State Champion Clarissa Lotson (right)
State Runner-up Kristin Tsuo (left)
(Photo by Frank Wojciechowksi)
It's a new record! Thank you to the 109 public, private, and parochial schools and home schools, 691 teachers, and 19,000 students participating in this year's NJ Poetry Out Loud! We're thrilled that you will be taking part in this year's national poetry recitation contest and wish you the best of luck as you complete your classroom and school-wide competitions. These pages will help clarify the steps you can take to be best prepared for the upcoming Regional Contests.
Please remember that school-wide competitions must be completed by January 12th! If you are a teacher or school administrator, please remember to report your school finalist in preparation for Regionals. Find out more on the teacher page.
Good luck to all of the schools participating!
Below you will find important dates, including the January 12 deadline for school-wide conpetition completion and Regional Contest preparation.
New Jersey Poetry Out Loud State Coordinator:
Robin Middleman: Senior Program Officer, Arts Education,
New Jersey State Council on the Arts robin.middleman@sos.state.nj.us | phone: 609.984.6815
Tammy Herman, NJPOL State Coordinator therman@jerseyarts.com | phone: 609.984.6815
NJPOL Program Partner/Residency Program Partner:
Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey
Alysia Souder, Director of Program Development asouder@ptnj.org | phone: 973.514.1787 x15
NJPOL Program Partner/Discover Jersey Arts
ArtPride New Jersey Foundation
Jim Atkinson, Program Director jatkinson@jerseyarts.com | phone: 609.479.3377 x304
