Kingston High School student Quinton Selvidge will compete in the Poetry Out Loud state finals Saturday, March 20, at South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia. The contest begins at 1 p.m. Selvidge won a trip to the state finals after becoming one of 12 students throughout Washington to qualify at regional finals in January. Students in the competition must recite a poem they have chosen from an anthology of classic and contemporary works. The winner of the state finals will receive $200 and an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., to compete at the national finals April 25-27. The winner’s school will also receive a $500 stipend to buy poetry books.