 Rosalee Blunk was the initial organizer of the Poetry Out Loud state finals held annually in Sioux Falls.Maddie Lukomski, a Poetry Out Loud junior at Sioux Falls Lincoln High School was named a winner in the National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Ourselves competition spoken category in 2016.The Sioux Falls mayor's awards in literary arts designated movers and shakers during the growth and development of the literary arts scene.