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Competition Winners

An image of Isavel Mendoza from Pennsylvania on stage and holding a crystal trophy at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals.
2025 Champion Isavel Mendoza of Pennsylvania
An image of Niveah Glover from Florida on stage at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals holding a crystal trophy.
2024 Champion Niveah Glover of Florida
An outdoor portrait of Sreepadaarchana Munjuluri from Indiana
2023 Champion Sreepadaarchana Munjuluri of Indiana
A headshot of Mia Ronn from California.
2022 Champion Mia Ronn of California
A screenshot of Rahele Megosha from South Dakota performing her recitation virtually.
2021 Champion Rahele Megosha of South Dakota
An image of Isabella Callery from Minnesota performing her recitation on stage.
2019 Champion Isabella Callery of Minnesota
An image of Janae Claxton from South Carolina holding a trophy at the national finals stage.
2018 Champion Janae Claxton of South Carolina
A portrait of Samara Huggins from Georgia reciting a poem on stage.
2017 Champion Samara Huggins of Georgia
2016 Champion Ahkei Togun of Virginia
2015 Champion Maeva Ordaz of Alaska
2014 Champion Anita Norman of Tennessee
2013 Champion Langston Ward of Washington
2012 Champion Kristen Dupard of Mississippi
2011 Champion Youssef Biaz of Alabama
2010 Champion Amber Rose Johnson of Rhode Island
2009 Champion Will Farley of Virginia
2008 Champion Shawntay Henry of US Virgin Islands
2007 Champion Amanda Fernandez of Washington, DC
2006 Champion Jackson Hille of Ohio