Poetry Out Loud
A partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation, and the state arts agencies, Poetry Out Loud is a national arts education program that encourages the study of great poetry by offering free educational materials and a dynamic recitation competition to high schools across the country. Schools that choose to participate in Poetry Out Loud start the program in the classroom, where participating teachers may use the Poetry Out Loud toolkit to teach poetry recitation and run classroom competitions.
Students select, memorize, and recite poems from an anthology of more than 1,000 classic and contemporary poems. Beginning at the classroom level, winners will advance to the school-wide competition, then to the state competition, and ultimately to the national finals in Washington, DC.
Regional Competition: Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 in Rockford, Il.
Check out the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9FQRW0QEac
Check out the website: https://www.poetryoutloud.org
Contact us
Poetry Out Loud Regional Coordinator
Kate Kilgore
k.kilgore@artsforeveryone.com