Ohio Poetry Association Blog

For an eighth consecutive year, the Ohio Poetry Association (OPA) has been awarded a grant from The Columbus Foundation (TCF) for general operating support. A total of $1,940 will be provided to OPA from the William C. and Naoma W. Denison Fund. This grant is the largest OPA has garnered from TCF. “We are thrilled by this news and grateful to The Columbus Foundation for continuing to support OPA,” said OPA President Chuck Salmons. “This grant will permit us to move forward with all of the special programs and events we are hosting to celebrate our 90th anniversary year.” OPA has earned TCF support annually since establishing a profile with the philanthropic organization in 2011, when it established its PowerPhilanthropy website. Since then, the site has evolved and is now known as The Giving Store. Billed as “Your one-stop shop for charitable giving,” The Giving Store offers an extensive directory of nonprofit organizations based and doing work in central Ohio. Potential donors...

As another year comes to an end, we reflect on events of the past twelve months but also on the year to come. And OPA has an exciting year of programming planned for 2016. Our quarterly workshops will cover a wide range of poetry styles and topics. Becca Lachman will work with attendees to explore how poetry plays a role in our pursuit of peace, community, and social justice. And renowned artists John and Cathy Bennett will lead an exploration of the avant garde. We also have a great slate of special events lined up. In February, we’ll continue our series of ekphrastic poetry workshops at the Toledo Museum with Cindy Bosley. And in the mid-June, riding the tide of a successful reading this past September, you can join OPA as it takes part in the Summer Solstice Celebration at Serpent Mound in Adams County, where we’ll again feature some of Ohio’s top poets and honor voices of the past. Our writers’ retreats at Malabar Farm will feature two respected poets and educat...