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Left to right: NASAA President and CEO Pam Breaux, National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter, second-place finalist Scottlynn Ernestine Ballard from Illinois, 2019 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Isabella Callery from Minnesota, third-place finalist Alejandro J. Campo from Georgia, and Poetry Foundation President Henry Bienen. Photo by James Kegley