PORT ANGELES — The 2016 Clallam County PoetrySLAM for young poets and thespians in the sixth grade will take place at 6:30 tonight.
Students will read original works or recite published poems for prizes at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
Seventh- and eighth-grade students will have their chance to compete during an event set for the same time and place April 28.
Both events are free and open to the public.
Contestants represent the winners of elimination rounds held in local classrooms and at the library.
Prizes include a Samsung Galaxy 4 tablet and gift certificates to local bookstores.
The library’s annual PoetrySLAM encourages students to express themselves through poetry, said Garrett Fevinger, spokesman for the North Olympic Library System, which oversees public libraries in Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks and Clallam Bay.
The PoetrySLAM is made possible by the support of the Port Angeles Friends of the Library.
For more information about the 2016 PoetrySLAM and other programs for youths, visit www.nols.org; contact the library at 360-417-8500, ext. 7733; or email youth@nols.org.
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