| Creative Expression |
| 1 | Hades Kammerude |
Cannon Falls H.S. |
A Girl I Used to Know |
| 2 | Caleb Miller |
Lake City H.S. |
The Morning Show |
| 3 | Hope Skelton |
Wabasha-Kellogg H.S. |
Bouquet of Love |
| Discussion |
| 1 | Ava Koopman |
Winona Cotter* |
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| 2 | Annie Cote |
Pine Island H.S. |
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| 3 | Ashtyn Fuller |
Lake City H.S. |
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| Duo Interpretation |
| 1 | Gradyn Taylor
Max Kuhn |
Randolph H.S. |
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Rachel Sheinkin |
| 2 | Lily Corcoran
Lilly Hansen |
Winona Cotter* |
How Much I Love You by KR Schneider |
| 3 | Alex Gulbranson
Brennus Braaten |
Fillmore Central H.S. |
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck |
| Extemporaneous Reading |
| 1 | Ella Bakken |
Chatfield/Perpich* |
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| 2 | Lauren Capelle |
Cannon Falls H.S. |
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| 3 | Adalee Geisinger |
Kenyon-Wanamingo H.S. |
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| Extemporaneous Speaking |
| 1 | Nathan Kiehne |
Winona Cotter* |
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| 2 | Eli Blahnik |
Winona Cotter* |
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| 3 | Karsyn Dyer |
Chatfield/Perpich* |
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| Great Speeches |
| 1 | Piper Carrels |
Wabasha-Kellogg H.S. |
People v Turner Victim Impact Statement by Chanel Miller |
| 2 | Lince Otterness |
Cannon Falls H.S. |
A More Perfect Union by Barak Obama |
| 3 | Tate Lewis-Douville |
Kenyon-Wanamingo H.S. |
Just Say No by Nancy Reagan |
| Humorous Interpretation |
| 1 | Rebecca Copeman |
Chatfield/Perpich* |
AI Speech Bot by Forrest Musselman |
| 2 | Hayden Huddleston |
Randolph H.S. |
Wilderness Bound by J.Patrick Moss |
| 3 | Wil Brokate |
Cannon Falls H.S. |
Hamilton Sasquatch by Jeffrey Longval, Kagan Hatch |
| Informative Speaking |
| 1 | Grace Parks |
Cannon Falls H.S. |
The Pursuit of Immortality |
| 2 | Rose Coffman |
Lake City H.S. |
Man-opoly? |
| 3 | LeYan Thean |
Winona Cotter* |
Skin Deep |
| Original Oratory |
| 1 | Erica Beckman |
Winona Cotter* |
The Sound of Silence |
| 2 | Rachel LaVan |
Randolph H.S. |
Manipulative Marketing |
| 3 | Aydria Baker |
Cannon Falls H.S. |
Magic Cannot Save Women |
| Serious Interpretation - Drama |
| 1 | Kennedy Diepenbrock |
Rushford-Peterson H.S. |
Medea by Euripides freely adapted by Robinson Jeffers |
| 2 | Greta Kunene |
Chatfield/Perpich* |
Ronald Regan Hates Your Ugly Mother by Cal Sasoon |
| 3 | Abi Peters |
Lake City H.S. |
Before Women Had Wings by Connie Mae Fowler |
| Serious Interpretation - Poetry |
| 1 | Adelaide Anderson |
Cannon Falls H.S. |
American Apathy by Rudy Francisco, Elizabeth Acevedo, Liv Hadams, Pages Matam, Lee Mok |
| 2 | Grace Churchill |
Cannon Falls H.S. |
Glorified by Topaz Winters, Olivia Gatwood, JG, RJ Wright |
| 3 | Cambria Bauer |
Rushford-Peterson H.S. |
Stories No One Wants to Hear (V - XII) by Anastasia Taylor-Lind |
| Serious Interpretation - Prose |
| 1 | Margaret Rol |
Lake City H.S. |
But Also Bring Cheese by Kate Tellers |
| 2 | Kayleigh Taylor |
Winona Cotter* |
Scars by David Ralph, Brian Weilert |
| 3 | Emily Churchill |
Cannon Falls H.S. |
A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold |
| Storytelling |
| 1 | Lily Doud |
Winona Cotter* |
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| 2 | Anna Copeman |
Chatfield/Perpich* |
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| 3 | Aubry Conway |
Cannon Falls H.S. |
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