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The 6th ANNUAL OPRIZE FOR POETRY Is Now Accepting Entries The theme this year is
open with a special sub-theme on preaching in the contemporary world in the face of growing secularization. Entries accepted until July 30, 2010 A maximum of 3 entries is
allowed per person All entries require a $10.00 U.S. entry fee to help defray costs All entries must be on a separate piece of paper with a card attached showing the following: Name Address Affiliation
(chapter, congregation, province, etc.) email address if available Send
all entries to: OPrize for Poetry P.O. Box 6331 Chandler, Arizona 85246 any questions write: oprizeforpoetry@hotmail.com
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The
Preacher Poets 2009
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JUDGE FOR THE 5th ANNUAL COMPETITION - Mrs. Faith Flaherty, O.P. has entered the OPrize for Poetry since its beginning. She’s
a graduate of the OPrize for Poetry’s online seminar, “Sharing the Fruits,” and she also contributed
the last chapter to The Preacher Poet, by Robert Curtis, O.P.L.. Since winning First Prize in OPrize for Poetry
in 2007 and 2008, Faith has agreed to be a judge. Faith has a BA in history, with a minor in English. Presently,
she is a member of the Lay Fraternities of Saint Dominic in Saint Joseph’s Province, Our Lady of Mercy Chapter, in MCI
Norfolk, MA/Trenton, NJ. This chapter is located inside a men’s prison. The chapter members consist of inmates
who have found Christ and have been transformed by His love. They are concrete evidence of redemption. Faith’s
poetry often reflects the brokenness of life that she has witnessed. Presently, Faith is the secretary of Our Lady of
Mercy Chapter and a delegate to the Regional Council. She is also the editor of eLumen, the internet newsletter of the
province of St. Joseph, www.3op.org/newsletter.php Poetry has always fascinated Faith. Words, and the way they come together to express ideas
have occupied not a little space in Faith’s world. She enjoys experimenting with different forms of poetry the
way some people relish crossword puzzles, or suduko. Currently, her favorite mode is haibun, but lately writing sestinas
has challenged her free style to conform to the strict code of discipline that a sestina demands. Somebody might conclude
that Faith is just playing, and rightly so. Faith loves playing with language. And she invites you to come play, too.
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JUDGE
FOR THE 5th ANNUAL COMPETITION
Karen Woods, O.P.L. - is a teacher, administrator, and derved as President of
the U.S. Western Province Lay Provincial Council. She also served as a delegate to the General Chapter of 2001 at Providence,
Rhode Island and has been a Dominican, an apostolic Sister and a lay member for almost fifty years. She has a BA in English
and an MA in Education and recently co-authored the second edition of, “Dominicana: A Guidebook for Inquirers.”
She lives in Tempe, Arizona.
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Bob
and Sister Mary at the DIA 2006 JOIN THE PREACHER
POETS!
The new virtual community developing in CyberSpace in response to the Fourth Priority of
the Order, "Use the Mass Media."
Preacher Poets will share, learn, and preach the Gospels to the World
using poetry.
Write to: oprizeforpoetry@hotmail.com
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JUDGE FOR THE 5th ANNUAL COMPETITION
Robert Curtis, OPL - Robert Curtis is a life-professed
lay member of the Western U.S. Province. He has a M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Arizona State University. He has published five
volumes of poetry. He won the 2004 Politics and Society Competition from Lotus Bloom Journal. In addition he has published four
novels, a book on the psychology of spirituality co-authored with a clinical psychologist, and two books on Dominican
life. He is also an associate professor at the University of Phoenix. His spouse, Maria, is also a life-professed Lay Dominican
and he has two daughters, a son, a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law, and two somewhat nefarious canine Americans that live
in his house.
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Sr. Mary Fisher, OP
has retired from judging and we thank her for her service to the Word.
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