Springfield Area Arts Council organizes the Poetry Out Loud Contest annually. Mark Turcotte, the Illinois Poet Laureate, visits to share how poetry is thriving because it's more than dead poets.
After winning fourth place in last weekend’s “Poetry Out Loud” state competition, Central Falls High School student Teeghan Riley says that it was a great accomplishment but ...
Fourteen Illinois teens will compete March 2 in Springfield for a spot in the national Poetry Out Loud finals.
High school students from across New Mexico take the stage this weekend to compete in the state finals of the Poetry Out Loud competition, marking the program’s first time being held in Albuquerque.
The event showcased three rounds from the eleven finalists of spoken word poetry as well as a 15-minute performance from a mariachi band.
A 16-year-old poet inspired by the freedom the art form gives her to express her own voice beyond the borders of her native ...
Jasper High School student Bernadine Dure and Forest Park Jr./Sr. High School student Alyssa Hasselbring were both named as ...