| Creative Expression |
| 1 | Ryan Cram |
Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial |
Writer's Block |
| 2 | Nix Barta |
St. Clair H.S. |
O-C-Did I Do That? |
| 3 | Grace Fischer |
Maple River H.S. |
"A Call to Heaven" |
| Discussion |
| 1 | Clark Streeter |
Mankato Loyola H.S. |
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| 2 | Abby Crosby |
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown H.S. |
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| 3 | Calixta Tessendorf |
Fairmont H.S. |
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| Duo Interpretation |
| 1 | Andrew Tieva
Kairi Alm |
Mankato Loyola H.S. |
Annie Hall by Woody Allen |
| 2 | Paige Berg
Elizabeth Halvorson |
Minnesota Valley Lutheran |
Little Shop of Horrors by Howard Ashman |
| 3 | Gisele McCabe
Molly Koester |
Mankato Loyola H.S. |
May December by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik |
| Extemporaneous Reading |
| 1 | Brielle Brown |
Maple River H.S. |
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| 2 | Kayla Bronk |
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown H.S. |
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| 3 | Avaya Schultz |
Mankato Loyola H.S. |
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| Extemporaneous Speaking |
| 1 | Belinda Lutterman |
Fairmont H.S. |
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| 2 | Levi Loughmiller |
Fairmont H.S. |
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| 3 | Emma Schmidt |
Fairmont H.S. |
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| Great Speeches |
| 1 | Matthew Soupir |
Mankato Loyola H.S. |
On Charlie Kirk and the Erosion of American Democracy by Bernie Sanders |
| 2 | Teya Waagner |
Mankato Loyola H.S. |
Those bullets didn’t care about politics, income, race, or religion by Malia Kimbrell |
| 3 | Alexandra Hanks |
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton H.S. |
Sam Fuentes’ Victim Impact Statement Against Nikolas Cruz by Sam Fuentes |
| Humorous Interpretation |
| 1 | Leon Yang |
Fairmont H.S. |
Ping Pong Playa' by Jessica Yu & Jimmy Tsai |
| 2 | Thomas Hamlet |
Fairmont H.S. |
TED by Seth Macfarlane, Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild |
| 3 | Megan Wheeler |
Fairmont H.S. |
Ruthless! by Joel Paley |
| Informative Speaking |
| 1 | Allie Street |
Fairmont H.S. |
The Price Tag on Parenting |
| 2 | Nora Doerr |
LeSueur-Henderson* |
The Sweet Shift |
| 3 | Rachelle Oelke |
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton H.S. |
Built on Belief: National Myth |
| Original Oratory |
| 1 | Annie Fuerstenberg |
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton H.S. |
Diagnosing the Vibe: The Unintended Consequences of Therapy Culture |
| 2 | Bella Coan |
Fairmont H.S. |
Just Kidding |
| 3 | Addie Lintelman |
Fairmont H.S. |
Quick to Compare |
| Serious Interpretation - Drama |
| 1 | Cooper Gudahl |
Fairmont H.S. |
Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan MacMillian |
| 2 | William Wellmann |
St. Clair H.S. |
Total Abandon by Larry Atlas |
| 3 | Lacey Reysack |
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown H.S. |
I'm Not Okay by Bradley Walton |
| Serious Interpretation - Poetry |
| 1 | Hailey McConnell |
LeSueur-Henderson* |
This is America by Kayden Ferris, Crysarr, Deborah Burris, Cayla Garman, Martín Espada, Bob Hicok |
| 2 | Anthony Klanderud |
Fairmont H.S. |
Unseen: A Poetry Program by Wolverton, Singer, Matanick, Anonymous, & Dylan |
| 3 | Paxton Haala |
St. Clair H.S. |
21, When the Writer Meets His Father, Beginning, Middle, and End by Patrick Roche, Phil Kaye |
| Serious Interpretation - Prose |
| 1 | Olivia McGowan |
St. Clair H.S. |
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous |
| 2 | Lucie Saliin |
Mankato Loyola H.S. |
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Lee Dugard |
| 3 | Jackson Henning |
Fairmont H.S. |
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini |
| Storytelling |
| 1 | Gavin Waagner |
Mankato Loyola H.S. |
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| 2 | Evan Reyelts |
Fairmont H.S. |
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| 3 | Zoe Johnson |
St. Clair H.S. |
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