Poetry Out Loud
Poetry Out Loud is recesitation poetry which can feature a broad range of voices, styles, cultural traditions, and approaches to writing and performance.
The Poetry Out Loud: Recitation Contest was created in 2006 by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation. The contest was created to increase awareness in the art of performing poetry, with substantial cash prizes being awarded to schools that participated as well as representatives from each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Poetry Out Loud News
Thu,25 Apr 2013
Poetry Pairing | ‘The Windhover’
On April 29th and 30th, Poetry Out Loud will hold its National Finals of Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. In honor of this celebration of bringing poetry to an audience of not just readers, but listeners as well, this week's Poetry Pairing matches "The Windhover" by Gerard Manley Hopkins a popular choice for Poetry Out Loud participants, with the article, "Open Mike, Insert Verse ...
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Wed,01 May 2013
Mead senior wins national Poetry Out Loud contest - Wed, 01 May 2013 PST
Langston Ward, a senior at Mead High School, is the national Poetry Out Loud champion, rising to the top from hundreds of thousands of students who recited poetry on stages across the U.S.
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Tue,30 Apr 2013
Poetry Out Loud 2013 finals: students from all over the US will compete
Poetry Out Loud, a national recitation contest, will help to wrap up Poetry Month tonight in Washington, D.C.
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Mon,29 Apr 2013
NJ's Poetry Out Loud champ advances to finals of national competition
Peddie School junior will face eight other state finalists for grand prize.
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Wed,01 May 2013
Mead teen wins national poetry recitation contest
MEAD, Wash.-- The national champion calls in the Inland Northwest home. Langston Ward was crowned the National Poetry Out Loud Champion late Tuesday in Washington D.C. Ward recited two poems, "The Gift" by Li-Young Lee and "A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown" by Walt Whitman, for the competition. He beat out over 2,000 other students from across the country, Puerto Rico, and ...
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Mon,29 Apr 2013
Poetry Roundup: A Big Week For Words
Poetry month happenings
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Tue,30 Apr 2013
N.J. teen performs in 2013 Poetry Out Loud National recitation contest
Before moving to New Jersey, the Peddie School junior twice competed in the finals of the New York state competition
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Fri,03 May 2013
Poetry to be heard at Town Meeting
Maxine Gorelick, the 2013 RHS Poetry Out Loud School Champion, one of only five students to make it to the final round at the Connecticut State Final poetry reading competition this March, has been invited by First Selectman Rudy Marconi to recite at the Annual Town Meeting on Monday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m.
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Sun,12 May 2013
READER SUBMITTED: Young Poets Day At Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Features Young Writers And Tracy K. Smith
On Wednesday June 12, opening night of Hill-Stead Museum's prestigious Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, winners and selected readers from eight Connecticut poetry programs will gather for the annual Fresh Voices reading in the historic Sunken Garden. In addition to readers from the museum's own Fresh Voices Competition and Hill-Stead/Hartford Poetry Outreach, participants include student writers ...
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Wed,08 May 2013
Town Meeting begins with poem, ends with approvals
Efficient and informative, with questions answered and over $1 million in capital spending approved, the Annual Town Meeting on Monday night also had poetry — really, a poem recited aloud.
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