Regional Contest Poem Selection & Order:
The following fields request the titles and authors of the three poems the student plans to recite. Note: The poem order entered here is the order in which the student intends to recite the poems. This order cannot be changed once submitted, or the student will be disqualified from the contest. Due to large participation numbers, some regions may limit the number of students in the third round. Students should choose their poem order with this fact in mind.
Of the three poems chosen, one poem must be less than or equal to 25 lines, and one poem must be written prior to the 20th century. These two criteria may be met by a single poem, i.e., you may choose a pre-20th century poem of 25 lines or less and satisfy the requirement. If your region will limit the number of third round participants, you may want to order your poems so that you meet these requirements in the first two rounds. The National Poetry Out Loud website allows you to search by the above criteria. Use the
Poem Anthology webpage to verify that your poem qualifies, since some authors' lives spanned the 19th and 20th century, not all poems by a single author may qualify.
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In the registration survey, we asked you a number of questions about participation numbers and the format of your contests. While the answers to the following questions are not required, we would appreciate you responding to the questions below.
The next three questions ask you to provide participation estimates for classes, teacher, and students. For these estimates, project the number of individual classes, teachers, and students that participated in all NJPOL-related activities, including teaching and enrichment programs prior to, and including, all aspects of the school contest.
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