This past weekend an estimated 200,000 people attended the 2011 National Book Festival, a two day celebration of the literary arts organized by the Library of Congress. This year's festival not only featured over a hundred award winning writers like Toni Morrison, Dave Eggers, and Garrison Keillor, but also showcased three talented high school students who were 2011 finalists for the national Poetry Out Loud competition.
Get Lit! is proud to be the Poetry Out Loud host and coordinator for the Eastern Washington area. With the new school year underway, we're looking forward to another year of impressive recitations and inspiring performances from our local high school students. We'd love to see one of our students on the line up for next year's National Book Festival!
For more information about Poetry Out Loud, click here. Get Lit! will be hosting a teacher development workshop (with available clock hours) for any high school teachers in the region who want to learn more about how to integrate Poetry Out Loud into their classroom and prepare their students for the competition. The workshop will be held on October 26 from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM at the Spokane Riverpoint Campus. For more information, please contact us at getlit@ewu.edu.
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