Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest

Poetry Out Loud in South Carolina

For a fifth year, the South Carolina Arts Commission will partner with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation to bring the "Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest" to South Carolina high schools. The program seeks to foster the next generation of literary readers by capitalizing on the latest trends in poetry—recitation and performance.

Contest structure

Poetry Out Loud begins at the classroom level, with winners from each classroom advancing to a school-wide competition and then to regional competitions. Regional winners advance to South Carolina's state finals. Ultimately, one student from each state competes in the national finals in Washington, D.C.

Partners

Collaborating with the Arts Commission to carry out this year's statewide program are The Literary Arts Partnership, The Humanities Council SC, Hub City Writers Project, Columbia Museum of Art, Sumter County Cultural Commission , Lowcountry Initiative for the Literary Arts and Marjory Wentworth, a former S.C. state poet laureate.

For more information:

• Poetry Out Loud National Site
• National Endowment for the Arts
• Read about past years of the Poetry Out Loud Contest