The Connecticut Office of the Arts in partnership with Connecticut Humanities announced the 11th annual Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.
Poetry Out Loud encourages high school students to learn about poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. In the 2014‐2015 school year, more than 6,700 students participated in Poetry Out Loud statewide, an announcement said.
Connecticut high schools can participate in classroom and school-wide poetry contests during the 2015-16 academic year, with the winners advancing to a state competition on March 15, 2016. The Connecticut State Champion will advance to the National Finals, which will take place May 2-4, 2016, in Washington, D.C.
The deadline for Connecticut high schools to register for Poetry Out Loud is Oct. 9. Teachers should visit http://cthumanities.org/c4b/pol/ to register or contact Lisa Marcinkowski June at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 860-685-7594 for more information.
