State and National Finals
The 2022 Poetry Out Loud National Finals are planned to be held April 25-27th in Washington, DC. More information will be announced sooner to the competition.
The 2021 Poetry Out Loud National Finalists were:
- Alabama Champion Soojin Park (Auburn High School)
- Colorado Champion Aidyn Reid (Fountain Valley School)
- Nebraska Champion Alexandra Rose Zaleski (VJ and Angela Skutt Catholic High School)
- South Dakota Champion Rahele Megosha (Washington High School)
- Tennessee Champion Kendall Grimes (Battle Ground Academy)
- Texas Champion Samuel Eluemunoh (Saint Mark’s School of Texas)
- U.S. Virgin Islands Champion Kaden A. Hughes (Antilles School)
- Vermont Champion Irén Hangen Vázquez (Burr and Burton Academy)
- West Virginia Champion Ben Long (Notre Dame High School)
More information on the National Finals can be found here.
For more information on holding virtual competitions, please visit the Organizing a Contest page.
State Finals
Find your state’s Poetry Out Loud coordinator here.
| State/Territory | Date | Winner & School/Org |
| Alabama | February 22 | Soojin Park, Auburn HS |
| Alaska | March 15 | Asya Gipson, West Anchorage HS |
| American Samoa | March 12 | Audrey-Rose Sevaaetasi, Samoana HS |
| Arizona | March 15 | Aliyah Chutkan, Xavier College Preparatory |
| Arkansas | March 13 | Katelyn Doyne, Mills University Studies HS |
| California | March 15 | Delali Bruce, Homeschool |
| Colorado | March 13 | Aidyn Reid, Fountain Valley School |
| Connecticut | March 13 | Shermya Dover-John, The Ethel Walker School |
| Delaware | March 3 | Rebecca Wisniewski, Milford Senior HS |
| District of Columbia | March 9 | Saquoya Gorham, Duke Ellington School for the Arts |
| Florida | March 6 | Flavia Nunez, School for Advanced Studies |
| Georgia | March 13 | Karma Hudnall, DeKalb School of the Arts |
| Guam | Tristha Garcia, Saint Paul Christian School | |
| Hawaii | March 7 | Taylor Cozloff, Kamehameha Schools Kapalama |
| Idaho | March 8 | True Leavitt, Xavier Charter School |
| Illinois | March 8 | Catherine Herrera, Taft HS |
| Indiana | March 10 | Lucia Walker, Bloomington HS South |
| Iowa | March 5 | Elijah Thiessen, Marshalltown HS |
| Kansas | March 10 | Garrett McLaughlin, Shawnee Mission West HS |
| Kentucky | March 2 | Emma Robison, Allen County Scottsville HS |
| Louisiana | March 6 | Jacob Simmons, Covington HS |
| Maine | March 15 | Emily Paruk, Gorham HS |
| Maryland | March 9 | Kate Maerten, Gerstell Academy |
| Massachusetts | March 14 | Rose Hansen, Norwell HS |
| Michigan | March 11 | Madison Ganzak, Roosevelt HS |
| Minnesota | March 11 | Sophie Keuther, Columbia Heights HS |
| Mississippi | March 5 | Morgan Love, Mississippi School of the Arts |
| Missouri | March 11 | Madeline Mills, Notre Dame de Sion |
| Montana | March 12 | Brady L. Drummond, Belt HS |
| Nebraska | March 12 | Alexandra Zaleski, Skutt Catholic HS |
| Nevada | March 11 | Eakjot Sekhon, Robert McQueen HS |
| New Hampshire | March 12 | Lilla Bozek, Newmarket HS |
| New Jersey | March 16 | Lilian Myers, Cinnaminson HS |
| New Mexico | March 14 | Zoe Sloan Callan, Native American Community Academy |
| New York | March 13 | Zaida Polanco, White Plains HS |
| North Carolina | February 20 | Meziah Smith, Knightdale HS |
| North Dakota | March 10 | Kylie Howatt, Northern Cass HS |
| Ohio | March 5 | Monserrat Tlauhel Flores, St. Francis DeSales HS |
| Oklahoma | March 4 | Stephanie Thanscheidt, Bethany HS |
| Oregon | March 13 | Tabarjah Neal, Oregon Charter Academy |
| Pennsylvania | March 8 | Taha Vahanvaty, Stroudsburg Area School District |
| Puerto Rico | March 11 | Matías Coss-Hernández, University of Puerto Rico HS |
| Rhode Island | March 15 | Virginia Keister. Chariho Regional HS |
| South Carolina | March 12 | Emily Allison, South Carolina Children’s Theatre |
| South Dakota | March 15 | Rahele Megosha, Washington HS |
| Tennessee | March 12 | Kendall Grimes, Battle Ground Academy |
| Texas | February 24 | Samuel Eluemunoh, St. Mark’s School of Texas |
| Utah | March 10 | Brynne Burgess, Legacy Preparatory Academy North |
| Vermont | March 15 | Irén Hangen Vázquez, Burr and Burton Academy |
| Virgin Islands | March 15 | Kaden Hughes, Antilles School |
| Virginia | March 12 | Azhane Pollard, Hopewell HS |
| Washington | March 16 | Lucy Shainin, Anacortes HS |
| West Virginia | Benjamin Long, Notre Dame HS | |
| Wisconsin | March 6 | Lauren Broman, Wrightstown HS |
| Wyoming | Raylene Jones, Natrona County HS |