Kentucky Youth Storytelling Showcase:
Sponsoring Adult/Organization Information

Thank you for your interest in the Kentucky Division of the National Youth Storytelling Showcase.

• This competition is a statewide effort and the delegated representative in affiliation with the National Youth Storytelling Showcase to develop, encourage, and highlight the talent of your young storytellers.

• Schools/organizations/families are encouraged to create or participate in local storytelling events, guilds, or local organization showcases in order to discover talented young storytellers. For more information and suggestions for local storytelling activities, write: KYSS Local Action, Kentucky Storytelling Association, P.O. Box 4148, Frankfort, Kentucky 40604-4148. Or call Kentucky Youth Storytelling Showcase Committee Chair Don ‘Buck P’ Creacy 859-402-0756. Or email kyyouthstorytelling@kystory.org . You can also become an active member of the Kentucky Storytelling Association. Click here to learn more about KSA Membership.

• We have four semi-final competition venues statewide
  • Madisonville
  • Erlanger
  • Prestonsburg
  • Somerset
  • And a mail-in entry method for those who cannot make our competition venues for whatever reason

• Every young person in Kentucky is eligible to compete in a solo storytelling category and/or as part of a tandem storytelling team.
  • Elementary Age
  • Middle School Age
  • High School Age (17 or younger on November 3rd, 2008)
  • Tandem Teams (teams consist of 2 – 4 tellers, any qualifying age)

• In addition to schools
  • Any organization/family may select and submit a young storyteller in each category
  • Organizations in Kentucky include, but are not limited to:
    • Public Libraries
    • Boy Scouts
    • Girl Scouts
    • Churches
    • 4—H Clubs
    • Local Storytelling Guilds

• Snow-day Cancellation Procedures, should a semi-final venue get canceled due to snow
  • Every registered storyteller for that venue will be allowed to submit a DVD/Video entry of their story postmarked before midnight March 15, 2008
  • A signed Entry & Permission Form must be included in the package with the DVD or VHS Video.
  • From these DVD/VHS entries a winner will be chosen for this cancelled venue.

• Snow-day Cancellation Procedures, should a competitor be unable to travel to the semi-final venue on the competition day
  • Such competitors may enter via DVD/VHS by midnight March 15, 2008.
  • A signed Entry & Permission Form must be included in the package with the DVD/VHS.
  • These competitors will automatically be entered in the DVD/VHS competition semi-final.