The winning poems from the 2018 Source poetry contest—and a word about why they won, from the judges. The 2nd annual Source poetry contest was, like last year, a collaboration between this publication and the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at Oregon State University-Cascades. We received hundreds of submissions from writers in […]
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Call for Submissions: 2018 Source Poetry Contest
Submit your poems now!
It’s time to submit your poems in the 2018 Source Poetry Contest! A partnership with OSU-Cascades’ MFA in Creative Writing Program Win prizes! Read with professional poets! And if you win first prize, get your very own critique with OSU-Cascades MFA program director and McSweeney’s poet, Dr. Emily Carr! How to enter: –Submit up to […]
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Source Weekly Poetry Contest Winners
Out of 100s of submissions, here are your winners!
F or the Inaugural Source Weekly’s 2017 Poetry Contest, we challenged local poets to send us their works in one of two categories: focused on the topic of growth, or in the “open” category. Scores of poets submitted more than 260 poems, which were judged in the first round by the MFA creative writing candidates […]
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Call for Poetry: Enter the Source’s Poetry Contest!
Get your poems into the Source by Oct. 9
Enter the Source Weekly Poetry Contest! In partnership with OSU-Cascades Master of Fine Arts program Win prizes! Read with famous poets! Get your very own one-on-one critique with McSweeney’s poet Emily Carr! And have your poetry published in the Source’s Poetry Issue Nov. 2! Rules for Entry: Choose between two categories for submission: The theme […]
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Liquid Poetry
Ale Apothecary brings the love to Central Oregon Beer Week
Paul Arney, head chemist at The Ale Apothecary, treats the local movement seriously. Very seriously. “As far as I know, I’m the only brewer in Oregon who can truly say they only use ingredients grown in Oregon,” he said over some beers at his Cellar Joint. This is the barrel aging facility he and fellow […]
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Art Watch 6/18-6/24
Nacho Ordinary Art Event
How do we communicate when words fail us? If you’re Icelandic band Sigur Rós, you create your own language, called Vonlenska or “Hopelandic.” If you’re OSU-Cascades Masters in Fine Arts students you get a little meta with, and create collaborative, site-specific art inspired by Sigur Rós’ “Ágætis byrjun,” a dreamy, expansive soundscape with a deep […]
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State of Wonder, OPB’s greatest radio show! And, what, free tickets for a show in Bend?
State of Wonder is a gem of a NPR show. Produced by OPB, and hosted by April Baer—an indefatigably curious journalist—the show digs into the personalities of those making the arts in Oregon. (Arts in a wide definition, and encompassing interesting, engaging and relevant peeps, not the hoity toity types). Why am I telling you this? Because you […]
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Emily Carr's Poetry is From the Heart, But Not for the Faint of Heart
Emily Carr calls herself an “ecofeminist love poet,” which she details as addressing the “problems of…unposted love letters, cannibal chickens and a ship too late to save the drowning witch.” “The Damsel is (still) in distress,” she explains. Only in her mid-30s, Carr already has published a series of books of poetry—smart, beautiful and image-laden […]