Poetry Out Loud - Central Regional Final

Name: Poetry Out Loud - Central Regional Final
Start: 2025-02-11T17:00:00-05:00
Location: 145 Harlow St, Bangor, ME, United States, Maine 04401

Schedule

Tue, 11 Feb, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

145 Harlow St, Bangor, ME, United States, Maine 04401 | Bangor, ME

Bangor Public Library is pleased to announce it will host this year's regional finals for Maine's Poetry Out Loud recitation contest.
Poetry Out Loud® lifts poetry off the page, creating community and connection. Through this program, high school students across the country participate in a dynamic poetry recitation competition that is designed to improve their public speaking skills, help build confidence, and teach them about literary history and contemporary life.
The program starts at the local level with a school or participating organization. Winners then may advance to a regional and/or state competition, and ultimately to the national finals. Awards and placements are determined solely by judges’ scores based on the Poetry Out Loud Evaluation Criteria.
The program is a partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation, and state and jurisdictional arts agencies.
[3rd Floor, Norman Minsky Lecture Hall]