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Fifty-three champions from every state, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and...
3rd Place Winner DeVonna Smith, 2nd Place Winner Victoria DiMartile, and 2011 National Champion...
2011 National Finals Host Kerry Washington
Christylez Bacon performing at the 2011 National Finals
Alabama State Champion Youssef Biaz “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold “Those Winter Sundays” by...
Alaska State Champion Lakeidra D. Chavis “Domestic Violence” by Eavan Boland “The Author to...
Arizona State Champion Steffi McNerney “The Days Gone By” by James Whitcomb Riley “The...
Arkansas State Champion Kelsey Cain-Meyers “A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth...
California State Champion Robert Marchand “Buick” by Karl Shapiro “Chicago” by Carl...
Colorado State Champion Samuel Opoku “Altruism” by Molly Peacock “A Song for Soweto” by June...
Connecticut State Champion Erin Rose Connolly “Dog” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti “Domestic...
Delaware State Champion Hannah Grace Glavin “I think I should’ve loved you presently” by Edna...
District of Columbia Grey St. Claire Butler “Booker T. and W.E.B.” by Dudley Randall “Annabel...
Florida State Champion Shatyra G. Hall “Sonnet XV: When I Consider everything that Grows” by...
Georgia State Champion Griffin Freeman “I Am Offering this Poem” by Jimmy Santiago...
Hawaii State Champion Lea DiMarchi “On Monsieur’s Departure” by Queen Elizabeth I “Chicago” by...
Idaho State Champion Haley M. Henderson “Invitation to Love” by Paul Laurence Dunbar “In...
Illinois State Champion Morgan Joyce Williams “What Work Is” by Philip Levine “A Psalm of...
Indiana State Champion Zachary Rooker “A Dream Within a Dream” by Edgar Allan Poe “Dover...
Iowa State Champion Grace Rants “The Listeners” by Walter de la Mare “The Good-Morrow” by John...
Kansas State Champion Casha Gloria Mills “Scary Movies” by Kim Addonizio “a song in the front...
Kentucky State Champion Victoria DiMartile “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg “A Song for Soweto” by...
Louisiana State Champion David Wayne Douglas “Booker T. and W.E.B.” by Dudley...
Maine State Champion Lulama Hawkes “Gitanjali 35” by Rabindranath Tagore “Black Boys Play the...
Maryland State Champion Kari Barclay “Dog” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti “Holy Sonnets: Death be...
Massachusetts State Champion Michaela DeAndra Murray “My Last Duchess” by Robert...
Michigan State Champion Harron Alexander Atkins “A Song for Soweto” by June Jordan “Thou Art...
Minnesota State Champion Ian Taylor “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg “Invitation to Love” by Paul...
Mississippi State Champion Kristen Dupard “I Am the People, the Mob” by Carl...
Missouri State Champion Terry Lee Watkins, Jr. “The New World” by Amiri Baraka “A Hymn to God...
Montana State Champion Stella Shannon “Blackberrying” by Sylvia Plath “Lunar Baedeker” by Mina...
Nebraska State Champion Jakob Kramer “Dog” by Lawrence Ferlighetti “The Cross of Snow” by...
Nevada State Champion Emily Orellana “Epilogue” by Robert Browning “Domestic Violence” by...
New Hampshire State Champion Olivia Vordenberg “The Man with the Hoe” by Edwin Markham “Life...
New Jersey State Champion Clarissa Amanda Lotson “Echo” by Daryl Hine “A Psalm of Life” by...
New Mexico State Champion Nicole Bartlett “Gitanjali 35” by Rabindranath Tagore “The...
New York State Champion Steven Tsai “La Figlia che Piange” by T.S. Eliot “A Valediction:...
North Carolina State Champion Marty McCarthy “Cartoon Physics, part 1” by Nick Flynn “Snow...
North Dakota State Champion Karson Pederson “Mrs. Caldera’s House of Things” by Gregory...
Ohio State Champion Caira Lee “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” William Wordsworth “And Soul” by...
Oklahoma State Champion Renae Perry “At the Vietnam Memorial” by George Bilgere “Filling...
Oregon State Champion Nathaniel Michael Dunaway “Teaching English from an Old Composition Book”...
Pennsylvania State Champion DeVonna Daisy Smith “A Song for Soweto” by June Jordan “Mrs....
Puerto Rico State Champion Rafael José Rivera Quiñones “A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth...
Rhode Island State Champion Daraja Aranda Hinds “Silence” by Thomas Hood “Dog” by Lawrence...
South Carolina State Champion LeeAnn Swager “Dressing My Daughters” by Mark Jarman “Love...
South Dakota State Champion Melissa Johnston “Dog” by Lawrence Ferlighetti “Agoraphobia” by...
Tennessee State Champion Summer Ghasan Awad “Hysteria” by Dionisio D. Martínez “Let the...
Texas State Champion Maria Zuniga “And Soul” by Eavan Boland “Teaching English from an Old...
US Virgin Islands State Champion Shantelle R. Eddy “I Am the People, the Mob” by Carl...
Utah State Champion Shannon McCullam “Who Understand Me But Me” by Jimmy Santiago Baca “Chorus...
Vermont State Champion Claude Mumbere “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan...
Virginia State Champion Carol V. Decker “Agoraphobia” by Linda Pastan “Strange Meeting” by...
Washington State Champion Micah D. Meadowcroft “The Death of Allegory” by Billy Collins “A...
West Virginia State Champion Anthony Braxton “Teaching English from an Old Composition Book” by...
Wisconsin State Champion Chantal Tribble “Black Boys Play the Classics” by Toi Derricotte “A...
Wyoming State Champion Sara Margaret Ellingrod “Song of the Powers” by David Mason “On...