of "Novel" by Arthur Rimbaud. Also successful was second-time national finalist Nicholas Amador of Punahou, Hawaii. Iree Mann from Syosset, New York was third. 2018 - Charleston, South Carolina native Janae Claxton won first place with C.K. Williams' "The Gaffe." For the third year in a row, Nicholas Amador of Punahou, Hawaii claimed a top spot, earning a second-place to finish off his senior year competition. Third place was awarded to Hope Stratman from Omaha, Nebraska. 2019 - Minnesota high school senior student, Isabella Callery won the title of the 2019 Poetry Out Loud National Championship for her recitations of poems by Joy Harjo, Natalie Diaz, and Charles Lamb. 2020 - The national competition was cancelled due to COVID-19; instead, state winners and winners from regional competitions that didn't get to participate in cancelled state competitions were honored. 2021 - Rahele Megosha of South Dakota won the national competition. 2022 - Mia Ronn of California won the national competition. State summaries References External links American poetry awards Awards established in 2006 2006 establishments in the United States