As of May 1, 2010 Pat became the Arkansas state president of the National League of American Pen Women. Oplinger is also currently president of the Spring River Branch of the NLAPW.
The National League of American Pen Women, with offices at 1300 17th Street NW in Washington, D.C., announced the election of Patricia A. Oplinger as Arkansas State President.
Oplinger is a poet whose books have been reviewed in The Pen Woman, the League's nationwide magazine. The summer issue will feature "In the Company House" which placed 2nd in the Anita Boggs Memorial Award category at the April Biennial held recently.
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