Perpetuating our nation's legacy
Enhancing Public Speaking Skills
Building self-confidence
Presented by:
The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, in partnership with the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Huntington Theatre Company.
POETRY OUT LOUD encourages students in grades 9-12 to memorize and perform real poems and to explore the dynamic aspects of slam poetry, spoken work, and theatre in their English and Drama classes.
HOLD A POETRY COMPETITION AT YOUR SCHOOL!
- Classroom competition: each student recites a poem from the Poetry Out Loud Anthology
- School-Wide Competition: classroom winners recite 2 poems each
- State Semi-Finals: for school-wide winners — March 3 and 4, 2012 (locations TBA)
- State Finals: for semi-final winners — March 11, 2012 (Old South Meeting House, Boston MA)
- National Competition: held in Washington, D.C. (all expenses paid!)
- Prizes: cash prizes are awarded to winners and their schools at the state and national level.
For more information on Poetry Out Loud, check out the NEA's website at Poetryoutloud.org.
DEADLINES
Winner Submission Deadline: Friday, February 10, 2012
For more information please contact Donna Glick, Director of Education, at 617 273 1548 or email poetryoutloud@huntingtontheatre.bu.edu.
Congratulations to our 2011 Massachusetts Poetry Out Loud State Champion, MICHAELA MURRAY!
Champion Michaela Murray, John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science, Roxbury MA
Photo credit: Kalman Zabarsky, BU Photography. Click the image to view/download hi-res 300dpi JPEG files
2010-2011 POETRY OUT LOUD NATIONAL STATISTICS
This year, we had approximately 365,000 students and 2,220 schools participating in Poetry Out Loud Nationwide! We would like to thank the the states for their hard work in recruiting schools and collecting participation information. Considering the challenges many state arts agencies have faced this year, these numbers are an incredible testament to the hard work and dedication of our POL coordinators and their teams.
Overall Statistics 2010-2011
- Total participating students: 365,855
- Total participating schools: 2,255
- Total participating teachers: 5,020
Top Five Programs by Number of Participating Students:
- California: 41,172
- Florida: 23,791
- Washington: 20,304
- Massachusetts: 18,788
- New York: 17,941
From the National Endowment for the Arts
All 22 Finalists of the 2011 Massachusetts Poetry Out Loud Competition
Photo credit: Kalman Zabarsky, BU Photography. Click the image to view/download hi-res 300dpi JPEG files