| Creative Expression |
| 1 | Lily Thompson |
Hill City/Northland* |
Was It Worth It? |
| 2 | Ash Eggersgluess |
Rush City H.S. |
The Poet Asylum |
| 3 | Audi L. Hoechst |
Mesabi East H.S. |
A Quiet Corner |
| Discussion |
| 1 | Anthony Bergeron |
Pine City H.S. |
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| 2 | John McEachran |
Hinckley-Finlayson H.S. |
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| 3 | Eve Hemstad |
International Falls H.S. |
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| Duo Interpretation |
| 1 | Linnaea Yount Leah Boe |
International Falls H.S. |
A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz |
| 2 | Phoenix Hood Trenton Janckila |
Mountain Iron-Buhl H.S. |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon |
| 3 | MiLynn Einberger Nevaeh Manninen |
Cromwell-Wright H.S. |
How to Survive A Horror Movie by Seth Grahame-Smith |
| Extemporaneous Reading |
| 1 | Izzy Cerrillo |
Mille Lacs* |
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| 2 | Abriana Talberg |
Rush City H.S. |
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| 3 | Makenzie Little |
Northeast Range* |
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| Extemporaneous Speaking |
| 1 | Audrey Moeller |
Marshall School, Duluth |
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| 2 | Rylyn Cooper |
Cherry H.S. |
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| 3 | Gunner Gjerstad |
Mille Lacs* |
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| Great Speeches |
| 1 | Daniel Dutcher |
Hinckley-Finlayson H.S. |
Speech to Next Up Business : Business Lessons from the Simpsons by Joel Cohen |
| 2 | Charlene Kowarsch |
Cherry H.S. |
A Question of Personal Privilege by Alexandria Ocasio Cortez |
| 3 | Olivia Nelson |
Ogilvie H.S. |
America Has Gone To Sleep by Shirley Chisholm |
| Humorous Interpretation |
| 1 | Tiegen Fryberger |
Marshall School, Duluth |
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Rachel Sheinkin, William Finn and Rebecca Feldman |
| 2 | Ezra Gavol |
Mesabi East H.S. |
Act II Scene II by Kindra Campbell |
| 3 | Kaelyn Nelson |
Cherry H.S. |
The Perfect Ending by B. Dwayne Craft |
| Informative Speaking |
| 1 | Saanvi Naveen |
Marshall School, Duluth |
The Prisoner's Dilemma |
| 2 | Joey Smith |
Cherry H.S. |
The Story of Comfort Items |
| 3 | Briseida Pineda |
Pine City H.S. |
The Romanov Timeline |
| Original Oratory |
| 1 | Isabelle Appelwick |
Mountain Iron-Buhl H.S. |
Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
| 2 | Tegan Fordahl |
South Ridge H.S. |
Raise the Red Flag |
| 3 | Jasper Helander |
Mountain Iron-Buhl H.S. |
Just A Lazy Teenager |
| Serious Interpretation - Drama |
| 1 | Elijah Kallberg |
Pine City H.S. |
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman |
| 2 | Liam Grodijenko |
Rush City H.S. |
The Glory Box by Tim Miller |
| 3 | Davanie Wodash |
Hinckley-Finlayson H.S. |
God, If You're Really Out There by Cynthia Riebesell |
| Serious Interpretation - Poetry |
| 1 | Amber Sopoci |
Northeast Range* |
Relapse, Contemplation, Aftermath, and Cleansing, A Letter From Your Disease, Dear Addiction by Samantha Menard, Seira, and Zeb Edington |
| 2 | Joley Grangruth |
Cherry H.S. |
True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff |
| 3 | Maxx Patterson |
Mille Lacs* |
Teaching the Important Things: A Poetry Program by Carl Dennis, Mary Rueffle. Carlos Andres Gomez, Taylor Mali |
| Serious Interpretation - Prose |
| 1 | Sawyer FierkeLepp |
South Ridge H.S. |
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce |
| 2 | Sydney Orcutt |
Northeast Range* |
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton |
| 3 | Ethan Perlinger |
Marshall School, Duluth |
I Don’t Need My Life to Be Remarkable - Orli's Story by Sarah Wildman |
| Storytelling |
| 1 | Eva Morgan |
Northeast Range* |
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| 2 | Greta Price |
South Ridge H.S. |
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| 3 | Elsie Sather |
Proctor H.S. |
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