The 2023 Poetry Out Loud National Finals are planned to be held May 8-10th in Washington, DC. The NEA and Poetry Foundation are committed to ensuring the safety and welfare of participants and attendees. We monitor local community health information and update our practices to align with CDC and Safer Federal Workforce guidance as appropriate.
| State/Territory | Date | Winner & School/Org |
| Alabama | March 3, 2023 | Emily Biaz- Auburn High School |
| Alaska | March 20, 2023 | Brigitta Ta’aga- West Anchorage High School |
| American Samoa | March 17, 2023 | Hazel Leo- Iakina Adventist Academy High School |
| Arizona | March 11, 2023 | Biruni Hariadi- Gary K. Herberger Young Scholars Academy |
| Arkansas | March 11, 2023 | Drew Pirtle- Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts |
| California | March 19-20, 2023 | Alex Yue- John F. Kennedy High School |
| Colorado | March 1, 2023 | Hana Kebede- Overland High School |
| Connecticut | March 11, 2023 | WM Leete- Weston High School |
| Delaware | March 2, 2023 | Maiss Hussein- Hodgson Vo-Tech High School |
| District of Columbia | March 12, 2023 | Warwick Lloyd- St. Anselm’s Abbey School |
| Florida | March 11, 2023 | Yan Luis Lebron- Howard Blake High School |
| Georgia | March 14, 2023 | Molly Pitra- St. Pius X Catholic High School |
| Hawaii | February 26, 2023 | Irene Zhong- Punahou School |
| Idaho | March 18, 2023 | Liam Peterson- Mountain Home High School |
| Illinois | March 13, 2023 | Yohanna Endashaw- Niles West High School |
| Indiana | March 4, 2023 | Sreepadaarchana Munjuluri- Indiana Humanities |
| Iowa | March 5, 2023 | Lydia Newsome- Waterloo West High School |
| Kansas | March 11, 2023 | Victoria Jelks- Horton High School |
| Kentucky | March 1, 2023 | Sarah Gamble- Allen County-Scottsville High School |
| Louisiana | March 4, 2023 | Camilla Howell- Zachary High School |
| Maine | March 13, 2023 | Abigail Case- Hermon High School |
| Maryland | March 18, 2023 | Madison Harris- Indian Creek High School |
| Massachusetts | March 12, 2023 | Jaden Danica Riley- John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science |
| Michigan | March 3-4, 2023 | Glenn Doss- Melvindale High School |
| Minnesota | February 24, 2023 | Stella Wright- Robbinsdale Armstrong High School |
| Mississippi | March 9, 2023 | Edward Wilson- Jackson Preparatory School |
| Missouri | March 9, 2023 | Nick Merlo- Crossroads College Preparatory School |
| Montana | March 11, 2023 | Wica-ta-wi Brown- Polson High School |
| Nebraska | March 12, 2023 | Amelia Escalante- Bellevue West High School |
| Nevada | March 11, 2023 | Ashlee Sandoval- Elko High School |
| New Hampshire | March 17, 2023 | Ella Weinmann- Conant High School |
| New Jersey | March 6, 2023 | Lydia Smith- Henry Hudson Regional School |
| New Mexico | March 5, 2023 | Rutendo Musharu- United World College-USA |
| New York | March 11, 2023 | James Masson- Syosset High School |
| North Carolina | February 25, 2023 | Abby Sullivan- Weaver Academy for the Performing & Visual Arts |
| North Dakota | February 27, 2023 | Gabrielle Johnson- Minot High School |
| Ohio | March 10, 2023 | Hiba Loukssi- Xenia High School |
| Oklahoma | March 7, 2023 | AdaLynn Anderson- Lawton High School |
| Oregon | March 11, 2023 | Kari Morgan- Oregon School for the Deaf |
| Pennsylvania | March 13, 2023 | Peachy Lee- Lancaster Country Day School |
| Puerto Rico | March 10, 2023 | Amir Trinidad Vidal- Saint John’s School |
| Rhode Island | March 12, 2023 | Natasha Connolly- Classical High School |
| South Carolina | March 4, 2023 | Catherine Wooten- Westgate Christian School |
| South Dakota | March 20, 2023 | Grace Powell- Dakota Valley High School |
| Tennessee | March 4, 2023 | Megan Ammons- Harding Academy of Memphis |
| Texas | March 11, 2023 | Mariam Botana de Armas- Northside School of Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship |
| Utah | March 15, 2023 | Aeva Dye-DelToro- Dixie High School |
| Vermont | March 16, 2023 | Greer Kennedy- St. Johnsbury Academy |
| Virgin Islands | March 11, 2023 | Annelia Graham- St. Croix 7th Day Adventist School |
| Virginia | March 10, 2023 | Evalynn Bogusz- Heritage High School |
| Washington | March 11, 2023 | Matthew Valentine- Olympia High School |
| West Virginia | March 11, 2023 | Morgan Sprouse- Bridgeport High School |
| Wisconsin | March 4, 2023 | Riley Saenim- The Prairie School |
| Wyoming | March 6, 2023 | Elora Umbach- Penn Foster High School |
State Finals
Find your state’s Poetry Out Loud coordinator here.