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Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest
October 2009 – May 2010
South Carolina High Schools
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.
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Poetry Out Loud