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2019 Poetry In Voice Competition Announces 24 Semifinalists from Across Canada

For immediate release – 10 am EDT, March 20, 2019

Poetry as performance art hits Winnipeg as talented students from Grades 9-12, chosen from over 10,000 participants in school competitions and online video submissions, gather for the National Finals.

Announcing the winners of the inaugural Junior Recitation Competition

MONTRÉAL, QC, January 15, 2019 – Nine students have been named Canada’s top junior reciters in Poetry In Voice's inaugural Junior Recitation Competition.

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

WE’VE COME A LONG WAY. . .

With the help of thousands of teachers, Poetry In Voice has inspired over 250,000 students to learn a poem by heart. And you’ll never guess how many times our poems have been read (hint: think in the millions!).

Poetry boost for Pionniers' talent show

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Tri-City News

Graduating student Brittany Huellas-Bruskiewicz clinched first place and $5,000 at the national competition in Toronto last month for her bilingual recitation while Gabrielle Nebrida-Pepin, also...

TORONTO, ON, Thursday, April 19, 2018 – Nine students from across Canada have won $25,000 as finalists of the 2018 Poetry In Voice competition. The successful secondary school and Cégep students were selected during the National Finals Awards Show ...

Canadian students win $25,000 national poetry competition

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CBC Books

Nine students from across the country have collectively won $25,000 as finalists of the 2018 Poetry In Voice competition in Toronto on April 19, 2018.

Poetry in Voice Competitor, Elizabeth Wong

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CBC: Here and Now

Poetry in Voice is taking place this weekend in Toronto. Elizabeth Wong is a competitor from the Toronto French School.

Mississauga's new Youth Poet Laureate

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CBC Toronto Metro Morning

Hundreds of high school students are in town today for the national Poetry In Voice competition. Pujita Verma is one of three finalists, and also happens to be the new youth poet laureate for Mississauga.