Everyone on the Get Lit! Programs staff would like to congratulate Mead High School junior Langston Ward on winning the Washington State Poetry Out Loud championship.
For winning the state competition, Ward received $200 in scholarships, a $500 stipend for the purchase of poetry books for his school, and an all expenses-paid trip to represent Washington State in the National Finals, May 13-15, in Washington, DC.
The National Finals will award a total of $50,000 in scholarships, school stipends, with a $20,000 college scholarship for the Poetry Out Loud National Champion.
We all wish him luck and congratulate him on his state title!
Poetry Out Loud is a competition that encourages high school students to learn the complexity and beauty of poetry through memorization and public recitation. Get Lit! Programs serves as the coordinator for the region of Eastern Washington.
Poetry Out Loud is a competition that encourages high school students to learn the complexity and beauty of poetry through memorization and public recitation. Get Lit! Programs serves as the coordinator for the region of Eastern Washington.
To watch a video of Langston Ward reciting "I am the Mob, the People" by Carl Sandburg at last year's state competition, visit the Washington State Art Commission's website here.
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