The Arizona Commission on the Arts is pleased to announce that the 2016 Arizona Poetry Out Loud state finals will return to the downtown Phoenix studios of Eight, Arizona PBS. The event, which will be held in March 2016, will be taped and broadcast to communities throughout the state that carry Eight, Arizona PBS programming.
Each year over 11,000 Arizona high school students compete in Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry recitation competition. Beginning at the classroom level, winners advance through school and regional competitions to compete at the state finals held each spring. Through the state finals competition, one student will be selected to represent Arizona at the National finals in Washington, D.C.
Schools can register to participate in 2016 Arizona Poetry Out Loud through October 30, 2015.
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