WCHS Student Heading To Poetry Out Loud National Finals
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INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana State Library and the Indiana Arts Commission announced that Warsaw Community High School sophomore Joshua Fisher earned the honor of being named the 2018 Poetry Out Loud Indiana state champion.
Fisher will compete against representatives from all 50 states, plus Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, for the national Poetry Out Loud title April 23-25 in Washington, D.C. The event will be held at the Lisner Auditorium at The George Washington University. The semifinals and finals will be webcast live.
The Midwest and South Central round, which includes Indiana, will be at 1 p.m. April 24.
Fisher qualified for the national finals by winning the Indiana state Poetry Out Loud championship Feb. 17 at the Indiana State Library. He edged out 17 other competitors to win the state title.
In addition to the Washington, D.C. trip, Fisher earned a $200 cash prize and $500 for his school to be used to purchase poetry books.
Fisher recited three poems to qualify for the trip to Washington D.C.: “Entirely” by Louis MacNeice, “The Author of Her Book,” by Anne Bradstreet and “I Remember, I Remember” by Thomas Hood.
Poetry Out Loud is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. The program encourages the study of great poetry by offering educational materials and a dynamic recitation competition to high school students across the country, according to a news release. For more information, visit the Poetry Out Loud website.
