Indiana's Contest for Original Poetry

I stand corrected about what I wrote in this post. Indiana does have a contest for high schoolers writing original poetry. This from the press release:

"The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) announced today that Arnav Gupta and Elizabeth Haskett are the 2022 Indiana Poetry Ourselves State Champions. Arnav Gupta, a sophomore at Canterbury High School in Fort Wayne, is the Poetry Ourselves Written Category State Champion. Elizabeth Haskett, a freshman at Rushville Consolidated High School in Rushville, is the Poetry Ourselves Spoken-Word Category State Champion.  

Poetry Ourselves Indiana is a statewide original poetry competition for high school students. Students have the option to submit a written poem or a spoken-word poem. This year, 170 students around the state submitted their original poetry to the competition. Poems were judged by a panel of qualified professional poets, writers, and field experts on the criteria of creativity, structure, and engagement.

sch 3/18/22