Dramatic presence Sara Larson recites a poem at the recent statewide Poetry Out Loud competition in Helena. Larson won the state title, and heads to Washington, D.C., this month to compete at the ...

Verse and performance take center stage Saturday during the state finals of Arkansas Poetry Out Loud, a statewide poetry recitation competition, at Ron Robinson Theater in Little Rock. High school ...

Out of 157,000 students who participated in Poetry Out Loud this school year, Wichita East High senior Ismail Saeed is one of 55 who advanced to the national finals in Washington, D.C. The winner gets ...

Photos by Don Nelson From left, competitors in the 2025 Poetry Out Loud contest at The Merc Playhouse last week were Liam ...

Photo from the PCA.The 14 state POL competitors were among 2,250 high school students who participated in this years Poetry Out Loud competition, with the help and support of teachers/coaches in 61 ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Isabelle Tarrant’s name as well as the grade of the two students. Summit High School junior Isabelle Tarrant was chosen to ...

Lansing poet laureate Ruelaine Stokes visits the Tollgate Drain Wetlands. Winning entries in her We Are Water poetry contest will be displayed there. The poet laureate of Lansing, Ruelaine Stokes, was ...

It's not often that "thinking inside the box," is lauded as a winning strategy. But for spoken word poet Henry Morray, it won Slamovision's 2025 international slam poetry competition.