Competition Winners

COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY ANNOUNCES ITS WINNERS FOR THE INAUGURAL STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION SUMMER 2O2O

Coachella Valley Repertory scene or other creative writing piece. announced its winners of From May 15 until July 30, 2020, entries its 2020 Inaugural Student were accepted. Forty students took Writing Competition on Tuesday, part in the competition. September 15, 2020 at 3:30 pm Pacific. Writing submissions were judged Media, guests, family and friends were by Georgeana Mimms, a distinguished invited to join this Zoom event for the member of the CVRep Conservatory announcement. faculty, author Hal Gershowitz

Middle and High School students Remember This Dream, Heirs of Eden), competed for cash prizes during and retired journalist Bruce Fessier the Inaugural Writing Competition. (The Desert Sun). Participants were tasked with Students in public, a private or home submitting a monologue, short story, school setting were eligible and were CATEGORY 1

HOLLY TRUBEE

CIDNI HORDISTA

CATEGORY 2

ADDISON JACKSON

KIRA ENTZMINGER

CYNTHIA RUIZ

CATEGORY 3

KIMBERLY SOLANO VERA

AIVY TO TILDA RECTOR

LIZBETH LUEVANO

categorized by their age.

Category 1 – Ages 11 and 12

Category 2 – Ages 13 to 15

Category 3 – Ages 16 to 18

During the virtual Awards Ceremony, plaques and cash prizes will be awarded to three winners in each category as follows: 1st Place: $500 2nd Place: $250 3rd Place: $100

Winning entries and other notable submissions were invited to read or perform their submissions virtually at the Awards Ceremony.

This contest was envisioned and sponsored by Executive Board Member Peggy Jacobs. It was designed to inspire the Valley’s future authors and playwrights to submit their creative best. CVRep sincerely thanks Ms. Jacobs for her generosity of spirit by creating the concept and donating the prize money. Anyone interested in joining the awards ceremony, can register for the Zoom webinar at www.cvrep.org.

And the Winners are:

Category 1:

1st - Holly Trubee 2nd - Cidni Hordista 3rd - Addison Jackson

Category 2:

1st - Kira Entzminger 2nd - Cynthia Ruiz 3rd - Tilda Rector

Category 3:

1st - Kimberly Solano Vera 2nd - Aivy To 3rd - Lizbeth Luevano

Coachella Valley Repertory (CVRep) is an equity theater company, designated a Small Professional Theatre under the Actors’ Equity Association. CVRep is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide thought provoking theatre of substance.