# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poetry Out Loud Regional Contest
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 12 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: In 2026, ROMP will host its 5th annual regional contest for Poetry Out Loud. Any 9th-12th grade student in the Northeastern Oklahoma region whose school does not conduct the program can participate through ROMP. Home-schooled students in the region can also participate.

Poetry Out Loud is a wonderful program that encourages teenagers to find poems that have meaning for them, learn them by heart, and perform them in competition. The poems are all selected from the Poetry Out Loud anthology and website. The winner of the ROMP regional contest will go on to the state contest in Edmond, and the state winner will compete in the national contest in Washington, D.C.

SIGN UP DEADLINE: DEC. 20, 2025

To sign up to be in our contest, which is scheduled for January 12, 2026, at 6:00 P.M., send an email stating your intention to be in the contest to ROMPoetry@gmail.com with your name, address, school, and phone number by Dec. 20, 2025. Details will then be given to you.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/locust-grove/poetry-out-loud-regional-contest/200029111829956
- **Event Categories**: contests, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 13

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Locust Grove
- **state**: OK
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 114 E Main St, Locust Grove, OK 74352-5310, United States
- **lat**: 36.19991
- **long**: -95.16816
- **full address**: 114 E Main St, Locust Grove, OK 74352-5310, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Poetry Out Loud Regional Contest being held?
  - **A:** Poetry Out Loud Regional Contest takes place on Mon, 12 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Mon, 12 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm at 114 E Main St, Locust Grove, OK 74352-5310, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Poetry Out Loud Regional Contest?
  - **A:** Poetry Out Loud Regional Contest is organized by Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Poetry Out Loud Regional Contest is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Locust Grove, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Poetry Out Loud Regional Contest sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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