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Announcing our 24 National Semifinalists

For immediate release – 10 am EDT, March 19...

COVID-19 Announcement

March 12, 12:00pm -- Given the rapidly evolving COVID-19 global pandemic, we at Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poésie have decided to host a virtual National Finals next month, instead of the three-day event in Montréal that we had planned.

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Announcing the Junior National Champions

MONTRÉAL, QC, January 9, 2020 – Nine students have been named Canada’s top junior reciters in Poetry In Voice's second annual junior recitation competition.

These top-scoring students are awarded prizes for themselves and for their school libraries for the purchase of poetry books.

The nine student winners are:

English Prize...

How do YOUR students feel about poetry?

Sexsmith student wins $5,000 in poetry contest

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Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune

Catricia Hiebert was one of nine student finalists of the 2019 Poetry In Voice competition during the National Finals at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on April 25.

Sexsmith High School Student Wins Top Prize

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My Grande Prairie Now

A Sexsmith high school student’s love of poetry has paid off. St. Mary’s Catholic School grade 12 student Catricia Hiebert took first place in the English category at the national finals of the Poetry In Voice competition. Hiebert says she learned a lot about herself during the event.

Poetry In Voice awards $25K to 9 Canadian students in national poetry recitation competition

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CBC Books

Nine students from across Canada have collectively won $25,000 in the 2019 Poetry In Voice national poetry recitation competition. The successful Cégep and secondary students were selected during the national finals hosted by the CBC's Rosanna Deerchild in Winnipeg on April 25, 2019.

Windsor high school student places in national poetry recitation contest

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Windsor Star

Larissa Dushime, a 17-year-old St. Joseph's Catholic High School student, has won third place in the French category of the national 2019 Poetry in Voice competition. The finals were held in Winnipeg on Thursday.

Students win $25,000 in national poetry recitation competition

WINNIPEG, MB, Thursday, April 25, 2019 – Nine students from across Canada have won $25,000 as finalists of the 2019 Poetry In Voice competition. The successful secondary school and Cégep students were selected during the National Finals tonight. A gala celebration of poetry, the show was hosted by CBC’s Rosanna Deerchild and poet J.R. Léveillé at the sparkling Winnipeg Art...

What is one book your generation should read? 10 teens from Poetry in Voice share their picks

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CBC Books

Twenty-four high school students from across Canada were chosen from thousands to compete in a national poetry performance competition known as Poetry in Voice. Students are tasked with selecting two or three poems from a list and then memorize and perform those poems.

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