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Illinois Poetry Out Loud State Champion Crowned in Springfield
After three rounds of powerful recitations at the Poetry Out Loud state finals, Illinois Poet Laureate and special guest Angela Jackson gazed out over the talented high school competitors and declared their performances "a feast for the heart." Thirteen students from across Illinois gathered at the Hoogland Center for the Arts on Monday, March 17, vying for the opportunity to represent the prairie state at the national contest in Washington, D.C., this May. Emerging as the 2025 Illinois Poetry Out Loud
Fourteen students from around Illinois will participate in state-wide poetry recitation contest.
“Poetry is essential, as needful to us as water.” Angela Jackson Award-winning teenagers from around Illinois are set to compete in Springfield for a slot in the 2025 Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest in Washington, D.C., in early May. The state event is free, accessible, and open to the public. It is set to begin at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, March 17, 2024, in the LRS Theatre of the Hoogland Center for the Arts at 420 South Sixth Street in downtown Springfield. A special guest will be Angela
