Adylynn Anderson – State Poetry Out Loud Winner

March 12, 2023 12

Congratulations to Lawton High School junior Adylynn Anderson. She won the 2023 State of Oklahoma Poetry Out Loud Competition. She performed three poems: “Edgar Allan Poe Is Reached at the Baltimore Harbor by the Shadows That Pursue Him” by Fernando Valverde, “I Once Was a Child” by Victoria Chang, and “I Remember, I Remember” by Thomas Hood.

Anderson is the seventh state champion from Lawton High in the last fourteen years (Catherine Horton, 2010; Denise Burns, 2012 and 2013 (3rd in the nation); Kristine Guerrero, 2017 and 2018, Keayla Anderson (2019). As a freshman, Anderson finished second in the 2021 competition.

The national competition is at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., May 9-10. Anderson is in Semifinal 2, which may be live-streamed from 1 to 4 PM Eastern Time.

Photo information: From left, Amber Sharples, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Arts Council, Adylynn Anderson, Lawton High School, and Sandy Kent, Executive Director at Oklahoma A+ Schools Institute, pose for a photo after the competition.

Written by: 1021krjs

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