Fifty-three champions from every state, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and...
NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman, 3rd Place Winner MarKaye Hassan, 2012 National Champion Kristen...
2012 National Finals Host Michael Bobbitt
Alabama State Champion Margaret Payne
"General William Booth Enters Into Heaven" by Vachel...
Alaska State Champion Aryeh Lax
"First Poem for You" by Kim Addonizio
"A Boat Beneath a...
Arizona State Champion Joshua Furtado
"Catch a Little Rhyme" by Eve Merriam
"Annabel Lee" by...
Arkansas State Champion Mary Newberry
"Through a Glass Eye, Lightly" by Carolyn Kizer
"Dirge...
California State Champion Corbin Schaefer Gomez
"The Pomegranate and the Big Crowd" by Alberto...
Colorado State Champion Samuel Opoku
"Famous" by Naomi Shihab Nye
"Calling Him Back from...
Connecticut State Champion Miranda Pepin
"It Couldn't Be Done" by Edgar Albert Guest
"The...
Delaware State Champion Elizabeth Landon
"Ah! Why, Because the Dazzling Sun" by Emily Jane...
District of Columbia Champion Gerhard Jansen
"Calling Him Back from Layoff" by Bob Hicok
"On...
Florida State Champion Katie McTigue
"After working sixty hours again for what reason" by Bob...
Georgia State Champion J. Michael Cheeves
"They Feed They Lion" by Philip Levine
"Lunar...
Hawaii State Champion Brady Jernigan
"What Work Is" by Philip Levine
"A Satirical Elegy on the...
Idaho State Champion Emily Musette Hays
"The Empty Dance Shoes" by Cornelius Eady
"The Meaning...
Illinois State Champion Carolyn M. Muller
"Infelix" by Adah Isaacs Menken
"Dirge Without...
Indiana State Champion Jordan Mather-Licht
"Calling Him Back from Layoff" by Bob Hicok
"I felt...
Iowa State Champion Gwen Morrison
"The Blackstone Rangers" by Gwendolyn Brooks
"Preludes" by...
Kansas State Champion Cody Keener
"To Elsie" by William Carlos Williams
"The Pomegranate and...
Kentucky State Champion Curtlyn Kramer
"The Strength of Fields" by James L. Dickey
"In the...
Louisiana State Champion Keaghan P. Kane
"Crossing the Bar" by Alfred, Lord...
Maine State Champion Tyler O'Brien
"Snow Day" by Billy Collins
"Invictus" by William Ernest...
Maryland State Champion Brian Gilbert
"Keeping Things Whole" by Mark Strand
"To a Mouse" by...
Massachusetts State Champion Stephanie Igharosa
"Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington...
Michigan State Champion Randi Laundre
"A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Eros...
Minnesota State Champion Oluwatoosin Oyeyemi Ajagbe
"The End of Science Fiction" by Lisel...
Mississippi State Champion Kristen Dupard
"I'm a Fool to Love You" by Cornelius Eady
"What...
Missouri State Champion Cameron Locke
"There's been a Death, in the Opposite House" by Emily...
Montana State Champion Austin McMullan Graef
"Silence" by Thomas Hood
"The Origin of Order" by...
Nebraska State Champion Russell Heitmann
"Poem with One Fact" by Donald Hall
"Dover Beach" by...
Nevada State Champion Mandy Rae Titolo
"The Larger" by Joanie Mackowski
"Life in a Love" by...
New Hampshire State Champion Bria Frehner
"Onions" by William Matthews
"Difference" by...
New Jersey State Champion Kristin Tsuo
"The Meaning of the Shovel" by Martin Espada
"Pastoral...
New Mexico State Champion Stephanie Garcia
"The Larger" by Joanie Mackowski
"Solitude" by Ella...
New York State Champion Jason Michael Ware
"Black Boys Play the Classics" by Toi...
North Carolina State Champion Jessica Kariisa
"Ego" by Denise Duhamel
"Early Affection" by...
North Dakota State Champion Stephen Gasser
"Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Bloody Sire" by...
Ohio State Champion Makala Celeste White
"The Canonization" by John Donne
"a song in the front...
Oklahoma State Champion Denise L. Burns
"Fishing on the Susquehanna in July" by Billy...
Oregon State Champion Jillian Frakes
"The Death of Allegory" by Billy Collins
"On Monsieur's...
Pennsylvania State Champion Daphnee R. McMaster
"Candles" by Carl Dennis
"Spring" by Gerard...
Puerto Rico Champion Lucia Zoe Martinez Lopez
"[Often rebuked, yet always back returning]" by...
Rhode Island State Champion Daraja Aranda Hinds
"Grief" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"No Moon...
South Carolina State Champion Sam Gutshall
"Floating Island" by Dorothy Wordsworth
"The Charge...
South Dakota State Champion Brian Rhoades
"A Supermarket in California" by Allen...
Tennessee State Champion Anita A. Norman
"Solitude" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
"Ballad of...
Texas State Champion Krista Michelle Lambert
"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John...
Utah State Champion MarKaye Hassan
"I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" by Emily Dickinson
"Ego" by...
Vermont State Champion Claude Mumbere
"Chicago" by Carl Sandburg
"Strange Meeting" by Wilfred...
Virginia State Champion Ellen Marie Howerton
"Preludes" by T.S. Eliot
"Monet Refuses the...
Virgin Islands Champion Caprisha Marie Richards
"Love Song" by Dorothy Parker
"Her Kind" by...
Washington State Champion Langston Ward
"Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold
"The Truly Great" by...
West Virginia State Champion Bruce Chapman McCuskey
"Preludes" by T.S. Eliot
"The Last Laugh"...
Wisconsin State Champion Anna Alicia Wolfs
"The Death of the Allegory" by Billy Collins...
Wyoming State Champion Sara Ellingrod
"What Work Is" by Philip Levine
"Chicago" by Carl...
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Fifty-three champions from every state, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and...
NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman, 3rd Place Winner MarKaye Hassan, 2012 National Champion Kristen...
2012 National Finals Host Michael Bobbitt
Alabama State Champion Margaret Payne
"General William Booth Enters Into Heaven" by Vachel...
Alaska State Champion Aryeh Lax
"First Poem for You" by Kim Addonizio
"A Boat Beneath a...
Arizona State Champion Joshua Furtado
"Catch a Little Rhyme" by Eve Merriam
"Annabel Lee" by...
Arkansas State Champion Mary Newberry
"Through a Glass Eye, Lightly" by Carolyn Kizer
"Dirge...
California State Champion Corbin Schaefer Gomez
"The Pomegranate and the Big Crowd" by Alberto...
Colorado State Champion Samuel Opoku
"Famous" by Naomi Shihab Nye
"Calling Him Back from...
Connecticut State Champion Miranda Pepin
"It Couldn't Be Done" by Edgar Albert Guest
"The...
Delaware State Champion Elizabeth Landon
"Ah! Why, Because the Dazzling Sun" by Emily Jane...
District of Columbia Champion Gerhard Jansen
"Calling Him Back from Layoff" by Bob Hicok
"On...
Florida State Champion Katie McTigue
"After working sixty hours again for what reason" by Bob...
Georgia State Champion J. Michael Cheeves
"They Feed They Lion" by Philip Levine
"Lunar...
Hawaii State Champion Brady Jernigan
"What Work Is" by Philip Levine
"A Satirical Elegy on the...
Idaho State Champion Emily Musette Hays
"The Empty Dance Shoes" by Cornelius Eady
"The Meaning...
Illinois State Champion Carolyn M. Muller
"Infelix" by Adah Isaacs Menken
"Dirge Without...
Indiana State Champion Jordan Mather-Licht
"Calling Him Back from Layoff" by Bob Hicok
"I felt...
Iowa State Champion Gwen Morrison
"The Blackstone Rangers" by Gwendolyn Brooks
"Preludes" by...
Kansas State Champion Cody Keener
"To Elsie" by William Carlos Williams
"The Pomegranate and...
Kentucky State Champion Curtlyn Kramer
"The Strength of Fields" by James L. Dickey
"In the...
Louisiana State Champion Keaghan P. Kane
"Crossing the Bar" by Alfred, Lord...
Maine State Champion Tyler O'Brien
"Snow Day" by Billy Collins
"Invictus" by William Ernest...
Maryland State Champion Brian Gilbert
"Keeping Things Whole" by Mark Strand
"To a Mouse" by...
Massachusetts State Champion Stephanie Igharosa
"Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington...
Michigan State Champion Randi Laundre
"A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Eros...
Minnesota State Champion Oluwatoosin Oyeyemi Ajagbe
"The End of Science Fiction" by Lisel...
Mississippi State Champion Kristen Dupard
"I'm a Fool to Love You" by Cornelius Eady
"What...
Missouri State Champion Cameron Locke
"There's been a Death, in the Opposite House" by Emily...
Montana State Champion Austin McMullan Graef
"Silence" by Thomas Hood
"The Origin of Order" by...
Nebraska State Champion Russell Heitmann
"Poem with One Fact" by Donald Hall
"Dover Beach" by...
Nevada State Champion Mandy Rae Titolo
"The Larger" by Joanie Mackowski
"Life in a Love" by...
New Hampshire State Champion Bria Frehner
"Onions" by William Matthews
"Difference" by...
New Jersey State Champion Kristin Tsuo
"The Meaning of the Shovel" by Martin Espada
"Pastoral...
New Mexico State Champion Stephanie Garcia
"The Larger" by Joanie Mackowski
"Solitude" by Ella...
New York State Champion Jason Michael Ware
"Black Boys Play the Classics" by Toi...
North Carolina State Champion Jessica Kariisa
"Ego" by Denise Duhamel
"Early Affection" by...
North Dakota State Champion Stephen Gasser
"Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Bloody Sire" by...
Ohio State Champion Makala Celeste White
"The Canonization" by John Donne
"a song in the front...
Oklahoma State Champion Denise L. Burns
"Fishing on the Susquehanna in July" by Billy...
Oregon State Champion Jillian Frakes
"The Death of Allegory" by Billy Collins
"On Monsieur's...
Pennsylvania State Champion Daphnee R. McMaster
"Candles" by Carl Dennis
"Spring" by Gerard...
Puerto Rico Champion Lucia Zoe Martinez Lopez
"[Often rebuked, yet always back returning]" by...
Rhode Island State Champion Daraja Aranda Hinds
"Grief" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"No Moon...
South Carolina State Champion Sam Gutshall
"Floating Island" by Dorothy Wordsworth
"The Charge...
South Dakota State Champion Brian Rhoades
"A Supermarket in California" by Allen...
Tennessee State Champion Anita A. Norman
"Solitude" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
"Ballad of...
Texas State Champion Krista Michelle Lambert
"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John...
Utah State Champion MarKaye Hassan
"I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" by Emily Dickinson
"Ego" by...
Vermont State Champion Claude Mumbere
"Chicago" by Carl Sandburg
"Strange Meeting" by Wilfred...
Virginia State Champion Ellen Marie Howerton
"Preludes" by T.S. Eliot
"Monet Refuses the...
Virgin Islands Champion Caprisha Marie Richards
"Love Song" by Dorothy Parker
"Her Kind" by...
Washington State Champion Langston Ward
"Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold
"The Truly Great" by...
West Virginia State Champion Bruce Chapman McCuskey
"Preludes" by T.S. Eliot
"The Last Laugh"...
Wisconsin State Champion Anna Alicia Wolfs
"The Death of the Allegory" by Billy Collins...
Wyoming State Champion Sara Ellingrod
"What Work Is" by Philip Levine
"Chicago" by Carl...