POETRY OUT LOUD
Poetry Out Loud (POL) encourages students to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. This program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about literary history and contemporary life while competing for valuable prizes for themselves and their schools.
Poetry Out Loud has been going strong for over 20 years and ICA has been facilitating the program in Inyo County for over 15 years. The program begins in the classroom with NCTE and Common Core standards-based curriculum for teachers. Students select poems from the POL Anthology of more than 650 classic and contemporary poems to memorize and recite.
Since its inception in 2005, Poetry Out Loud has engaged more than 4.5 million students and 21,000 schools and organizations nationwide.
Thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts, The Poetry Foundation, the California Arts Council, and the Inyo County Office of Education for making this dynamic program possible!
For more information on Inyo County’s Poetry Out Loud program, please CONTACT US!
2023
2023
2023 Champion Kevin Glenn
FINALISTS: Kevin Glenn (Winner), Phillip Powell, Samuel Rice (Runner-up), Angelina Keefe