Below is a round-up of some of the interviews and televised pieces on this year’s POL competition and winner, in case you missed them.
Teens in America love poetry! On April 28th, BBC World News aired a fantastic segment on POL featuring interviews with students, Garrison Keillor and Alfre Woodard.
Skype hype. Jeffrey Brown interviewed National Champ, Amber Rose Johnson, on the PBS Newshour–watch it here.
The words know what they want. The Poetry Foundation also talked to Amber about her relationship to poetry; read the interview here.
And, here is our official 2010 POL press release. Also, check the newsclips page soon for updated articles from around the country.
In the second installment of their coverage of Poetry Out Loud, Poetry Daily interviews Elizabeth Seydel Morgan: educator, poet, and 2010 judge for St. Christopher’s school POL competition.
Any high school student who goes through this competition, at any level, will know how to read a poem for meaning and construction. Much more so than just by “studying” poetry. As for what he or she will take away from the experience aside from enjoying the art of poetry, I would think self-confidence is number one.
Read the rest of this article here. And another shout out to all the states conducting their competitions this week…good luck to all!!!
It’s great to see Poetry Out Loud getting coverage in many local newspapers, websites and blogs! Search Google News for Poetry Out Loud or your community websites to see if your competitions have made the news. Also, check out www.schooltube.com to see some school competitions and student-produced POL videos.
POL state competitions are underway with New Mexico on Sunday and Alaska today, and more during the rest of the week and weekend. In two weeks we will have the busiest week/weekend for POL state finals; check the list below to see if your state is one of the many in that batch. Good luck everyone!
Colorado- March 9
District of Columbia- March 8
Florida- March 13
Georgia- March 14
Kansas- March 12
Massachusetts- March 14
Mississippi- March 11
Nebraska- March 13
Nevada- March 13
North Dakota- March 9
Ohio- March 13
Oregon- March 12-13
Puerto Rico- March 13
Utah- March 11
Virginia- March 11
Wisconsin- March 13
On November 6, Minnesota Public Radio featured a story about Sadiya Mohamed, a young Somalian woman living in Minneapolis, and her challenges with living in a new culture. She discusses learning English and how that has changed her sense of home and freedom. One of her successes in learning the new language was winning her school Poetry Out Loud competition. Continue reading »
On September 13, CBS News Sunday Morning featured a segment on the 2009 Poetry Out Loud National Finals, which took place last April. Host (and poet) Charles Osgood visited Washington, DC, to tape interviews with various participants, including guest judge Garrison Keillor and state champions. CBS Sunday Morning is seen nationally by 4.9 million viewers each week.
Osgood also recorded a related audio segment for the September 11 edition of The Osgood File, a national radio feature that airs on more than 400 stations across the country.
