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Poetry Out LoudDepartment of Creative Writing and Literary Arts Poetry Out Loud is the annual high school performance poetry challenge for young poets in Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley. High schools sponsor teams composed of a faculty advisor and three students (some schools send more than one team). Each student reads his or her poetry, which is scored in two ways: the content and quality of the poem and the performance of the poem. The three teammates’ individual scores are then combined to create the score for the team. Poetry Out Loud offers two major awards: The Jessie Withrow Award for Individual Excellence, was first awarded in 2001 in memory of Jessie Withrow. The winning high school team receives the honor of having its school and team name engraved on the traveling Poetry Out Loud trophy (shown at right). In past years Poetry Out Loud has also benefited from additional prizes donated by local businesses, including the UAA Bookstore, Borders, Barnes and Noble, and the Great Alaska Bread Company.
2005 Results1st Place (winner of Jessie Withrow Award and acceptance into Understory 2006): Sam Gugel 2nd Place: Tie between Ariel Burr and Rebecca Barker 3rd Place: Eugene Ward 4th Place: Max Musial 5th Place: Tara Devlin Recent Winning Teams
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Pass the Word
Showcase of New Writers
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Sponsored by the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Department of Creative Writing and Literary Arts, in conjunction with its annual undergraduate literary magazine, 
