Secretary Bob Casey. We will miss Bob, but welcome Nathan aboard! Nathan can be reached at nathan@ohiopoetryassn.org

WHATS UP NEXT?

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS - OPA SUMMER POETRY CONTEST
Sun & Moon

June 18
Write-On Writers of Coshocton - Doug Rutledge

June 23
SIPs Coffee House - Fred Kirshner & Matthew Estvanic

June 26 -
Areopagitica - Poets and Writers Guild - Dr. Michael Bauza

June 28 -
Areopagitica - Perapetic Poets - Terry Hermsen Mike Lohre

July 19
Ohio Poetry Association Summer Family Picnic

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FEATURED READINGS

Comfest, Brunswick Art Works,JR Hooks,Tim Hortons,OPA Picnic & more!

Poets - Bev Zeimer David Francis Smith, Doug Rutledge,Deb Strozier, Mark, Hersman, Susan Hendrickson.Anna Soter, RIkki Santer, Fred Andrite, Elizabeth Ann James, Sandy Feen, Susan Moeller,M.L.Schurch and Nathan Moore just to name a few!

SUMMER WORKSHOPS

June 20th-27th
Kenyon Review Writers' Workshops
(Application & Fee)
David Baker--Poetry, Carl Phillips--Poetry, Nancy Zafris-Fiction, Lee Martin-Fiction, Geeta Kothari-Fiction for New Writers, Rebecca McClanahan--Literary Nonfiction.

July 26-August 7
FREE!
The MFA at Ashland University
Presents the Summer Residency Readings and Craft Seminars

July 11-17, 2009
(Application & Fee)
The 24th Annual Antioch Writers' Workshop
Keynote Speaker Zakes Mda & faculty of John Drury, Joyce Dyer, Mary Grimm,Rebecca McClanahan,Randy McNutt,Zakes Mda,Nahid Rachlin & Crystal Wilkinson !

BOOKS

PRE-PUBLICATION OFFER FROM PUDDING HOUSE
SPRINGSTEEN ANTHOLOGY
Love Poems & Other Messages
for Bruce Springsteen

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The summer is just getting warmed up!

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The Ohio Poetry Association

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