Spokane Arts hosts local high school students performing poetry from various eras and authors. Participating schools include: Mead, Mt. Spokane, The Oaks, Lakeside, Quincy, Liberty Bell, Okanogan, and Wilson Creek. One student from each school will compete in the regional final. Poetry Out Loud is sponsored nationally by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation and is administered statewide by the Washington State Arts Commission.