| Creative Expression |
| 1 | Dara Akpan |
Centennial H.S. |
The Colors of Me |
| 2 | Hanan Mohamoud |
Columbia Heights H.S. |
Villainy For Dummies |
| 3 | Tenzin Bhakdo |
Irondale H.S. |
A Hero's Dream |
| Discussion |
| 1 | Asmaa Hamimoune |
Irondale H.S. |
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| 2 | Valina Gatzke |
White Bear Lake Area H.S. |
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| 3 | Jana Kathem |
Fridley H.S. |
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| Duo Interpretation |
| 1 | Logan Dam
Carrie Thomas |
Roseville Area H.S. |
Glitter Baby by Taylor Hunt |
| 2 | Gwenie Marshall
Elsie Thompson |
Irondale H.S. |
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk and Jim Uhls |
| 3 | Kell Lewen
Hannah Hudzinski |
Centennial H.S. |
Zoolander by Ben Stiller, John Hamburg, and Drake Sather |
| Extemporaneous Reading |
| 1 | Gabriella Jasiczek |
St. Anthony Village H.S. |
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| 2 | Olive Schroeder |
St. Anthony Village H.S. |
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| 3 | Ian Zeimet |
Columbia Heights H.S. |
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| Extemporaneous Speaking |
| 1 | Boyana Nikolova |
Irondale H.S. |
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| 2 | Sophia Amundgaard |
Stillwater Area H.S. |
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| 3 | Ella Venzke |
Stillwater Area H.S. |
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| Great Speeches |
| 1 | Sofia Marcellus |
Irondale H.S. |
State of the State Address by Tim Walz |
| 2 | Hailey Englund |
Irondale H.S. |
I See Something by Dananjaya Hettiarachchi |
| 3 | Masno Jama |
Columbia Heights H.S. |
Cory Booker's Marathon Floor Speech by Cory Booker |
| Humorous Interpretation |
| 1 | Mattox Tan |
Mounds View H.S. |
37 Origami Bees by John Busser |
| 2 | Elsa Dungan-Hawks |
St. Anthony Village H.S. |
The Castle by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Rob Stitch |
| 3 | Birdie Bolin |
Irondale H.S. |
Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola |
| Informative Speaking |
| 1 | Lexie Gjerning |
Forest Lake H.S. |
A World of Color |
| 2 | Rhunell Zarzar |
Stillwater Area H.S. |
Cultural Contributions of African Americans |
| 3 | Sundus Abdullahi |
Roseville Area H.S. |
Making Up the Beauty Industry |
| Original Oratory |
| 1 | Aryanna Charles |
White Bear Lake Area H.S. |
Digital Black Face |
| 2 | Aishah Javed |
Mounds View H.S. |
No Such Thing As Neutral |
| 3 | Maitreya Reeder |
St. Anthony Village H.S. |
I Speak for the Trees |
| Serious Interpretation - Drama |
| 1 | Daphne Kleinschmit |
Columbia Heights H.S. |
Inter Alia by Suzie Miller |
| 2 | Mo Alsh |
Fridley H.S. |
Burns by Robert Shaffron |
| 3 | Zak Mohamed |
Fridley H.S. |
So I Killed a Few People by David Summers, Gary Rudoren |
| Serious Interpretation - Poetry |
| 1 | Samantha Bolin |
Irondale H.S. |
Losing My Mind by Various Authors |
| 2 | Amera Husein |
Fridley H.S. |
Killing is a Sin: A Poetry Program by Erica Nguyen, AI, Woody Guthrie |
| 3 | Maryam Shahkhan |
Mounds View H.S. |
Cages Give Birth to Wings: A Program by Noor Hindi, Maria Kelson, Jose Bello, Robert Spender Knotts, Adriana Gonzalez-Ibarra, Faiz Ahmed Faiz |
| Serious Interpretation - Prose |
| 1 | Linden Phillip |
St. Anthony Village H.S. |
Through a Window by Angela Johnson |
| 2 | Ellie McKenzie |
Forest Lake H.S. |
A Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment and Madness by Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett |
| 3 | Daniel James |
Columbia Heights H.S. |
Valleys of Death by Will Richardson |
| Storytelling |
| 1 | Grace Leffler |
Forest Lake H.S. |
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| 2 | Quinn Kaufman |
St. Anthony Village H.S. |
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| 3 | Hwong Xiong |
Fridley H.S. |
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