Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest

• POL Regional Competition: Region 2
  Date: Jan. 21, 2012
  Location: USC Sumter Nettles Auditorium, 200 Miller Road, Sumter, SC 29150
  
  Counties: Edgefield, Saluda, Newberry, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Darlington, Marlboro, Aiken, Lexington, Richland, Sumter, Florence, Marion, Dillon and Calhoun
  
  
• POL Regional Competition: Region 1
  Date: Jan. 21, 2012
  Location: The Showroom at HUB-BUB, 149 South Daniel Morgan Avenue, Spartanburg, SC 29306
  
  Counties: Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Cherokee, York, Lancaster, Chesterfield, Anderson, Laurens, Union, Chester, Abbeville, McCormick and Greenwood
  
  
• POL Regional Competition: Region 3
  Date: Jan. 22, 2012
  Location: College of Charleston, Stern Student Center, 71 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424
  
  Counties: Barnwell, Bamberg, Orangeburg, Clarendon, Williamsburg, Georgetown, Horry, Allendale, Hampton, Colleton, Dorchester, Berkeley, Jasper, Beaufort and Charleston
  
  
• POL State Finals
  Date: March 3, 2012
  Location: The Columbia Museum of Art, 1515 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29201
  The state finals will include three equally ranked finalists from each region.
  
  
• POL National Finals
  Date: May 13-15, 2012
  Location: Washington, DC