National Poetry Out Loud is a partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts, The Poetry Foundation, and the state arts agencies of the United States. It is a national poetry recitation program for students in grades 9-12 or the age/grade equivalent. Traditionally designed for public, charter, parochial, and homeschool teachers, it encourages students to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. This program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about literary history and contemporary life.

In New Jersey, POL is a New Jersey State Council on the Arts project in collaboration with Count Basie Center for the Arts. Along with SOPAC (Region 5), other regional partners include the Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Mayo Performing Arts Center, Passaic County Community College, Stockton University Performing Arts Center, and Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts. 

Since 2005, Poetry Out Loud has grown to reach more than 3 million students and 50,000 teachers from 10,000 schools in every state, Washington DC, the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

SOPAC has served as the Region 5 Partner since 2013. Since then, Region 5 has produced two State Champions, one State Runner-Up, and one National Semi-Finalist!

 

For detailed information about this year’s NJ Poetry Out Loud program, visit the Poetry Out Loud event page. Questions may be directed to Linda Beard at (973) 382-1035 or education@sopacnow.org.

For more information, visit the NJ Poetry Out Loud (NJPOL) website or the national Poetry Out Loud® (POL) website.

 

Partners

New Jersey Poetry Out Loud is a project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Count Basie Center for the Arts. Poetry Out Loud is a national arts education program led by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation in partnership with the state and jurisdictional arts agencies across the country. In New Jersey, the State Arts Council and the Basie work with a growing network of regional partners to implement the program statewide. 

Region 1 Partner: Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts

Region 2 Partner: Stockton University Performing Arts Center 

Region 3 Partner: Grunin Center for the Arts 

Region 4 Partner: Mayo Performing Arts Center

Region 5 Partner: South Orange Performing Arts Center

Region 6 Partner: Passaic County Community College

 

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New Jersey Poetry Out Loud is a project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Count Basie Center for the Arts. Poetry Out Loud is a national arts education program, led by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, in partnership with the state and jurisdictional arts agencies across the country. In New Jersey, the State Arts Council and the Basie work with a growing network of regional partners to implement the program statewide.

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SOPAC’s Arts Education programs are generously sponsored by