Poetry Out Loud

Sponsored by the Arkansas Craft School, the Poetry Out Loud competition for Stone County is scheduled for January 28 at Ozarka College - Mountain View beginning at 1:30 pm. Poetry Out Loud is a national competition which begin at the local level, with winners advancing to the state competition and ultimately to the National Finals.

The Poetry Out Loud is a partnership among the National Endowment of the Arts, the Poetry Out Loud Foundation and the Arkansas Arts Council.  Stone Bank is sponsoring awards for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place at the county level. There is an all-expense paid trip to Washington DC for those advancing at the state level. At the national level students can win $50,000, $20,000 and other prize amounts. 

The Poetry Out Loud competition is open to all students in grades nine-twelve in Mountain View School District and Stone County home school students.  Interested Mountain View School District students should contact their classroom teachers. Teachers will contact Sheila Mitchell, who is the coordinator for Mountain View School District.

Home school students interested in the Poetry Out Loud program should contact Nikki Morrow, Arkansas Craft School General Manager at 870-269-8397.

Home School students must be registered by Wednesday, January 22.

Poems to be recited must be chosen from the PoetryOutLoud.org anthology of more than 1,200 poems