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My prose poem, “The Singer,” has won Second Place in the Oregon Poetry Association 2026 Poetry Contest for Members Only. Contest winners will be invited to read their winning poems at the Oregon Poetry Association’s 70th Anniversary Conference to be held at the convention center in Salem, Oregon on August 28 & 29, 2026…
Once again, a poetry manuscript of mine has made it close to getting the big prize—publication and money!—but not quite. Sigh. My poetry collection, Brief Campaigns of Sting and Sweet, got as far as semi-finalist for the 2025 Fence Modern Poets Series Book Prize. These folks at Fence recently published a couple of my poems…
