A total of nine schools will be represented in the 11th Annual Valentine N. Sengebau Poetry Competition this evening at the American Memorial Park Visitors Center Theater in Garapan.<\/p>\n
Schools that will be presenting this year is Admiral Herbert G. Hopwood Junior High School, Dandan Middle School, Dr. Rita H. Inos Junior\/Senior High School, Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja, Marianas High School, Mount Carmel School, Saipan Seventh-Day Adventist School, San Antonio Middle School, and Tinian Junior-Senior High School.<\/p>\n
The Northern Marianas Humanities Council earlier invited all public and private junior high and high schools from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota to participate.<\/p>\n
The competition will have two divisions: junior and senior.<\/p>\n
The junior division includes junior high and middle school participants who must recite a poem from Sengebau\u2019s book, Microchild. The poem must be from the Cultural Identity, Politics, or Images sections; and students are asked to give a one- to three-minute introduction explaining why they chose that specific poem.<\/p>\n
Under the senior division, high school contestants must submit original poems of any form that does not exceed 250 words. Poems must address themes relating to culture, identity, and\/or change in the NMI.<\/p>\n
A panel of judges will score submitted poems for content prior to the event.<\/p>\n
First place in each division will have their names and school names inscribed on perpetual trophies that will be housed at the winning schools until the following year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n
Cash prizes will also be awarded. First place will get $250; second place, $150; and third place, $100.<\/p>\n
Last year, Marianas High School freshmen Olivia Hirsh and Liza Atalig and Eskeulan San Francisco de Borja\u2019s Tyra Reese Calvo took home the first place cash prizes and perpetual trophies.<\/p>\n
This competition supports the work of young Micronesian poets and honors the legacy of Micronesia\u2019s foremost poet, Sengebau.<\/p>\n
For more information, call the Humanities Council office at 235-4785.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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