Slideshow of the Poetry Out Loud State Championships in Juneau on Thursday, March 7, 2019.
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Iris Downey of Homer HIgh School recites one of her three poems at the annual Poetry Out Loud State Championships held at KTOO’s @360 Studio on Thursday, March 7, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Natalie Fraser of West Anchorage High School recites one of her three poems at the annual Poetry Out Loud State Championships held at KTOO’s @360 Studio on Thursday, March 7, 2019. Fraser placed second in the event. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Avery Herrman-Sakamoto of Petersburg High School recites one of her three poems at the annual Poetry Out Loud State Championships held at KTOO’s @360 Studio on Thursday, March 7, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Moriah Jacobsen of Glennallen High School recites one of her three poems at the annual Poetry Out Loud State Championships held at KTOO’s @360 Studio on Thursday, March 7, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Talisa McKinley of Ketchikan High School recites one of her three poems at the annual Poetry Out Loud State Championships held at KTOO’s @360 Studio on Thursday, March 7, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Honor Mealey of North Pole High School recites one of her three poems at the annual Poetry Out Loud State Championships held at KTOO’s @360 Studio on Thursday, March 7, 2019. Mealey placed first in the event. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Florence Sarren of Frank A Degnan High School in Unalakleet recites one of her three poems at the annual Poetry Out Loud State Championships held at KTOO’s @360 Studio on Thursday, March 7, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Kiana Vesel of Academy Charter School in Palmer recites one of her three poems at the annual Poetry Out Loud State Championships held at KTOO’s @360 Studio on Thursday, March 7, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Eliana Zimmerman of Tanalian School in Port Alsworth recites one of her three poems at the annual Poetry Out Loud State Championships held at KTOO’s @360 Studio on Thursday, March 7, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Ten contestants wait for one of three rounds at the annual Poetry Out Loud State Championships held at KTOO’s @360 Studio on Thursday, March 7, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
