Oregon Poetry Association

The organization promotes poetry, conducts monthly and annual contests, publishes poetry books and organizes periodic meetings, workshops and festivals.

The organization grew out of the Verseweavers Poetry Society, founded in 1936.

The organization changed its name to Oregon Poetry Association in 2011, and currently has about 350 members.

The society operates an annual spring and fall adult poetry contest cycle and also offers a free annual poetry contest for K-12 children.

[3] The OPA publishes the annual anthology Cascadia in late spring to showcase winning poems from the year's student contest, and Verseweavers, which showcases the work of adult contest winners.