Poetry Accolades


Publications
Awards
Residencies
Readings

Teaching & Lectures

  • Poetry for the People
    An email poetry class through Writers on the Rise
    June 4-July 9, 2008
  • Northwest Author Series
    Sage speaks about "The Power of Poetry to Transform Your Life, Community and World"
    Sunday, April 20, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Wilsonville Public Library, Oak Room
    Wilsonville, OR
    Cost: $5
  • Writer in Residence
    Oregon Writer's Colony
    April 4-6, 2008
    Sage leads a weekend of poetry on the Oregon coast.
  • Poetry for the People
    An email poetry class through Writers on the Rise
    February 13-March 26, 2008

Publications

  • Writing the Life Poetic, a creative companion for beginning poets, sold to Writer's Digest Books, with a publication date of February 2009
  • Like the Heart, the World poetry collection published August 2007
  • “Apology,” “Quantum,” “I Make You a River,” VoiceCatcher 2007
  • "Algorithm," Open Windows 2006
  • Six poems, Oregon Literary Review, Summer/Fall 2006
  • “Without,” New York City Streets in Poetry
  • “God Says to My Father” and “The Heroin Poems,” MARGIE
  • “Constellation,” Blue Oregon
  • “Alchemy,” “Nature and Psychology,” San Francisco Reader #6
    (Scroll down to third and fourth poems)
  • “Where Besson Street and Chevron don’t meet,” Comet
  • “Like the heart, the world,” “Losing it”
    San Francisco Reader #1
    (First and fifth poems)
  • Four poems, La Petite Zine
Awards
  • "I Make You a River" nominated for a Pushcart Prize, December 2007
  • Named Poet Laureate of The Writer's Perspective, the blog of Maria Schneider, Editor of Writer's Digest
  • “Leaving Buckhorn Springs” wins honorable
    mention from the Oregon State Poetry Association,
    April 2007
  • "Algorithm" wins First Prize in poetry for
    the 2006 Ghost Road Press contest
  • "Eihwaz" is chosen as a finalist in the 2006 Ruth Stone Prize in Poetry
  • Poetry manuscript "Like the Heart, the World" is a semi-finalist in the Robert E. Lee & Ruth I. Wilson Poetry Book Award, as selected by Billy Collins
  • "Like the Heart, the World" is a semi-finalist in the Discovery and Expedition Awards, Lewis-Clark Press
  • Poetry manuscript "Like the Heart, the World" is a semi-finalist in the Eighteenth Consecutive New Millennium Writing competition
Residencies
  • Soapstone residency: January 2006
Readings
  • Silverton Poetry Festival
    April 11, 7:00 p.m.
    White Steeple Gallery
    314 Jersey Street
    Silverton, OR
  • Talking Earth with Barbara LaMorticella
    March 3, 10:00 p.m.
    KBOO 90.7 FM Portland, now streaming live on the Web
    Featuring VoiceCatcher in celebration of Women's History Month
  • Open Mike Poetry Night
    February 14, 7:00 p.m.
    Hosted by Christopher Luna, featuring Sage Cohen
    Cover to Cover Books
    1817 Main Street, Vancouver
    @ McLoughlin Blvd. & Main Street
  • William Stafford Birthday Celebration Reading
    January 18, 7:30 p.m.

    Eliot Chapel, First Unitarian Church
    SW 12th and Salmon, downtown Portland
    Hosted by Stephen Pearce. Featuring Sage Cohen, Dan Sisco and Sulima Malzin.
  • Books for Kids Bookfair
    December 9, 1:00 p.m.
    Barnes & Noble Clackamas Town Square
    Featured readers: Susan Fletcher, Kristina McMorris, Christine Fletcher, Samantha Waltz, Steve Perry, Sage Cohen, Pat Cason and more!
  • Talking Earth with Barbara LaMorticella
    December 3, 10:00 p.m.
    KBOO 90.7 FM Portland, now streaming live on the Web
    Featuring a profile of Poetry Northwest and Sage Cohen
  • November 27, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
    VoiceCatcher Publication Reading

    Featured readers: Amanda Sledz, Amy Minato, Melanie Springer Mock, Jo Barney, Sage Cohen & Paulann Petersen
    Downtown Powell's City of Books
    1005 W. Burnside
    Portland, OR
  • November 12, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
    Poetry reading
    Borders Portland
    708 SW Third
    Portland, OR
  • October 19, 2007, 4:30 p.m.
    Nine Success Strategies for Jump-Starting Your Writing Career––a conversation with Christina Katz and Sage Cohen
    15th Annual Northwest Women's Show
    Oregon Convention Center, Authors' Corner, Portland, OR
  • October 17, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
    Reading Series event
    featuring Lane Browning, Leanne Grabel and Doug Marx, hosted by Sage
    Barnes & Noble
    1317 Lloyd Center, Portland // Gift section
  • October 10, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
    Like the Heart, the World book launch celebration and reading
    Barnes & Noble Vancouver
    7700 NE 4th Plain Boulevard
    Vancouver, WA
  • February 9, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
    Join Portland poets Astrid, Brittany Baldwin, Sage Cohen, Dan Raphael and Chris Ridenour for a memorable night of free poetry, free chocolate and free love.
    Dragonfly Coffee House, 2387 NW Thurman Street
    Portland, OR
  • August 17, 2006, 7:00 p.m.
    Portland Jazz Jam
    Proper Eats Organic Market & Cafe
    8638 N. Lombard Street, Portland, OR
  • May 20, 2006, 4:00 p.m.
    Alberta Art Hop
    Alberta Street Pub, Portland, OR
  • April 15, 2006
    Sage reads at Mississippi Pizza at 1:00 p.m.
    Wordstock
    Portland becomes Poetland: 80 poets, 8 venues, 8 hours
    See full schedule

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