This year we hope to get students more actively involved in Poetry Out Loud through different entry levels of participation.  If you have any ideas or would like to be more involved, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Poetry Out Loud Student Newsletter
This is the first year that the Arizona Commission on the Arts will be offering students the opportunity to share their experiences and thoughts about Poetry Out Loud with fellow students through an online newsletter.  We will send out a monthly call for proposals for tips, tricks, and photos of you and your classmates participating in Poetry Out Loud.  This monthly newsletter will be sent to all teachers participating to share with their students and will also be available online.  If you would like to sign up to receive the newsletter or are interested in contributing to the newsletter, please email Kim Willey, Arts Learning and Poetry Out Loud Coordinator, kwilley@azarts.gov


Documentaries
If you haven't YouTube'd Poetry Out Loud take a minute to do so.  You'll find several students have taken their interest in Poetry Out Loud to the next level by documenting their experience online all the way from choosing their poems to reciting them in front of an audience.  These students have even gone backstage at their school finals to get interviews with participants. So, grab a camera and start filming we may even highlight your video at the state finals!


Newspaper Articles
If you write for your school newspaper, there is no better way to let the student population know what you are up to than writing an editorial.  Ask your journalism teacher if they would be interested in highlighting your personal Poetry Out Loud story from beginning to end throughout the year.  If you don't write for your school newspaper, speak to the journalism teacher or newspaper staff at your school about the possibility of their staff, or even yourself, covering your school's Poetry Out Loud events.