Wisconsin Poetry Outloud

Hawaii’s champion is only a sophomore!

Reciting poetry earns Hawaiʻi teenager a chance to compete with the nation's elite Jordyn Imig of Hanalani Schools will be among more than 160,000 students nationwide to compete in this year's poetry recitation contest. The top students will advance from the semifinals to compete for the title of national champion and the grand prize of $20,000.

Best wishes for a great season. I look forward to being accuracy judge at Hawai’i State Championship tomorrow.

WISCONSIN POETRY RECITATION CHALLENGE

Join Wisconsin Poet Laureate Kim Blaeser in celebrating the art of poetry recitation. Get your video recitation on the web and help make Wisconsin the Poetry Recitation Capital of the U.S.!

To celebrate poetry and “heart,” Wisconsin Poet Laureate Kim Blaeser invites the memorization and recitation of poems for a special online project.

Participants should select a published poem by a poet they love and learn it "by heart." Then create a videotape of you reciting the poem from memory. Please introduce your poem with a sentence or two including the name of the poem and the poet, perhaps noting why the poem or poet is important to you, when you memorized the poem, or whatever else seems appropriate to a very brief introduction. Then send a good quality video submission of you reciting that poem to [email protected] with the subject line “Submission Recitation Project” followed by your name (for example: Submission Recitation Project, Kimberly Blaeser).

SE Urban Regional, Sharon Lynne Wilson Performing Arts Center, Monday, February 8th.

SE Urban Regional Winners

#1 Sarah Brown Brookfield Central

#2. Kirsten Meier Brookfield Central

#3. Abigail Thompson Milwaukee School of the Arts

#4. Alex Meeth Kettle Moraine School for Performing Arts

And he's made Finals! Follow SE Regional and WI Champion, Ian Walls, as he competes for the national title in DC http://poetry outlays.org

SE Wisconsin Poetry Out Loud Regional Championship on Tuesday, February 17

FYI: State Championship March 8. For more info see:
http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov/category.asp?linkcatid=3524&linkid=1651&locid=171

Wisconsin Arts Board - Poetry Out Loud Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest

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