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Reciting Poetry Earns South Dakota Teenager A National Prize

5:23pm May 28, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Rahele Megosha, a senior at Washington High School in Sioux Falls, won the 2021 Poetry Out Loud prize on Thursday. The award is given by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation.

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Mahlana Graham — champion from the U.S. Virgin Islands — recites at this year's Poetry Out Loud competition.

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These High Schoolers Have A Passion For 'Poetry Out Loud'

11:42am May 01, 2019

by Elizabeth Blair

The Poetry Out Loud contest is kind of like a poetry spelling bee. Kids from across the country compete at reciting their chosen poems, and the winner takes home a prize of $20,000.

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Asylum-seeker Allan Monga, 19, won Maine's Poetry Out Loud competition in March. But he's been barred from the national competition because he's not a citizen or permanent resident.

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Maine Asylum-Seeker Fights For His Right To Poetry

5:00pm April 18, 2018

by Robbie Feinberg

Allan Monga won Maine's Poetry Out Loud competition last month, but the NEA barred him from the national stage because of his immigration status. Now he's suing for his right to participate.