Michigan Humanities and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs announces that Madison Ganzak, a senior at Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte, is the 2021 Michigan Poetry Out Loud State Champion.
Madison Ganzak will receive a $1,200 cash award, and Roosevelt High School will receive a $1,500 stipend to support poetry materials and resources. Madison will compete in the national finals in May 2021. Students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa will provide video submissions for this semi-finals competition, which will be broadcast on Sunday, May 2, 2021, at arts.gov. The top nine students will move on to the finals competition, to be broadcast on Thursday, May 27, 2021, again at arts.gov.