2023 Literary Arts Competitions
for Georgia High School Students
Georgia Council for the Arts is pleased to announce the call for entries for our upcoming literary arts programs for Georgia High School Students – Poetry Out Loud and Poet Laureate’s Prize. Each program provides students an opportunity to showcase their talents while improving literacy and self-confidence, and potentially the chance to be a state champion! Read more below for specifics about each program. |
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Georgia Poetry Out Loud Competition
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| Runner-Up Amaya Ariel McGee and State Champion Molly Pitra with representatives from the Poetry Foundation, Georgia Council for the Arts, and the Alliance Theatre. Image courtesy of Alliance Theatre, photography by Sara Keith. |
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| Poetry Out Loud (POL) is an innovative program, sponsored by National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, which encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation of the written word. Structured similar to a spelling bee, winners of each classroom competition will advance to a school-wide contest. Each school’s winner competes in a regional semifinal competition. Finalists from the regional semifinals advance to the state finals, and the Georgia state champion will compete at the National Finals in Washington, D.C. All Georgia high schools are welcome and encouraged to participate.
Georgia schools that wish to participate in the 2023-2024 POL competition must register by Tuesday, January 2, 2024, at 11:59pm EST.
The State Finals competition will be held Friday, March 8, 2024, at 4:00 pm at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, GA.
The National Finals competition will be held April 30-May 2, 2024, in Washington D.C.
If you have questions about POL, contact The Alliance Theatre at [email protected]. |
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Georgia Poet Laureate’s Prize
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| 2023 Poet Laureate’s Prize Winner Eniola Badejo with Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn, Governor Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp. |
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| Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn, in collaboration with Georgia Council for the Arts, is pleased to announce the eleventh annual Poet Laureate’s Prize, awarded for an original poem written by a Georgia high school student. A winner and four finalists will be selected by the Poet Laureate and announced in the spring of 2024.
The winning poet and finalists will have the opportunity to meet Governor Kemp* and the Poet Laureate when they are honored at the Georgia State Capitol in the spring. The student authors of the winning and finalist poems will have their poems published by Atlanta Magazine at atlantamagazine.com and receive a signed book of poetry by the Poet Laureate.
For the eligibility guidelines and entry form, visit the GCA website. Entries must include the poem, attached as a PDF document, as well as the completed and signed entry form and be submitted to [email protected] no later than Friday, February 23, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST.
If you have questions about the Poet Laureate’s Prize, contact Emily Yewell Volin, Grants and Arts Education Program Manager, at [email protected] or 404-962-4015.
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