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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I just received the following information about the 2014 Oregon Student Poetry Contest that some of you might be interested in. Some ideas interested public libraries might think about:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Print contest rules and make them available for patrons to take home after visiting your library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Post information about the contest on your website or FaceBook page<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Host a poetry reading where kids can bring and read their favorite poems and promote the contest afterwards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Host a poetry writing workshop (feel this it out of your comfort zone, ask a local poet or retired English languages arts teacher to do it!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Partner with a school that is participating by offering the public library as a venue for an evening/weekend poetry reading event at which the students could read the poems they wrote in school and
entered into the contest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Questions? Contact<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tiel Aisha Ansari<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:tielansari@gmail.com">tielansari@gmail.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">katie.anderson@state.or.us</span></a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="262" height="97" id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CEBB9A.D2BCCF70" alt="http://www.ala.org/bbooks/sites/ala.org.bbooks/files/content/BBW13_CoverArt.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">September 22-28, 2013<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Celebrate the Freedom to Read
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/OregonReadsBannedBooks"><span style="color:blue">in Oregon</span></a>!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Plan Banned Books Week
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/intellectual.aspx#Banned_Books_Week_Planning_Resources">
<span style="color:blue">Activities</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Accord Heavy SF","sans-serif";color:black">Oregon Poetry Association</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Accord Heavy SF","sans-serif";color:black">2014 Oregon Student Poetry Contest</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Accord Heavy SF","sans-serif";color:black">Poems accepted between November 1, 2013 and February 10, 2014 (postmark deadline)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Accord Heavy SF","sans-serif";color:black">Four Divisons:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Accord Heavy SF","sans-serif";color:black"> I:
Kindergarten—Grade 2 II: Grade 3—Grade 5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Accord Heavy SF","sans-serif";color:black">III: Grade 6—Grade 8 IV: Grade 9—Grade 12</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>Oregon Student Contest Prizes:
</b>10 prizes in each Division:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">1st Place: $30, 2d Place: $20, 3d Place: $10, 7 Honorable Mentions: $5<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Each of the 40 winners will receive a certificate and a copy of
<i>Cascadia: The Oregon Student Poetry Contest Anthology</i>, in which all 40 winning poems will be published.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The top 10 poems (3 winners and all Honorable Mentions) in Divisions III and IV will be entered into the 2014 Manningham Trust Student Contest by the OPA
Student Contest Co-Chair, Steve Jones. This nationwide contest, sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, also awards cash prizes and a publication furnished to Manningham Contest winners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Oregon Student Contest Rules</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Submit one <b><i>original
</i></b>poem (your own individual creative work) on any subject, in any style or form, with a
<b><i>maximum of 40 lines</i></b>. The poem must be titled, except for haiku, senryu, or limerick.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Type or word process your poem on a single sheet of standard 8 1/2 X 11 white paper, one side only, in a standard type face;
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Send two copies of your poem.
<b>ON THE FIRST COPY</b>, in the upper right hand corner, type your category (I, II, III, or IV) and grade level, name, school, school address and phone number, and the name (first and last)<i> </i>of your writing teacher. Also on this copy,<b> </b>type, and
sign the following statement: <b>This poem is my own original creative work and has not been copied, in whole or in part, from any other author's work, including poems posted on the Internet. ON THE SECOND COPY,
</b>type the category and grade level only—check to make sure your name does not appear
<b>anywhere </b>on this copy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Mail to: OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION<i>,
</i></span>P.O. Box 1775, Corvallis, OR 97339<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">The deadline is February 10, 2014 (postmarked).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">2014 Oregon Student Poetry Contest Checklist</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">The one best poem you are submitting is your own original work and no more than 40 lines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Your poem is typed or word processed on one sheet of standard 8.5x11 white paper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Your poem appears on one side of the paper only in a standard 12 point font<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">You are sending two copies of your poem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">One copy has your poem & in the upper right corner, the Division (I, II, III, or IV), your grade, your name, your school, your school’s address and phone, & your teacher’s first and last name<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">On that copy, beneath your poem, you have typed and signed the following statement: THIS POEM IS MY OWN ORIGINAL CREATIVE WORK AND HAS NOT BEEN COPIED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FROM ANY OTHER AUTHOR’S WORK,
INCLUDING POEMS POSTED ON THE INTERNET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">On the second copy of your poem, in the upper right corner, you have typed only the Division (I, II, III, or IV) and your grade––with no name appearing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:-100%;color:black">* (Optional) You have enclosed a stamped, self-addressed envelope to receive the Winner’s List
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Questions? Contact: contest co-chair, Tiel Aisha Ansari, tielansari@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">September 23, 2013<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Contact: Tiel Aisha Ansari<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:tielansari@gmail.com">tielansari@gmail.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>OPA SPONSORS 2014 OREGON STUDENT POETRY CONTEST<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Oregon Poetry Association (OPA) is sponsoring the sixteenth annual Oregon Student Poetry Contest. Tiel Aisha Ansari of Portland, OR and Steve Jones of Corvallis, OR are the 2014 student contest co-chairs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All Oregon students, kindergarten through 12th grade, enrolled in public, private, parochial and alternative schools, and home schooled, are invited to submit a poem. There is no entry fee. The deadline for entries is February 10, 2014
(postmark). Teams of OPA members that include established Oregon poets and poetry teachers will judge the poems.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ten winners each in four age categories receive cash prizes ranging from $5 for honorable mentions to $30 for first place. All forty winning poems will be published in
<i>Cascadia: The Oregon Student Poetry Contest Anthology</i>. Each winner will receive a certificate and a copy of the anthology.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The winning poems and honorable mentions in the middle and high school divisions will be sent to the annual Manningham Trust Student Contest sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NSFPS). This national competition
also awards cash prizes and publication in an anthology. Oregon students who have won awards in the national contest include South Medford alumnus Kylan Rice, whose poetry can be sampled online at
<a href="http://dailydoseoflit.com/2012/08/21/poem-kylan-rice/">http://dailydoseoflit.com/2012/08/21/poem-kylan-rice/</a> and
<a href="http://www.softblow.org/kylanrice.html">http://www.softblow.org/kylanrice.html</a> among others.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Writing poetry to enter in the contest is typically a class project organized by teachers in the various types of schools. OPA urges parents and teachers to encourage students to enter the contest. This is an excellent opportunity both
to encourage and to reward creativity in Oregon students.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Complete guidelines can be found at <a href="http://oregonpoets.org/contests/student-contest/">
http://oregonpoets.org/contests/student-contest/</a> or obtained by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION<i>, </i>
</span>1724 NE Prescott, Portland OR 97211<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">or requested by email, Tiel Aisha Ansari, tielansari@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">OPA is a not-for-profit association whose mission is to:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">build and sustain a diverse community of Oregon poets<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">provide Oregon poets opportunities to exchange ideas and learn from one another<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">further the appreciation of poetry throughout the state<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">raise awareness of Oregon poets.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Oregon Student Poetry Contest serves to nurture poetic talent among young Oregonians by providing an opportunity for their poems to be widely shared and celebrated.<o:p></o:p></p>
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