Ohio Poetry Day 2014 Events

Troy Hayner Cultural Center, 301 W Main Street, Troy, OH 45373

Friday Evening, October 24 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Evening Workshops
& Overnight Contests

Saturday Morning, October 25 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Evan Lodge Memorial
Poetry Workshop
One dollar Admission

Saturday Noon, October 25 Lunch
Box lunch will be provided –
Contact Amy Zook to prepay:
Amy Jo Zook
3520 State Rte. 56
Mechanicsburg, OH 43044

Saturday Afternoon, October 25 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Readings by the Ohio
Co-Poets of the Year
& Contest Winners

2014 Ohio Co-Poets of the Year

An Announcement from Ohio Poetry Day 2014

The 2014 Ohio Co-Poets of the Year, Dzvinia Orlowsky, (of Marshfield, Massachusetts) and David Lee Garrison (of Dayton, Ohio) have been named by the Ohio Poetry Day Association.

This award has been given annually since 1976 to a poet or poets on the basis of a book published in the previous year or two years.  The award consists of a money prize, an honorarium as speaker, and a plaque commemorating the event.  In addition, a poem by each poet will be included at the beginning of the Ohio Poetry Day 2014 prize poems collection, Best of 2014.

For 2014, Orlowsky's collection is Silvertone and Garrison's is Playing Bach in the D.C. Metro.  The winners are invited to speak and to read from their work at Ohio Poetry Day, which will be observed on October 24 - 25 at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy, Ohio.

2014 Ohio Poetry Day Winners

2014 Ohio Poetry Day Information

Thanks to Geoffrey Landis for uploading the flyer/info for this year's Ohio poetry Day contests to his website.

Read/download side 1 here: http://www.geoffreylandis.com/OPD_Flyer_2104-1.pdf

Read/download side 2 here: http://www.geoffreylandis.com/OPD_Flyer_2014-2.pdf

2012 Ohio Poetry Day Poet of the Year

In our 75th year, Ohio Poetry Day offers a competition for the Diamond Webb chapbook award in lieu of our usual Poet of the Year.  

Open to Ohio natives or residents who have never been named Poet of the Year, the award is publication of a 36-page chapbook to be produced in time for Poetry Day, October 19–20.

Manuscript must be submitted on standard 8½ x 11 paper, but the book will be printed in the usual 5½ x 8½ size, so be aware of format. Individual poems may have been previously published, but not the manuscript in its entirety, nor may it be under consideration elsewhere. 

The award will consist of 75 books to the winner, a plaque as the Poet of the Year and an invitation to speak at the Ohio Poetry Day luncheon, as other Poets of the Year have done. 

Manuscript must be sent with two title pages, one with no poet identification, the other with name, address, and phone number (e-mail will not help the submission process, though it may assist in publication of the winner). Pages should be numbered and a table of contents provided. Divider pages or illustrations must be included in the page count. 

Postmark deadline is June 1, 2012, and manuscripts must be sent with $7.50 entry fee to:

Amy Jo Zook

3520 State Route 56

Mechanicsburg, OH 43044 

Make check payable to Ohio Poetry Day, with "chapbook" in the memo line. All entrants will receive a copy of the winning book. Judge for the contest will be announced at Ohio Poetry Day.

[This entry was cross-posted from the Ohio Poetry Association blog.]