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8th Annual Sengebau Competition tonight
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Posted on Oct 25 2011
The 2011 Valentine N. Sengebau Competition will be held at the American Memorial Park Visitors Center Theatre today, Oct. 25, 2011, at 6pm.
Admission is free and open to the public. Cash prizes totaling $1,000 will be awarded to the top six poets.
This annual event was established by the Northern Marianas Humanities Council to support the work of young poets on the islands and to honor the legacy of Micronesia’s foremost poet, the late Valentine N. Sengebau.
In the junior division, students will be reciting poetry from Microchild, an anthology of Sengebau’s poetry and a publication of the Council’s Micronesian Authors Initiative. There will be 13 performances representing seven private and public schools.
In the senior division, students will be reciting original poetry with themes related to culture, change, and/or identity in the Northern Marianas. Fifteen poets from nine high schools across the CNMI will vie for this year’s top awards.
In the past, the annual competition has taken place during various times of the year, but beginning in 2011 it will be held every October as part of CNMI Humanities Month.
For more information about this event, contact the council office at 235-4785 or visit www.nmihumanities.org.
