This year features even more opportunities to
celebrate young voices and youth poetry.
Poetry Ourselves Indiana, a part of Poetry Out Loud Indiana, is a statewide original poetry competition for students in grades 9-12. Whether writing lyrics to music or writing sonnets about nature, young people have important things to say. This year, students have even more opportunities to express themselves through original poetry with the choice to submit either written poems or recordings of spoken-word poems.
Poems will be judged by a panel of qualified professional poets, writers, and field experts. Cash prizes are available to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in both the written and spoken-word categories.
Learn more about Poetry Ourselves.
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Meet last year’s winner, Jayden Baskin of Pike High School, and hear from him as he reflects on his experience writing poetry.
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Eligibility
- Any student currently enrolled in grades 9-12 in the state of Indiana can submit one poem to the competition.
- Poems must be original and written only by the student who is submitting it
Indiana Poetry Out Loud and Poetry Ourselves Timeline
- February 14:Â Poetry Ourselves Submission Deadline
- February 17: Poetry Out Loud School Winner Videos Due to State
- March 7-11: Announcement of winners of Poetry Out Loud and Poetry Ourselves
- March 9: Poetry Out Loud State Finals (virtual)
- April 25-27: Poetry Out Loud National FinalsÂ
Check Out Last Year’s Winners
- Jayden Baskin, 2021 State Champion
- Grace Choi, 2021 2nd Place Winner
- Iris Kreilkamp, 2021 3rd Place Winner
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If you or your students have any questions about Poetry Ourselves or Poetry Out Loud, please reach out. I’m here to help!Â
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