On Saturday, March 8, 2025, nine Arizona high school students from all across the state will compete for the title of Arizona Poetry Out Loud State Champion and the opportunity to represent the state at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, DC!
Registration is now open for 2025 Arizona Poetry Out Loud! Once registered, participating teachers/schools are supported with coaching opportunities from experienced coaches and with free digital classroom materials augmenting their regular poetry curriculum with poetry recitation and a classroom-level competition!
On Saturday, March 2, nine exceptional young people will compete for the opportunity to represent the State of Arizona at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, DC, and a shot at the grand prize: a $20,000 college scholarship.
The registration portal for 2024 Arizona Poetry Out Loud is now open! Teachers and educators working with high school-level students can register to participate through October 31, 2023.
On Saturday, March 11, 2023, UArizona Poetry Center in Tucson hosted the the Arizona Poetry Out Loud State Finals. Nine exceptional young people competed for the opportunity to represent Arizona at the National Finals. We’re delighted to announce Arizona’s 2023 Champion: Biruni Hariadi!
On Saturday, March 11, nine exceptional young people will compete for the opportunity to represent the State of Arizona at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, DC, and a shot at the grand prize: a $20,000 college scholarship.
On June 5, 2022, Arizona’s 2022 Poetry Out Loud State Champion, Oscar Landa Samano, placed third in the final round of the Poetry Out Loud National Finals.
On June 5, 2022, Arizona’s 2022 Poetry Out Loud State Champion, Oscar Landa Samano, will be among the nine contestants to compete in the final round of the Poetry Out Loud National Finals.
On March 15, 2022, Oscar Landa Samano of Coconino High School in Flagstaff won the title of State Champion at the 2022 Arizona Poetry Out Loud state finals.
Join fans of poetry and performance from across the state on Tuesday, March 15, for the live webcast of the 2022 Arizona Poetry Out Loud State Finals! Ten exceptional young people will compete for the opportunity to represent the State of Arizona at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, DC.
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We’re staying closer to our Phoenix home for the next Community Conversations, visiting the west and east valley!
Join us in Peoria at Theater Works on May 21 for one of two sessions in the Phoenix area.
Then catch us in Mesa at the Mesa Main Library on May 22!
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