Ohio Poetry Association
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| Established | 1929 |
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| Type | Poetry organization |
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| Website | www |
The Ohio Poetry Association (OPA) is a non-profit state-level poetry association in the U.S. state of Ohio, which is affiliated with the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS). The organization promotes poetry, conducts monthly and annual contests, publishes poetry books and organizes periodic meetings, workshops and festivals.
The Ohio Poetry Association was first organized on Columbus, Ohio, in 1929 as the Verse Writers' Guild or Ohio.[1] The OPA incorporated as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational organization in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1978[2] and affiliated with the National Federation of State Poetry Societies.