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 ...

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 ...

The anthology reduction coincided with broader upheaval in arts funding. In May 2025, President Trump proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) entirely and canceled hundreds of ...

OROVILLE — “Not marble nor the gilded monuments of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme,” is the opening line from William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 55”, read by Yamahni Duncan, a Las Plumas High ...

Photo provided Poetry Out Loud state finalists included, left-right, Attached group photo caption (from left to right): Gavin Lacefield, Early College High School, Evansville; Julie Yousfi, West ...

I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and ...

Kelly Nakashima, a freshman at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, took first place in the Santa Barbara County Poetry Out Loud competition on Monday. Nakashima was one of thousands of students across ...

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 ...

This is part of a weekly series introducing readers to individuals who are passionate about our Mid-Valley community. Emma Keen wants people to know she’s not really a sad person, at least not ...