Major Donors
California Arts Council
Napa Valley Community Foundation
City of Napa
The Foster's Foundation
Hewlett Foundation
National Endowment For The Arts
Americans For The Arts
Sato Foundation
County of Napa
Napa Valley Heritage Fund
Koret Foundation
Napa Valley Jewish Community
Artists In Schools
In partnership with the CAC, the NEA and the Poetry Foundation, this annual ACNV program spotlights the importance of poetry and recitation in our high schools. ACNV works with Napa Valley High Schools to create a countywide recitation competition, whose winner goes on to compete at the state level in Sacramento. The national competition that follows offers the winner college scholarship funds.
Poetry Out Loud uses a pyramid structure that begins at the classroom level. Winners will advance to the school-wide competition, then to the state competition, and ultimately to the National Finals. More information about the contest's structure can be found here.
Each winner at the state level will receive $200 and an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington to compete for the national championship. The state winner's school will receive a $500 stipend for the purchase of poetry books. A runner-up in each state will receive $100, with $200 for his or her school library. A total of $50,000 in awards and school stipends at the National Finals will be awarded to the winners.
2/11/11, Napa County Poetry Out Loud on YouTube.com
2/11/11, Napa County Poetry Out Loud on YouTube.com (Stella Palado)
1/28/11, Press Release, Napa Students Speak Out with "Poetry Out Loud"
2/17/11, Napa Valley Register, American Canyon student wins recitation contest
Congratulations to Jonathan Costa, 1st Place Winner, and Steven Craig, 2nd Place Winner! Contestants competed on Tuesday, February 9th and impressed the audience with their talent and theatrics! Winners will now go to the State Competition March 14, 2010! Click here to see photos on Arts Council Napa Valley's Fan page!.
2010 New Tech Winners Announced! Contestants have been chosen to go on to the Napa County Poetry Out Loud Competition Feb 9, 2010, 7pm at New Tech High, 920 Yount Street, Napa. The public is encouraged to attend the competition in show support of our talented youth. Mark your calendars!
1st Place - Anna Wheeler
2nd Place - Alejandra Leon
3rd Place - Steven Craig
4th Place tie - Alena Nelson & Jonathan Costa
Arts Council Napa Valley will be awarding prizes to the first and second place winners. First place winners will go to the State Competition in March of 2010. Congratulations to all---you did a fantastic job! ~Margaret Dennet, Art / Drama Instructor of New Tech High & Arts Council Napa Valley
