NV POETRY OUT LOUD 2023
CELEBRATING 18 YEARS OF NEVADA POETRY OUT LOUD
After three years of hosting Nevada Poetry Out Loud virtually, the 18th annual Nevada Poetry Out Loud state competition convened in person at the Pioneer Center for Performing Arts in Reno, NV, on March 11, 2023. Ashlee Sandoval, a junior at Elko High School, Elko, was named state champion and will represent Nevada at the 2023 Poetry Out Loud national finals competition in Washington D.C. Grace Hwang, a senior at Ed W. Clark High School , Las Vegas, placed second and Farrah Bader, a senior at Yerington High School, Yerington, placed third. View the 2023 Progam here.
2023 Nevada State Poetry Out Loud Champions
2023 Nevada State Poetry Out Loud Champion
ashlee Sandoval
Elko County
2023 Nevada State Poetry Out Loud Second Place
GRACE HWANG
Clark County
2023 Nevada State Poetry Out Loud Third Place
Farrah Bader
Lyon County
Focusing on our rich literary heritage and contemporary life through memorization and performance of classic and contemporary poetry, Nevada Poetry Out Loud is a program of the Nevada Arts Council, presented in partnership with National Endowment for the Arts, The Poetry Foundation, Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Nevada Department of Education, and Nevada School Districts.
2023 NEVADA POETRY OUT LOUD SPONSORS
NEVADA ARTS COUNCIL STAFF ASSISTANCE
Maryjane Dorofachuk, Arts Learning Specialist & POL State Coordinator, at mdorofachuk@nevadaculture.org or call 702.486.3738.