![The student audience from all over Toronto arrive at the Isabel Bader Theatre.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_2862.jpg)
The student audience from all over Toronto arrive at the Isabel Bader Theatre.
![The livestream team prepares to broadcast the show.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_3008.jpg)
The livestream team prepares to broadcast the show.
![The judges are ready. (l to r: Mathew Henderson, Anne Michaels, Daniel David Moses, Marie-Célie Agnant, Denise Desautels, Sonia Lamontagne)](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_3022.jpg)
The judges are ready. (l to r: Mathew Henderson, Anne Michaels, Daniel David Moses, Marie-Célie Agnant, Denise Desautels, Sonia Lamontagne)
![Johanne Blais hosts for the fourth time.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_9963.jpg)
Johanne Blais hosts for the fourth time.
![The nine finalists arrive on stage.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_2936.jpg)
The nine finalists arrive on stage.
![Enzo Campa recites “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_9746.jpg)
Enzo Campa recites “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe.
![Gabrielle Nebrida-Pepin recites “Qui es-tu ?” by Francis Bebey.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_3014.jpg)
Gabrielle Nebrida-Pepin recites “Qui es-tu ?” by Francis Bebey.
![Nebou N’Diaye recites “i am graffiti” by Leanne Simpson.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_9733.jpg)
Nebou N’Diaye recites “i am graffiti” by Leanne Simpson.
![Marie Foolchand recites “I Am the People, the Mob” by Carl Sandburg.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_9876.jpg)
Marie Foolchand recites “I Am the People, the Mob” by Carl Sandburg.
![In the French Stream Jeanne Cantin, Juliette Rolland Apergis and Geneviève Cantin take a bow.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_9985.jpg)
In the French Stream Jeanne Cantin, Juliette Rolland Apergis and Geneviève Cantin take a bow.
![All 39 National Finalists arrive on stage.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_3119.jpg)
All 39 National Finalists arrive on stage.
![French judges Marie-Célie Agnant and Denise Desautels enjoy the show.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_9691.jpg)
French judges Marie-Célie Agnant and Denise Desautels enjoy the show.
![English Stream competitors Nebou N’Diaye, Enzo Campa and Hannah Goodridge after the show](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_3141.jpg)
English Stream competitors Nebou N’Diaye, Enzo Campa and Hannah Goodridge after the show
![Bilingual Stream competitors Marie Foolchand, Elizabeth Vaz and Gabrielle Nebrida-Pepin after the show](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_3144.jpg)
Bilingual Stream competitors Marie Foolchand, Elizabeth Vaz and Gabrielle Nebrida-Pepin after the show
![In the evening, students, teachers and judges gathered for a cabaret.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/P1010577.MP4.00_00_55_23.jpg)
In the evening, students, teachers and judges gathered for a cabaret.
![Our Creative Director Damian Rogers hosted the event.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_3356.jpg)
Our Creative Director Damian Rogers hosted the event.
![Poet and judge Mathew Henderson read a few of his poems.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_3405.jpg)
Poet and judge Mathew Henderson read a few of his poems.
![Mallory Moore read a poem she wrote during the student workshop.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/Sequence%2005.00_00_00_00.Still001.jpg)
Mallory Moore read a poem she wrote during the student workshop.
![Paolo M. Hermogenes wowed the audience with a spoken word poem.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_3471.jpg)
Paolo M. Hermogenes wowed the audience with a spoken word poem.
![The audience loved all the poems read at the cabaret.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_3481.jpg)
The audience loved all the poems read at the cabaret.
![Elizabeth Vaz and Daniya Gulzar negotiate with the DJ . . .](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_3585.jpg)
Elizabeth Vaz and Daniya Gulzar negotiate with the DJ . . .
![. . . successfully.](https://poetryinvoice.ca/downloads/2016-national-finals/awards-show/IMG_3599.jpg)
. . . successfully.
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