REGIONAL CONTESTS
In New Jersey, the champions of school and community organization contests will compete at an event held by one of our regional partners. The location of your regional contest is based on your geographic location. These regional contests are typically held in late January or early February and may be conducted in-person or virtually.
Each participating student must recite a total of three POL Anthology poems by heart, reciting one poem per round. Poems must be from the approved POL Anthology and satisfy the contest criteria.
Regions that have 12 or under participants, all students will participate in all three rounds of recitations.
Regions with 13-19 participants Round 3 will be cut to a top 10 based on the first two rounds of recitations,
Regions with 20 or more participants, Round 3 will be represented by the top 5 students
Two regional champions are selected after the third round and will compete along with representatives from each of the other regional contests at the State Finals, which will take place on March 14th, 2024.