Poetry Out Loud competitions at the local, regional, and state levels may be held virtually or in person. For organizers administering a virtual competition, please reference the How To Administer a Poetry Out Loud Virtual Competition and How to Film a POL Recitation for a Virtual Competition documents. State finals will take place in February and March 2024. The Poetry Out Loud National Finals will be held in Washington, DC from April 30 to May 2, 2024. For more information on holding competitions, please visit the Organizing a Competition page.
State Finals
State/Territory | Date | Winner & School/Org |
Alabama | March 6, 2024 | Emily Biaz- Auburn High School |
Alaska | March 11, 2024 | Mona Koko- West Anchorage High School |
American Samoa | March 15, 2024 | |
Arizona | March 2, 2024 | Isabel Teran- Sahuarita High School |
Arkansas | March 2, 2024 | Tucker Dowler- Sheridan High School |
California | March 16, 2024 | |
Colorado | March 11, 2024 | Rize Simmons- Windsor High School |
Connecticut | March 1, 2024 | Emma Frisbie- East Lyme High School |
Delaware | February 29, 2024 | Maiss Hussein- Paul M. Hodgson High School |
District of Columbia | March 17, 2024 | |
Florida | March 2, 2024 | Niveah Glover- Douglas Anderson School of the Arts |
Georgia | March 8, 2024 | Tiana Jones- Whitefield Academy |
Guam | March 9, 2024 | |
Hawaii | February 25, 2024 | Jordyn Imig- Hanalani Schools |
Idaho | March 16, 2024 | |
Illinois | March 11, 2024 | |
Indiana | March 2, 2024 | Aalihya Banks- Pike High School |
Iowa | March 3, 2024 | |
Kansas | March 2, 2024 | Victoria Jelks- Horton High School |
Kentucky | March 14, 2024 | |
Louisiana | March 7, 2024 | |
Maine | March 11, 2024 | Lyra Legawiec- Mt. Ararat High School |
Maryland | March 16, 2024 | |
Massachusetts | March 10, 2024 | Ailin Sha- Boston Latin School |
Michigan | March 9, 2024 | Paige Cook- Interlochen Arts Academy |
Minnesota | March 1, 2024 | Ariana Kimball- Washburn High School |
Mississippi | March 7, 2024 | |
Missouri | March 7, 2024 | Julie Clayton- Nerinx High School |
Montana | March 2, 2024 | Molly Ogan- Butte High School |
Nebraska | March 9, 2024 | Elizabeth Buescher- Marian High School |
Nevada | March 9, 2024 | |
New Hampshire | March 15, 2024 | |
New Jersey | March 14, 2024 | |
New Mexico | March 3, 2024 | Kaitlyn Lubega- UWC-USA |
New York | March 9, 2024 | Emily Wang- Horace Mann School |
North Carolina | February 24, 2024 | Richmond Parris- UNC School of the Arts |
North Dakota | February 26, 2024 | Circe Atkinson- Mandan High School |
Ohio | February 9, 2024 | Amanda Braig- McNicholas High School |
Oklahoma | March 6, 2024 | |
Oregon | March 9, 2024 | |
Pennsylvania | March 4, 2024 | Sulette Lange- Hazleton Area Arts & Humanities Academy |
Puerto Rico | March 8, 2024 | Amir Trinidad-Vidal- Saint John’s School |
Rhode Island | March 10, 2024 | Jennifer Shon- Portsmouth Abbey School |
South Carolina | March 9, 2024 | |
South Dakota | March 18, 2024 | |
Tennessee | March 2, 2024 | Charlotte Bollschweiler- Clayton-Bradley Academy |
Texas | February 24, 2024 | Oluwabori Fadairo- The Hockaday School |
Utah | March 13, 2024 | Anni Willes- Waterford School |
Vermont | March 14, 2024 | |
Virgin Islands | March 9, 2024 | Isabella Thill- Antilles School |
Virginia | March 8, 2024 | Milla Hartford- Deep Run High School |
Washington | March 9, 2024 | |
West Virginia | March 9, 2024 | |
Wisconsin | March 9, 2024 | |
Wyoming | February 26, 2024 | Elora Nation- Natrona County Library |
Find your state’s Poetry Out Loud coordinator here.