Each School or Individual Competition Winner must complete the following application to compete in the in-person Poetry Out Loud State Final Competition on Saturday, March 8, 2025 in Columbia, SC. 

Additional competition information will be sent to each competitor and their parent via email on Monday, February 3, 2025. Please make sure to provide valid student and parent email addresses. 

*Only complete if you have received notification from SCAC that you are due to renew your Arts Directory membership*  

If you are currently a SCAC Verified Teaching Artist, you will also need to renew this designation by submitting the application for Teaching Artists found on our website.

If you are unsure of which application to fill out or have questions, please reach out to Arts Directory Coordinator, Mikayla Moore (mdmoore@arts.sc.gov).

Please see the evaluation rubric here.

Please refer to our S.C. Arts Directory web page before submitting.

Please see the evaluation rubric here.

Please refer to our S.C. Arts Directory web page before submitting.

Please see evaluation rubric here.

SCAC would like to invite our Operating Support Grantees to join the South Carolina Arts Directory! Please refer to our S.C. Arts Directory web page for more information about the directory. 

Please note that this is not a formal application, but rather a way to gather the needed information needed to build your SCAD page. 

You are being welcomed to the directory due to your status as an OSS/GOS grantee, if in the future your status as an operating support grantee changes, you will be asked to complete the full SC Arts Directory Application. 

If you have questions about your status as an operating support grantee, please reach out to the Arts Directory Coordinator, Mikayla Moore (mdmoore@arts.sc.gov) .

You must be a current SC Arts Directory member to apply for the Teaching Artist verification. 

Please refer to our S.C. Arts Directory web page before submitting.

Please see the evaluation rubric here.

SCHEDULE & DEADLINES

SCHOOL / ORGANIZATION REGISTRATION DEADLINE

Friday, December 20, 2024 at 11:59 pm ET

SCHOOL / ORGANIZATION COMPETITION DEADLINE

Friday, January 17, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET

SCHOOL / ORGANIZATION COMPETITION REPORT DEADLINE 

Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11:59 pm. ET

ANNOUNCEMENT OF STATE FINALISTS

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

STATE FINALIST REGISTRATION DEADLINE

Monday, January 27, 2025, 11:59 pm ET

POETRY OUT LOUD STATE FINAL COMPETITION

Saturday, March 8, 2025, 2:00 pm ET

PROGRAM DETAILS:

• Poetry Out Loud Teacher Guide can be found at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aRrReuxlXuxpktMMoExbEYsk2lyyoQxe/view?usp=sharing
• Poetry Out Loud is open to any school or organization in South Carolina serving grades 9-12.
• Participating schools or organizations are encouraged to identify 1-3 teachers or leaders with one POL program coordinator to manage school or organization finals, or act as the single point of contact for the school or organization's POL leaders. 
• All students in 9th -12th grade are eligible for participation and advancement in this program. (8th Grade students who are enrolled in a high school English course are eligibile to compete).
• Each school or organization's program must host a school/organization competition with one (1) winner to advance to the POL South Carolina State Final.