tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942433934247162322024-03-05T05:11:06.515-08:00Ohio Poetry Day Association"In 1938, the State of Ohio set the third Friday of every October as Ohio Poetry Day. This was the first poetry day established by a state government in the United States. Tessa Sweazy Webb spent thirteen months lobbying the Ohio General Assembly to create Ohio Poetry Day. She argued, 'For each living reader a living poet, for each living poet a living reader.' After Ohio approved Webb's idea, other states adopted a day dedicated to poetry as well."
- Quotation from Ohio History CentralJohn B. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-42298700627775376022023-10-03T08:58:00.005-07:002023-10-03T08:59:11.409-07:00Rikki Santer named 2023 Ohio Poet of the Year<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7NdwSioQdLduGop_iaitgFue81EEUVr5AJa30WQwwED_SzskDrjELHe0HuTglSUjtGBdAnEhvv_cCAIs6JOv2HBZ7YHFxJphBp_qTNc5L8cpQwR-5BJ5A4mI0gjRQ96hVxNs67jadzV0RRXX8FZm7MStuOGQ9BzPFWBrB-xYayCKONz-z_Qba3bK7hBk/s1008/Santer_Leonora_thumbnail_cover-jpg-706x1024.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Image of cover of Resurrection Letter: Leonora, Her Tarot, and Me" border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="695" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7NdwSioQdLduGop_iaitgFue81EEUVr5AJa30WQwwED_SzskDrjELHe0HuTglSUjtGBdAnEhvv_cCAIs6JOv2HBZ7YHFxJphBp_qTNc5L8cpQwR-5BJ5A4mI0gjRQ96hVxNs67jadzV0RRXX8FZm7MStuOGQ9BzPFWBrB-xYayCKONz-z_Qba3bK7hBk/w221-h320/Santer_Leonora_thumbnail_cover-jpg-706x1024.jpg" width="221" /></a><b>[Crossposted from the <a href="http://ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com/2023/10/rikki-santer-named-2023-ohio-poet-of.html" target="_blank">OPA blog</a>:] </b><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The Ohio Poetry Day Association (OPDA) has selected Rikki Santer as its Ohio Poet of the Year for 2023. Santer was selected for her book of poems, <i>Resurrection Letter: Leonora, Her Tarot, and Me</i> (Materialist Press/Cereal Box Studio, 2023), a book-length sequence in tribute to the surrealist artist Leonora Carrington.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">A resident of Columbus, Ohio, Santer has had published five full-length poetry collections and six chapbook sequences exploring such topics as the Hopewell earthworks of Newark, Ohio; the late Kahiki Supper Club of Columbus, Ohio; the world of ventriloquism, the art of fashion, and the classic television series <i>Twilight Zone</i>. She is a member of the teaching artist roster of the Ohio Arts Council, a vice president of the Ohio Poetry Association, and a member of the poetry troupe, Concrete Wink. Her poetry has been widely published and has received many honors including several Pushcart and Ohioana book award nominations as well as a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Learn more at <a href="http://rikkisanter.com" target="_blank">rikkisanter.com</a>.</span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYsTXHbqL0OjaWXVi6O2WsUWADxugmDMf5iagYJkNzuon6VYl2okqs1tLyL-0bXTDXUNNfKHJpCZcReY4sAABejU8pSoCoQNqc8MMrGsy9tCWJ0p7dNaUK73mckcqTX9PqjApnuptzw4HIUeg4j1K_goq491o2P9543R0wgKATttDJih2zaxL-BhB6txtd/s1080/Rikki%20Santer%20photo%20new.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYsTXHbqL0OjaWXVi6O2WsUWADxugmDMf5iagYJkNzuon6VYl2okqs1tLyL-0bXTDXUNNfKHJpCZcReY4sAABejU8pSoCoQNqc8MMrGsy9tCWJ0p7dNaUK73mckcqTX9PqjApnuptzw4HIUeg4j1K_goq491o2P9543R0wgKATttDJih2zaxL-BhB6txtd/s320/Rikki%20Santer%20photo%20new.jpg" width="320" /></a></span>As an Ohio Poet of the Year, Santer joins the likes of Mary Oliver, David Baker, Kari Gunter-Seymour, and Maggie Smith. The complete list of previous Poet of the Year winners is below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Santer will be featured at this year’s Ohio Poetry Day celebration, October 13–14. The event will feature a morning workshop, readings, and the keynote from Santer, who will read from her winning collection. See agenda details below.</span></p>
<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">OHIO POETRY DAY AGENDA</span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 45pt; text-indent: -45pt;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Friday, October 13, 7–9 PM:</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"> Meet and greet with Santer and previous Poets of the Year, overnight poetry contest prompt.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 45pt; text-indent: -45pt;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, October 14, 10 AM–4 PM:</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"> Evan Lodge Workshop, reading by Rikki Santer, open mic featuring Ohio Poetry Day contest winners.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b>Where:</b> <span> </span>Troy Hayner Cultural Center<br /><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>301 W. Main St., Troy, Ohio 45373<br /><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><a href="http://troyhayner.org">troyhayner.org</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7KMp5CdZu_T5MfvMmxDZjBapW5PT3RFT98hjW2o_QctzDw86TV-6iZaRrJJ-bdjsnbdZtudKI4vr0VQKQwYVTMuSO6Fo8CprD-SK5XOYbyumu8bZjEWKLWuyOmF14dcBQ6I_5dyuEL__GoL0RGP4nWrbsWp7RwNldxuKGW8D1V5qmGGqYCt1upiZWwsE/s3400/Ohio%20Poets%20of%20the%20Year_full%20list.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="List of Ohio Poets of the Year" border="0" data-original-height="3400" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7KMp5CdZu_T5MfvMmxDZjBapW5PT3RFT98hjW2o_QctzDw86TV-6iZaRrJJ-bdjsnbdZtudKI4vr0VQKQwYVTMuSO6Fo8CprD-SK5XOYbyumu8bZjEWKLWuyOmF14dcBQ6I_5dyuEL__GoL0RGP4nWrbsWp7RwNldxuKGW8D1V5qmGGqYCt1upiZWwsE/w480-h640/Ohio%20Poets%20of%20the%20Year_full%20list.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>John B. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.com1Columbus, OH, USA39.9611755 -82.99879419999999211.650941663821158 -118.15504419999999 68.271409336178849 -47.842544199999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-69654321255990014202023-03-28T07:33:00.000-07:002023-03-28T07:33:17.564-07:002023 Ohio Poetry Day Contests Now Open<p>[Cross-posted from the <a href="http://ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Ohio Poetry Association blog</a>:]<br /><br />Our friends at the Ohio Poetry Day Association have announced their annual contests! <b>May 15, 2023, is the deadline (postmark) </b>for nearly two dozen contest categories. Categories include humor, formal poems, parody and more. As always, a “Welcome Aboard” category for first-time submitters and an art category to design the cover art for the 2023 <i>Best of Ohio Poetry Day</i> anthology are also open to submissions. </p><p>Below is a copy of the submission form, which provides full contest information. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Ohio Poetry Day 2023 will take place in October. Stay up to date on OPD information, including the event date, location, and agenda, by getting your name and address on the OPD mailing list. To do so, contact:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><b>Amy Jo Zook</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><b>3520 State Route 56</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><b>Mechanicsburg, OH 43044</b><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><b><br /></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>Checks for all contest fees and purchases should be made payable to: Ohio Poetry Day</b>. For questions, call (937) 834-2666.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></p><h3 style="margin: 0in 0px; text-align: center;">Click and download the images below to view them at full size.</h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br style="background-color: #ededed; color: #3d3d3d; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 20px;" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TLfhO7HNfkGimSzmMuPeYBJbfUBRV5zoFJG-w1I716aXbhxFe_lohHOC2bhvRiAZ6TQZfT0s0WkmEviN-n7JVPwa7X1Z1g0PIb32Xht4yZyfgyCHikVpVlvZRApOuik-v3Jw95kdOnk35PjhekalErdaR5qUTF1KwacZ9_6loFmtP-3DFV615rs9xg/s2100/OPD%20Poetry%20Rules%202023_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="2100" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TLfhO7HNfkGimSzmMuPeYBJbfUBRV5zoFJG-w1I716aXbhxFe_lohHOC2bhvRiAZ6TQZfT0s0WkmEviN-n7JVPwa7X1Z1g0PIb32Xht4yZyfgyCHikVpVlvZRApOuik-v3Jw95kdOnk35PjhekalErdaR5qUTF1KwacZ9_6loFmtP-3DFV615rs9xg/w640-h389/OPD%20Poetry%20Rules%202023_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-oeMDpRz2TwSnJnrE4pTqAZRL2ymPUeHGltWD8Oq3J9WcXeaAPTg6pZgA4_b_Iy4m1TtKoleZSzKU47Hjfr7VFsUEBzkYPLDAM4FzkjA3E7kelkt2aOSY3NjVm7iMHKI24iYM22d16fZI_Gty-RobR_IPDjqJskJmNDkloMjMVxKJQ9xDvvUECRb3g/s2100/OPD%20Poetry%20Rules%202023_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="2100" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-oeMDpRz2TwSnJnrE4pTqAZRL2ymPUeHGltWD8Oq3J9WcXeaAPTg6pZgA4_b_Iy4m1TtKoleZSzKU47Hjfr7VFsUEBzkYPLDAM4FzkjA3E7kelkt2aOSY3NjVm7iMHKI24iYM22d16fZI_Gty-RobR_IPDjqJskJmNDkloMjMVxKJQ9xDvvUECRb3g/w640-h389/OPD%20Poetry%20Rules%202023_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></p>John B. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-77062150434616688682023-01-14T08:47:00.000-08:002023-01-14T08:47:01.013-08:00Best of 2022 Anthology Now Available!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>The Ohio Poetry Day Association's <i>Best of 2022</i> anthology is
now available for ordering. The collection features the winning poems in
OPD's annual contests, with more than 60 poems along with work by Ohio
Poet of the Year, </span><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"><b><span><a class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq cxfqmxzd d1w2l3lo tes86rjd" href="https://www.ericamantopaulson.com/" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="rse6dlih"><span>Erica Manto Paulson</span></span></a></span></b></span><span>.
All purchases help fund OPD's Poet of the Year program and are tax
deductible, as OPD is a 501(c)(3) organization. For questions, contact
call (937) 834-2666. <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br /></span><span><b>Ordering Information</b></span><span><br /><br />Price: $14 (includes postage)</span><span><br />Mail check or money order, payable to OPD, to:</span><span> <br /><br />Amy Jo Zook</span><span><br />3520 State Route 56</span><span><br />Mechanicsburg, OH 43044</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="d82hq-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></span></p>John B. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.com0South Euclid, OH, USA41.5231076 -81.518455313.212873763821158 -116.6747053 69.833341436178841 -46.3622053tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-16777321312640313462022-09-20T06:55:00.005-07:002024-02-18T09:47:31.900-08:002022 Ohio Poet of the Year: Erica Manto Paulson<p><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"><span><span class="om3e55n1"></span></span></span></p><div class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq" role="button" style="text-align: justify;" tabindex="0"><span style="color: #f1765e; font-weight: bold;">Congratulations</span><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"> to our new Ohio Poet of the Year, <b><span><a class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq cxfqmxzd d1w2l3lo tes86rjd" href="https://www.ericamantopaulson.com/" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="rse6dlih"><span>Erica Manto Paulson</span></span></a></span></b>!</span></div><div class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq" role="button" style="text-align: justify;" tabindex="0"><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"> </span></div><div class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq" role="button" tabindex="0"><div class="m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf" style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://www.ohiopoetryassn.org" target="_blank">Ohio Poetry Association</a> will serve as the virtual host of this year’s Ohio Poetry Day (OPD)
celebration. The afternoon will spotlight the 2022 Ohio Poet of the
Year, Erica Manto Paulson, for her winning book, <i>Hunger</i> (Finishing Line
Press, 2021). We also are inviting OPD contest winners to take part and
read their winning poems. To that end, OPA will host a virtual reading
using Zoom and broadcast live on the OPA Facebook page.<br /><br /></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz" style="text-align: justify;">This
event is free and open to the public, but Zoom space is limited.
Viewers can also tune into the event on Facebook. <a href=" https://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/events#ahejSK" target="_blank">Click here to register</a>.<br /><br /></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz" style="text-align: justify;">OPD
contest winners are invited to share their winning poems during the
event. To reserve a spot in the reading, winners should contact the OPA
team via email at <a href="mailto:team@ohiopoetryassn.org">team@ohiopoetryassn.org</a>.<br /><br /></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz" style="text-align: justify;">Registration via Eventbrite on the OPA website: <a class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq cxfqmxzd ezidihy3" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohiopoetryassn.org%2Fevents%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2sCZOUICjF7wh4xZqCLpfqKa1ynxftVQIne-m8A-Hfsmo2BtFgvG4MmLg%23ahejSK&h=AT3zfwS7nOJJGgj_6E07h89OBSNpH5DVgCfWKSS2mY8VxQ5tobHgTkwqx9REjc7_pYuUNSuAkcFlPSN7XzYqUNwa7S-FPJ87NKBc62EIyJ-EfKMkHrklNUCwzbX-dSSP_cZpzAnv3Y1IdZBFLg&__tn__=q&c[0]=AT2AH37bucSjLXSVJXtmJacG2wEKstCgXzOAdPQPs8yxXDXKgXJ3MwQ2ds8E117w6BbUTDTGvMtS8QIuM4CJQ8dqSO38Wo0rHTO8q1uuBaQzTx3WrKp45eLtGHzSmnywec1oyG6DvIDhX7oMVHKAW7MV" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/events#ahejSK</a>.<br /><br />Registration closes October 14, 2022.</div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz" style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVMmK4jeNljeEF_DBoqV8O-I2mxehI380ljT28tSdj9SKtSArCN7s48roE8u6DOerjTvi4lBpX0xDTVzhbIz9aAon5LxD1apxpUeQuqYBf7A_pauZOUe0a5m5oa4P2xKxRfNmQDIaZwsABGGe0x_X8Hv0VwWbJoRa_afv8AhkMt48t6z5z9Vx0ZX_/s1000/Erica%20Manto%20Paulson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVMmK4jeNljeEF_DBoqV8O-I2mxehI380ljT28tSdj9SKtSArCN7s48roE8u6DOerjTvi4lBpX0xDTVzhbIz9aAon5LxD1apxpUeQuqYBf7A_pauZOUe0a5m5oa4P2xKxRfNmQDIaZwsABGGe0x_X8Hv0VwWbJoRa_afv8AhkMt48t6z5z9Vx0ZX_/s320/Erica%20Manto%20Paulson.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"></span></div><p></p>John B. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-90405003124715990482022-09-15T07:49:00.003-07:002022-09-15T07:50:39.596-07:00Ohio Poetry Day Virtual Celebration on October 15th<p>The <a href="https://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/" target="_blank">Ohio Poetry Association</a> is pleased to announce it will again serve as the virtual host of
this year’s Ohio Poetry Day (OPD) celebration. The afternoon will
spotlight the 2022 Ohio Poet of the Year. We also are inviting OPD
contest winners to take part and read their winning poems. To that end,
OPA will host a virtual reading on Saturday, October 15, using Zoom and
will broadcast it live on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ohiopoetry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OPA Facebook page</a>.</p><p>More information coming soon. <br /></p>John B. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-10194356870904724742022-03-07T15:36:00.005-08:002022-03-09T13:14:02.693-08:002022 Ohio Poetry Day Contests<p style="text-align: justify;">The annual Ohio Poetry Day Association contests have been announced. <b>May 15, 2022, is the deadline (postmark) </b>for
more than twenty contests, including a
“Welcome Aboard” category for first-time submitters and an art category
to design the cover art for the 2022 <i>Best of Ohio Poetry Day</i> anthology,
published later this year. Below is a copy of the submission form, which
provides full contest information. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 10.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;">Ohio
Poetry Day 2022 will take place in October. Stay up to date on OPD
information, including the event date, location, and agenda, by getting
your name and address on the OPD mailing list. To do so, contact:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto;"><b>Amy
Jo Zook</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto;"><b>3520
State Route 56</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto;"><b>Mechanicsburg,
OH 43044</b><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><br /></b></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 10.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b>Checks for all contest fees and purchases should be made payable to: Ohio Poetry Day</b>. For questions, call (937) 834-2666.</p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 715.605px; top: 196.054px; transform: scaleX(0.64308);"><span class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: 14.6667px; left: 1032.13px; top: 252.35px; transform: scaleX(0.742393);"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiBIdhkG8sQ4oPEqlcmlG7-9ixJAWTaPzqH4S7ed_u0Sgc126pUlb2dmqeNgyQ6DpuPhgmbdoB5Duom_2ncLPjzkdJpoho0M1mlzJc6lPkhTpWLYn2rMNnixVeIEDD3-TF_-j11qnay1J9sP9u9nqKFwT-HVhxTVCIuG4-3ZHlPR-iO2o9-VLJOd6S=s4200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="4200" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiBIdhkG8sQ4oPEqlcmlG7-9ixJAWTaPzqH4S7ed_u0Sgc126pUlb2dmqeNgyQ6DpuPhgmbdoB5Duom_2ncLPjzkdJpoho0M1mlzJc6lPkhTpWLYn2rMNnixVeIEDD3-TF_-j11qnay1J9sP9u9nqKFwT-HVhxTVCIuG4-3ZHlPR-iO2o9-VLJOd6S=w640-h388" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPe9M3m4ScE-zqZG5l06TsbAyDhtALaXYfgpV_N1YFt08ZxZXWIYcC5tYDb7fiMWaJBo6YtJJw-UiUrNilbRRNVSGdWdjJZ8g-O9sUWp49EwpPZUqHO210l7LGy68NsuRjBizh28D1gTDA9BBH_vw27X0IXIySClqRpE1nGHcTsui9fe0LpdiwaZHm=s4200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="4200" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPe9M3m4ScE-zqZG5l06TsbAyDhtALaXYfgpV_N1YFt08ZxZXWIYcC5tYDb7fiMWaJBo6YtJJw-UiUrNilbRRNVSGdWdjJZ8g-O9sUWp49EwpPZUqHO210l7LGy68NsuRjBizh28D1gTDA9BBH_vw27X0IXIySClqRpE1nGHcTsui9fe0LpdiwaZHm=w640-h388" width="640" /></a></div><br />John B. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-37180671622795471722021-10-09T14:06:00.002-07:002021-10-09T18:18:23.947-07:00Best of 2021 Anthology Now Available!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Hf0XesczD7AzsFiX-Kl1eaeC92zqAMzIxSDwHrJFyMjnEP4sihFv4Xvs-zEu1qC8aw3JDQV9hq0X3RYQdBrS86JJ7NSBPv6uJt_S724OAxGqlGzxMC3t58hCEdH98qpLvxM-zkD6j_M/s2048/OPD+Best+of+2021+cover.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1275" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Hf0XesczD7AzsFiX-Kl1eaeC92zqAMzIxSDwHrJFyMjnEP4sihFv4Xvs-zEu1qC8aw3JDQV9hq0X3RYQdBrS86JJ7NSBPv6uJt_S724OAxGqlGzxMC3t58hCEdH98qpLvxM-zkD6j_M/w249-h400/OPD+Best+of+2021+cover.jpg" width="249" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Ohio Poetry Day Association's <i>Best of 2021</i> anthology is
now available for ordering. The collection features the winning poems in
OPD's annual contests, with more than 60 poems along with work by Ohio
Poet of the Year, <a href="http://quartezharris.com/" target="_blank">Quartez Harris</a>.
All purchases help fund OPD's Poet of the Year program and are tax
deductible, as OPD is a 501(c)(3) organization. For questions, contact
call (937) 834-2666. </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ordering Information</b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Price: $14 (includes postage)</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Mail check or money order, payable to Ohio Poetry Day, to:</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <br />Amy Jo Zook</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />3520 State Route 56</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Mechanicsburg, OH 43044</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="d82hq-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /><br />Be sure to tune in for the Ohio Poetry Day 2021 celebration. <br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="ervls-0-0"><span data-text="true"><b>Date:</b> Saturday, October 16, 2021</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="6oust-0-0"><span data-text="true"><b><br />Time:</b> 1:30—4:30 PM</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="75op0-0-0"><span data-text="true"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="75op0-0-0"><span data-text="true"><b>Registration:</b> Event will take place on Zoom. Register via <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ohio-poetry-day-virtual-celebration-tickets-151494284483" target="_blank">Eventbrite</a>. Registrants will receive an email with Zoom login information. Space is limited. The event also can be viewed without registration live on the OPA Facebook page: </span></span><a href="http://facebook.com/ohiopoetry"><span class="py34i1dx"><span data-offset-key="75op0-1-0"><span data-text="true">facebook.com/ohiopoetry</span></span></span></a><span data-offset-key="75op0-2-0"><span data-text="true">.</span></span></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>John B. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-53034221201513243712021-08-31T14:44:00.005-07:002021-08-31T14:44:42.636-07:00Ohio Poetry Day Association names 2021 Poet of the Year and Contest Winners<p><b>[Copied and pasted from the <a href="http://ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com/2021/08/ohio-poetry-day-association-names-2021.html" target="_blank">Ohio Poetry Association blog</a>. Thank you, Chuck Salmons.]<br /><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">The Ohio Poetry Day Association (OPDA) has
selected Quartez Harris as its Ohio Poet of the Year for 2021. Harris was
selected for his book of poems, </span><i style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">We Made It to School Alive</i><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> (Twelve Arts Press, 2020).</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; display: inline; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0413/7150/0700/files/WeMadeItToSchoolAlive_FINAL_1_540x.jpg?v=1592577004" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="540" height="200" src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0413/7150/0700/files/WeMadeItToSchoolAlive_FINAL_1_540x.jpg?v=1592577004" width="155" /></a></div><br />Residing in Cleveland, Ohio, Harris
is a second-grade teacher at Michael R. White Elementary School. </span><i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We Made It to School
Alive,</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">
his second collection of poetry, was inspired by his work as a teacher and
gives voice to the experiences of the children he works with every day who deal
with issues of gun violence, poverty, educational challenges, and more.</span></div><p class="Body" style="border: medium none; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Harris’ first book, <i>N</i></span><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">othing,
But Skin, </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">was published in 2014 by Writing Knights Press. He is the first
recipient of the Barbara Smith Writer-In-Resident at Twelve Literary Arts and a
2020 Baldwin House Fellow. He has been featured in the <i>Plain Dealer,</i>
IdeaStream, and City Club of Cleveland, and recently signed on to be
represented by Mckinnon Literary Agency. His works in progress are a young-adult
novel and picture book biography. Learn more at </span><a href="http://quartezharris.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">quartezharris.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">. </span></span>To purchase a copy of <i>We Made It to School Alive, </i>visit <a href="http://twelve-arts-press.myshopify.com/" target="_blank">twelve-arts-press.myshopify.com</a>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
<p class="Body" style="border: medium none; margin-bottom: 12pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqmHKEQU0iX8WhPGwMnes2PrDhtt2QvPky0w_wZRG2Y3hPF34-Sgekwynzb6jjTj1tH3M3GQGdu66LpAZtrkJEHQagSXAgMGloRpXpOdFOxoQs01sySGuzqqat7cU58YqmVCGA9A_GUg/s2048/Quartez+Harris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqmHKEQU0iX8WhPGwMnes2PrDhtt2QvPky0w_wZRG2Y3hPF34-Sgekwynzb6jjTj1tH3M3GQGdu66LpAZtrkJEHQagSXAgMGloRpXpOdFOxoQs01sySGuzqqat7cU58YqmVCGA9A_GUg/w133-h200/Quartez+Harris.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><br />Harris’ book was one of seven
books nominated this year. He joins the likes of Mary Oliver, David Baker, and
Maggie Smith as Poet of the Year. To see a list of previous Poet of the Year
winners, visit the OPA blog article </span><a href="https://ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com/2021/04/ohio-poetry-day-association-accepting.html" style="font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<h3 style="border: medium none; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Annual Contest Winners</span></span></b></h3>
<p class="Body" style="border: medium none; margin-bottom: 12pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; tab-stops: 387.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">OPDA also has released the winners
list for the 2021 OPD contests (see below). Winners and Honorable Mentions for
the 24 contests reside not only in Ohio but across the United States and even
overseas. Contest winners are invited to take part in the OPD event on October
16 by reading their winning poem(s). Winners should email OPA President Chuck
Salmons, <b>president(@ohiopoetryassn.org</b>, by October 10, 2021. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="border: medium none; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Join the Celebration: Ohio Poetry Day 2021</span></b></span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Date:</b> Saturday, October 16, 2021</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Time: </b>1:30—4:30 PM</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Registration: </b>Event will take place on Zoom. Register via <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ohio-poetry-day-virtual-celebration-tickets-151494284483" target="_blank">Eventbrite</a>. Registrants will receive an email with Zoom login information. Space is limited. The event also can be viewed without registration live on the OPA Facebook page: <a href="http://facebook.com/ohiopoetry" target="_blank">facebook.com/ohiopoetry</a>.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">About Ohio Poetry Day</span></h3><p class="Body" style="border: medium none; margin-bottom: 12pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; tab-stops: 387.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Ohio Poetry Da<span style="font-size: 12pt;">y Association was
founded in 1937 by authorization of the Ohio Legislature. Since 1976, it has selected
annually an Ohio Poet of the Year, basing its choice on a book published in the
previous one to two years. The award is based on the one book and not on an
aggregation of work published over time. Four judges are selected to review the
nominees, one of which is always a previous poet of the year winner.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="border: medium none; margin-bottom: 12pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; tab-stops: 387.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For more information about Ohio
Poetry Day, visit </span><a href="http://ohiopoetryday.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ohiopoetryday.blogspot.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium none; margin-bottom: 12pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; tab-stops: 387.0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2SlTT172Eh16oUMsMDZ98G09NxjPXnicUFOFfFQwTWqf5eJvTrQ3EGBfviuOy0HMHim2m0zyidy090rNhqrHPjRoxR3xdrpHFYP65iK61TTrpkldXLv5opRJbgsCh2ouXZgTeBhkWUdxo/s2048/OPD+Winners+2021_0001.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1582" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2SlTT172Eh16oUMsMDZ98G09NxjPXnicUFOFfFQwTWqf5eJvTrQ3EGBfviuOy0HMHim2m0zyidy090rNhqrHPjRoxR3xdrpHFYP65iK61TTrpkldXLv5opRJbgsCh2ouXZgTeBhkWUdxo/w154-h200/OPD+Winners+2021_0001.jpg" width="154" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyVBO2FPbuyyU7lAIaRU7DIOwRhUpA4D_DzPDU88TNWM4vGx7_CEApYHn2j6F_vNq8aIKYRrJGAR2La5XJdPV27IjHH58_Iti5n3uX1R44_YN6-2-rDtW-NMMiynPwLzTUhFSSr_ZUgU5/s2048/OPD+Winners+2021_0002.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1582" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyVBO2FPbuyyU7lAIaRU7DIOwRhUpA4D_DzPDU88TNWM4vGx7_CEApYHn2j6F_vNq8aIKYRrJGAR2La5XJdPV27IjHH58_Iti5n3uX1R44_YN6-2-rDtW-NMMiynPwLzTUhFSSr_ZUgU5/w154-h200/OPD+Winners+2021_0002.jpg" width="154" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoy5eqIvcVSrL5TFrW96ddjfeXJNfc_adn9ukTgxxkmi2Q4nwQ8xDK_vODa83GRf9m4yXU4s21ln1wV0MWyud4tjUFZddWsUWvmqQBjxnEAgG-pTG2eGLXefIgH4MhDnw6eUSS5uY6Gg8M/s2048/OPD+Winners+2021_0003.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1582" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoy5eqIvcVSrL5TFrW96ddjfeXJNfc_adn9ukTgxxkmi2Q4nwQ8xDK_vODa83GRf9m4yXU4s21ln1wV0MWyud4tjUFZddWsUWvmqQBjxnEAgG-pTG2eGLXefIgH4MhDnw6eUSS5uY6Gg8M/w154-h200/OPD+Winners+2021_0003.jpg" width="154" /></a></div><p class="Body" style="border: medium none; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">###</span></p></div></div><br />John B. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.com0Cleveland, OH, USA41.49932 -81.694360513.189086163821152 -116.8506105 69.80955383617885 -46.5381105tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-3057213707514226052021-04-22T11:42:00.001-07:002021-04-22T11:42:36.411-07:00Now Accepting 2021 Poet of the Year Nominations <p> <i>[Copied and pasted from the <a href="http://ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Ohio Poetry Association blog</a>. Thank you, Chuck Salmons!]</i> <br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;">The Ohio Poetry Day Association (OPDA) is now accepting nominations for Ohio Poet of the Year. Handed out annually since 1976, the award is given for a single collection of poems. The award is based on the one book and not on an aggregation of work published over some time.</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2361989799738852784" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 578px;"><b>Nomination guidelines:</b><br /><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Poets may not self-nominate. Books can be offered by others: a publisher or editor, a college faculty or member thereof, a writers' or poets' organization, any other person of poetic standing in the state, or from the lists of books newly published that are put out by the Ohioana Library several times a year.</li><li style="border: medium none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">The poet must be a native or a resident of Ohio, or if neither, must have lived in Ohio long enough to have formed serious ties to the state. (The list of former winners of Poet of the Year is below.)</li><li style="border: medium none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">The nominated book must be longer than a chapbook (i.e., more than 48 pages) and not a "collected" or "complete" works.</li><li style="border: medium none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">The book may be from a commercial or university press or self-published, but it may not come from a vanity press. Books nominated will be screened for quality and to ensure that there are not too many of them for judges to consider.</li><li style="border: medium none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">The nominated book may have received previous awards or honors.</li><li style="border: medium none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Poets who previously were nominated may be so again, for a different book; but no one will be chosen a second time as POY.</li><li style="border: medium none; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Nominations must be submitted by May 1, 2021. Mail a single copy of the book to:</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Amy Jo Zook</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>3520 State Route 56</b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Mechanicsburg, OH 43044</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div>The award consists of $200 and a commemorative plaque, with one poem from the chosen book also being published in the year's BEST OF collection. The POY winner will be notified in the late summer and invited to be the featured speaker at Ohio Poetry Day weekend. Again this year, OPA will host the event as a virtual program on October 16. Watch the OPA website and Facebook for more details</div><div><br />For more background and a look at the history of the award, <a href="https://ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-brief-look-at-ohio-poet-of-year.html" style="color: #993366; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">see the OPA blog article here</a>.</div><div><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Previous Ohio Poets of the Year</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse; width: 571px;"><tbody><tr><td style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1976</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br />1977</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1978</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br />1979</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1980</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br />1981</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1982</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1983</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1984</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1985</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br />1986</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1987</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1988</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1989</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1990</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1991</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1992</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /><br />1993</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1994</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Hallie Cramer</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Muriel de Chambrun</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Virginia Moran Evans</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Cecil Hale Hartzell</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Celia Dimmette</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Novella Humphrey Davis</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Daisy Lee Donaldson</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Mary Oliver</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">James Magner, Jr.</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">James C. Kilgore</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333;">no award given</span></b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Charlotte Mann</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Richard Hague</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Michael J. Rosen</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">J. A. Totts</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Timothy Russell</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Amy Jo Schoonover</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Robert Wallace</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Bonnie Jacobson</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">David Baker</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Debra Allbery</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Grace Butcher</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Frankie Paino</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">David Citino</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Tom Andrews</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Michael J. Bugeja</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 3in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">A Sprig of Bittersweet</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">Sudden Soring</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">To Seek the Sun</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">Song on the Anvil</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">Ocean Carry Us Far</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">There Was This Place</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">Surface Fragments</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">Twelve Moons</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">Till No Light Leaps</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">African Violet</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;"> ---</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">Grape Pitcher</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">Ripening</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">A Drink at the Mirage</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">Outside the Dream</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">The Possibility of Turning to Salt</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">New & Used Poems</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">The Common Summer</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">Stopping for Time</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">Sweet Home, Saturday Night</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">Walking Distance</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">Child, House, World</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">The Rapture of Matter</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">The Discipline</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">The Hemophiliac's Motorcycle</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333;">After Oz</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1995</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1996</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1997</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1998</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">1999</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2000</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2001</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2002</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2003</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2004</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2005</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br />2006</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2007</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2008</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2009</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br />2010</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2011</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2012</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2013</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2014</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br />2015</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span><span style="color: #333333;">2016</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span><span style="color: #333333;">2017</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span><span style="color: #333333;">2018<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2019</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">2020</span></div></td><td style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Alberta Turner</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Lou Suarez</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">William Matthews</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">James Cummins</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Susan Grimm</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Miriam Vermilya</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Myrna Stone</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Pauletta Hansel</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; 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Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-61918053800429456082021-03-19T06:12:00.001-07:002021-03-19T06:13:39.727-07:00Ohio Poetry Day 2021 Contests<p><i>[Copied and pasted from the <a href="http://ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Ohio Poetry Association blog</a>. Thank you, Chuck Salmons!]</i><br /></p><p>The annual Ohio Poetry Day Association contests have been announced. <b>May 15, 2021, is the deadline (postmark) </b>for more than twenty contests, including a
“Welcome Aboard” category for first-time submitters and an art category to design the cover art for the 2021 Best of Ohio Poetry Day anthology, published later this year. Below is a copy of the submission form, which provides full contest information. </p>
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Poetry Day 2021 will take place October 15<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">–16</span>. Stay up to date on OPD
information, including meeting site and agend, by getting your name and address on the OPD mailing list. To do so, contact:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br />Amy
Jo Zook</b></p>
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State Route 56</b></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">The 83rd celebration of Poetry Day
is October 3 and is like no other, because of the various strictures demanded
by the Coronavirus. Instead, we will do as many of our traditional things as
possible and make substitutions for the rest until we can resume our customary
ways.<br /><br /></p>
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winning poems, BEST OF 2020, which will be available at and after Poetry Day,
and may possibly be ready a week or so before, so it can be ordered to have
in-hand by October 3. As always, order from Amy Jo Zook, the usual
cost-plus-mailing of $14.<br /><br /></p>
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critique / comments attached, will be available also, for $2, no extra postage
if mailed with BEST OF, or $2.55 if mailed separately. Winners and those who
usually attend the workshop will want this.<br /><br /></p>
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separate from the other items from Poetry Day, or it can be included in a book
mailing for $3.<br /><br /></p>
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hosting a ZOOM event on Poetry Day (October 3) , from 1:30 to 4 pm. you will
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other winning poets as can get registered. Anyone who won an OPD 2020 contest
or received an honorable mention and would like to read during the open mic,
should also email Ohio Poetry Association president Chuck Salmons at <a href="mailto:president@ohiopoetryassn.org">president@ohiopoetryassn.org</a>. <br /><br /></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Space is limited, so register
early. Register via Eventbrite at </p>
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14368551416</a></b>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiiW0yVIM_-tD0J91HPenFF4KwG4lEtBiaOKd93hzeRYrdKl9d6ZU0CA4ulWi6bkOP2r8AS9DaH_FgujyKDHxnF01GsozjLoHZR7IzGPMzdIniq_QTXvQGRdqekBkbNZ0pwS2_GzhWHQ/s499/A+Place+So+Deep+Inside+America+It+Can%2527t+Be+Seen+Kari.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiiW0yVIM_-tD0J91HPenFF4KwG4lEtBiaOKd93hzeRYrdKl9d6ZU0CA4ulWi6bkOP2r8AS9DaH_FgujyKDHxnF01GsozjLoHZR7IzGPMzdIniq_QTXvQGRdqekBkbNZ0pwS2_GzhWHQ/s320/A+Place+So+Deep+Inside+America+It+Can%2527t+Be+Seen+Kari.jpg" /></a></div><br />To order Kari's book, <i>A Place So
Deep Inside America lt Can't Be Seen</i>:<br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;">PayPal: <a href="http://www.paypal.me/KariGunterSeymour"><b>www.paypal.me/KariGunterSeymour</b></a>
- Click on “Add a note" to leave your Name and mailing address.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><u>OR</u> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;">send a check with
your Name and mailing address to Kari Gunter-Seymour, P.O. Box 351, Albany, OH
45710<br /><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">All these items will be easier to
obtain if you order early. The 2020 books are trying print-on-demand rather
than ordering and stocking books that may not sell. But we hope we will
actually sell more of them when you can't attend the event.<br /><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">BEST OF 2O2O, the workshop book,
and the CD will be mailed with all the year's prizes and certificates, from Amy
Jo Zook, 3520 State Route 56, Mechanicsburg, OH 43044. <b>All checks should be made
payable to Ohio Poetry Day.</b></p>
<p></p>John B. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-85858255955176442502020-08-03T06:31:00.001-07:002020-08-03T06:31:29.993-07:00Ohio Poetry Day Virtual Celebration - October 3rd 2020<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiez7JC4JlDf6fv2GuT5UX-ZfrRK8JDSmoyrw_7SSbaWQQF-5M2JHXgUxJnlXg0sMnEMRkldibJQt9oT0rEyJHFZQZ4LENYzXU6Wue_mDxvpUxGJcKMUrEzaaWGQ3hrlQwO7EdZxww29xc/s960/Kari+Gunter-Seymour+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiez7JC4JlDf6fv2GuT5UX-ZfrRK8JDSmoyrw_7SSbaWQQF-5M2JHXgUxJnlXg0sMnEMRkldibJQt9oT0rEyJHFZQZ4LENYzXU6Wue_mDxvpUxGJcKMUrEzaaWGQ3hrlQwO7EdZxww29xc/w210-h210/Kari+Gunter-Seymour+1.jpg" width="210" /></a></div>Our friends at the <a href="http://ohiopoetry.org" target="_blank">Ohio Poetry Association</a> will be sponsoring a significant part
of this year’s Ohio Poetry Day (OPD) celebration to honor this year’s
Ohio Poet of the Year, <a href="https://ohiopoetryday.blogspot.com/2020/06/kari-gunter-seymour-is-named-ohio-poet.html">Kari Gunter-Seymour</a>, and the OPD contest winners.<p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Join the celebration during a virtual reading on Zoom. The
afternoon kicks off with a reading by Kari Gunter-Seymour, who will then
be interviewed by OPA President Chuck Salmons. After a short break, the
OPD contest winners will be invited to read their winning poems.</p><div style="text-align: justify;">
This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Registration is available via <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ohio-poetry-day-virtual-celebration-tickets-114368551416" target="_blank">Eventbrite</a>.<br /><br />For more information, please visit the <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/ohiopoetryassn.com/the-ohio-poetry-association/upcoming-seminars" target="_blank">Ohio Poetry Association website</a>.<br /></div>John B. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-64544356192626851672020-06-29T03:00:00.000-07:002020-06-29T06:26:18.378-07:00Kari Gunter-Seymour is named Ohio Poet of the Year 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Ohio Poetry Day Association has selected <a href="https://www.karigunterseymourpoet.com/" target="_blank">Kari Gunter-Seymour</a> as its Ohio Poet of the Year for 2020. Gunter-Seymour was selected for her latest book of poems, <a href="https://woub.org/2020/06/04/kari-gunter-seymours-a-place-so-deep-inside-america-it-cant-be-seen/" target="_blank"><i>A Place So Deep Inside America It Can’t Be Seen</i></a> (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, 2020).<br />
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Residing near Athens, Ohio, Gunter-Seymour is a ninth generation Appalachian and seeks to honor that heritage in her poetry. She often writes in the voices of those she encounters and uses a regional accent when she performs.<br />
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“As an Appalachian poet, I take great pride in my heritage,” Gunter-Seymour says. “For generations my ancestors have loved and worked the land, read their Bibles and migrated as the weather or wanderlust prescribed, handing down their knowledge and experiences through story and song.”<br />
<br />Chosen from among eight books nominated for Ohio Poet of the Year, <i>A Place So Deep Inside America It Can’t Be Seen</i> is Gunter-Seymour’s second poetry collection. <br /><br />“This [Ohio Poet of the Year] award feels like a victory for all who came before me,” she said, “as well as all yet to come and for the untold number of Appalachian poets, writers and singer/songwriters who have touched my life and my writing in so many ways.”<br /><br />Kathy Fagan, one of four judges and the 2017 Ohio Poet of the Year for her book <i>Sycamore</i>, calls Gunter-Seymour “a poet for whom family and region provide a well-source of words.”<br /><br />Gunter-Seymour’s winning the award comes on the heels of her recently being selected as Ohio’s third <a href="https://oac.ohio.gov/poetlaureate" target="_blank">State Poet Laureate</a> by Governor Mike DeWine. She also previously was Poet Laureate of Athens, Ohio.<br /><br />
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Gunter-Seymour is also the founder and Executive Director of the <a href="http://womenofappalachia.com/" target="_blank">Women of Appalachia Project</a>. This organization offers opportunities for women artists of Appalachian descent and diverse backgrounds, ages and experiences to participate in artistic programs as a way, according to its website, “to embrace the stereotype, to show the whole woman.” The Women of Appalachia Project sponsors spoken word events, poetry readings, fine art exhibitions and other artistic programs and publications.<br /><br />The Ohio Poetry Day Association was founded in 1937 by authorization of the Ohio Legislature. Since 1976, it has selected annually an Ohio Poet of the Year, basing its choice on a book published in the previous one to two years. The award is based on the one book and not on an aggregation of work published over time. Four judges are selected to review the nominees, one of which is always a previous poet of the year winner.<br /><br />“I was honored to read books by all the outstanding nominees for Ohio Poet of the Year,” said Fagan. “Gunter-Seymour joins an impressive list of previous winners, re-inscribing for each of us just how rich and deep Ohio’s poetic heritage has been.”<br /><br />Another judge, Robin Mullet (co-author with Holli Rainwater of <i>The Curve of Her Arm</i>) said that being a judge was one of the most challenging tasks she has ever had because each of the nominees was deserving of the award.<br /><br />“Although I have long known that Ohio was a treasure chest of poetry, I was still blown away by the depth, diversity and richness of the language of these skilled poets,” she said.<br /></div>
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For more about our 2020 Ohio Poet of the Year, please visit <a href="http://karigunterseymourpoet.com/">karigunterseymourpoet.com</a>.</div>
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The Ohio Poetry Day Association (OPDA) is now accepting nominations for
Ohio Poet of the Year. Handed out annually since 1976, the award is
given for a single collection of poems. The award is based on the one
book and not on an aggregation of work published over some time.<br />
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<b>Nomination guidelines:</b><br />
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<li>Poets may not self-nominate. Books can be offered by others: a
publisher or editor, a college faculty or member thereof, a writers' or
poets' organization, any other person of poetic standing in the state,
or from the lists of books newly published that are put out by the
Ohioana Library several times a year. </li>
<li>The poet must be a native or a resident of Ohio, or if neither, must
have lived in Ohio long enough to have formed serious ties to the
state. (The list of former winners of Poet of the Year is below.)</li>
<li>The nominated book must be longer than a chapbook (i.e., more than 48 pages) and not a "collected" or "complete" works. </li>
<li>The book may be from a commercial or university press or
self-published, but it may not come from a vanity press. Books nominated
will be screened for quality and to ensure that there are not too many
of them for judges to consider.</li>
<li>The nominated book may have received previous awards or honors. </li>
<li>Poets who previously were nominated may be so again, for a different book; but no one will be chosen a second time as POY.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Nominations must be submitted by May 1, 2020. Mail a single copy of the book to:</span></li>
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The POY winner will be notified in the late summer and invited to be the
luncheon speaker at Ohio Poetry Day weekend, October2–3. The award
consists of $200 and a commemorative plaque, with one poem from the
chosen book also being published in the year's BEST OF collection.<br />
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For more background and a look at the history of the award, <a href="https://ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-brief-look-at-ohio-poet-of-year.html" target="_blank">see the OPA blog article here</a>.</div>
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<b>Laura Grace Weldon</b> has been named Ohio Poet of the Year 2019 by the Ohio
Poetry Day Association on the strength of her second collection, <b><i>Blackbird</i></b> (Grayson Books, 2019). <span style="color: black;">Topics in that collection include coyotes, cows, pay disparity, rare disorders, weeping icons, and astrophysics. </span>A journal review called her poems “experiential works of luminous simplicity.”
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Laura
grew up a voracious reader thanks to public libraries and discovered a
love of poetry early. She incorporated poetry everywhere her career took
her. She developed a poetry project at a nursing home culminating in a
book of poems collaboratively written with residents, shared poetry with
support groups she facilitated as a social worker, used poems to get
across principles while teaching nonviolence workshops, and now offers
poems as prompts for her memoir students. But she didn’t write her own
poems until she was in her late 40’s, brought to it by what she calls
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<span style="color: black;">Ten
years later over 140 of her poems have been published in journals and
anthologies, Thanks to Lit Youngstown, some of her poems have been
interpreted into sculpture, video, and painting, with one even stamped
into a public sidewalk. In addition to <i>Blackbird </i>she’s published an earlier collection, <i>Tending</i> (Aldrich Press, 2013) as well as a handbook of natural learning titled <i>Free Range Learning</i> (Hohm Press, 2010). </span></div>
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<span name="Street">Laura
lives on a small farm in Medina County’s Litchfield Township. She works
as an editor and particularly enjoys teaching community-based classes
in memoir, poetry, and creativity. She is still a voracious reader, as
her often-maxed out library card can attest. </span><br />
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<span name="Street"><span name="address"><span name="State"><span name="place"><span name="City"><span name="PlaceType"><span name="PlaceName"><span name="PostalCode"><span style="color: black;">Find Laura on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/laura.euphoria">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/earnestdrollery">Twitter</a>, and at <a href="http://lauragraceweldon.com/" target="_blank">lauragraceweldon.com</a></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576146782660836573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-81120393451883430932018-08-03T07:59:00.000-07:002018-08-03T07:59:02.364-07:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: large;">From the </span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576146782660836573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-46758117658308034572018-02-21T13:54:00.005-08:002018-02-21T13:54:53.386-08:00<u><span style="font-size: large;">FROM AMY JO ZOOK:</span></u><br />
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Ohio Poetry Day Contests, with 25 categories, open to all poets writing in English, will open <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1471771722" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">March 1</span></span> and close <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1471771723" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">May 15</span></span>. All money-winning poems will be published in <u>Best of 2018</u>.
If you are not already in our mailing list, send SASE or a postcard
with name and address (including Zip code) to Amy Jo Zook, <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=3520+State+Route+56,+Mechanicsburg,+OH+43044&entry=gmail&source=g">3520 State Route 56, Mechanicsburg, OH 43044</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576146782660836573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194243393424716232.post-9163416238975108162017-12-22T07:02:00.000-08:002017-12-22T07:02:01.429-08:00Winter Solstice<h2>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The longest night has passed.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Each day moving forward will bring a
little more light than the previous. </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />I will let that light in and be
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