2009 State Champions

Poetry Out Loud has announced the top twelve finalists in this year’s National Competition - high school poetry recitation champions who will advance to the Finals on Tuesday, April 28 at 7pm at the Lisner Auditorium. The winner walks away with the title of National Champion and a $20,000 award. The Tuesday evening National Finals are free and open to the public, no reservations required.

FINALISTS FROM SEMIFINAL ONE

Maine – Will Whitham
Ohio – Mido Aly
Vermont – Audrey Kiely
Virginia – William Farley

FINALISTS FROM SEMIFINAL TWO

Illinois – Kareem Sayegh
Kansas – Madeline E. Roger
Kentucky – Barbara Gooding
Missouri -- Peter Winfrey

FINALISTS FROM SEMIFINAL THREE

Texas – Stanley Andrew Jackson III
South Dakota – Wiyaka His Horse Is Thunder
Arizona – Erik Hollis
Colorado – Kaleena Rose Kovach

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