PoetryOutLoud Madison Harris of Maryland, Sreepadaarchana Munjuluri of Indiana, and Edward Wilson Jr. of Mississippi!!! Congratulations to our top 3! #POL23

Who is going to win Poetry Out Loud 2023? Host Joy Sunday has announced the Final 3: Maryland Champion Madison Harris, Indiana Champion Sreepadaarchana Munjuluri, and Mississippi Champion Edward Wilson Jr.

Congratulations to Edward Wilson Jr. a senior Jackson Preparatory School for making it to the final three at the PoetryOutLoud national finals! Nat'l Endow f/t Arts Poetry Foundation #pol23 #iampoetryoutloud #mississippiart #Mississippi

PoetryOutLoud In second place is Edward Wilson Jr.!

Edward Wilson Jr., a senior Jackson Preparatory School, placed 2nd at the 2023 PoetryOutLoud National Finals this evening! 🎉Congratulations Edward!🎉 Nat'l Endow f/t Arts Poetry Foundation #POL23 #IAmPoetryOutLoud #arts #mississippi #mississippiart

Congressman Rep. Bennie G. Thompson with Edward Wilson Jr., who was in Washington D.C. this week for the PoetryOutLoud National Competition. Nat'l Endow f/t Arts Poetry Foundation Jackson Preparatory School #POL23 #IAmPoetryOutLoud #arts #mississippi #mississippiart

Southern Writers! South Arts has a new prize opportunity for writers in the South (AL, FL, GA, KY, LA , MS, NC, SC, and TN). This year's inaugural Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Literary Arts will be awarded to fiction writers. MS Arts Commission

MAC Announces a Landmark $5 Million Towards Building Fund for the Arts Grant arts.ms.gov/mac-announces-…

The 2024 Governor's Arts Awards nominations deadline is TODAY by 11:59 p.m. CST! To submit a nomination for your favorite artist, arts patron, or arts organization, please visit arts.ms.gov/GAA.

MAC is pleased to announce it is investing over $1.75 million through grants in more than 337 organizations, schools, and individual artists across the state for the fiscal year 2024! To find out more, visit arts.ms.gov/mac-awards-1-7…

The Mississippi Arts Commission recently announced the recipients of the 2024 Governor’s Arts Awards. djournal.com/mbj/arts-commi…

MS Arts Commission announces 2024 Governor's Arts Awards recipients. See the winners here. clarionledger.com/story/news/loc…

Tonight we celebrated Mississippi’s rich artistic legacy! Congratulations to each of this year’s Governor’s Arts Awards winners. Thank you for sharing your creativity with our state!

We had a wonderful time at the Governor’s Arts Awards. Congrats to each of the winners! Celebrating Mississippi’s creative spirit never gets old!

Thank you Governor Tate Reeves for helping us honor these amazing Mississippi artists at the 2024 Governor’s Arts Awards!

We had a great time celebrating these amazing recipients last night with Governor Governor Tate Reeves and Elee Reeves!

The homegrown talent right here in Mississippi is truly remarkable. It was an honor to celebrate this year’s winners at the Governor’s Arts Awards. You can watch the full ceremony on MSPublicBroadcasting Friday, February 16, at 7:30pm!

Congratulations to MAC Executive Director David Lewis for being named a Mississippi Top 50 2024 Emerging Leader!