2025 FINALS
Date: November 30, 2025
Location: Theatre Museum, E. Smiļģa iela 37, Riga
Event Time: 12:00–14:30
The MC announces the participant’s name, school, and teacher.
The finalist introduces the title of the poem and its author.
Dress Code: Smart Casual.
Note: Please bring ID.
Grades 9-12 12:05 - 12:30
| Name | The name of the poem | The author of the poem | School | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jelizaveta Kapitaņņikova | Richard Cory | Edwin Arlington Robinson | Riga Secondary school Nr40 | Jevgēnija Beznosika |
| Madara Bērziņa | The Poet | Mary Cornelia Hartshorne | Ogre State Gymnasium | Natālija Burišina |
| Ričards Erleckis | A Distant Song | John Gould Fletcher | Jelgava 4th Secondary school | Diāna Fogta |
| Jana Mališevska | Dulce et decorum est | Wilfred Owen | Riga Building College | Marina Marusova |
| Bernadeta Marta Šaķe | Immortality | Clare Harner | Art Education Competence Centre RIGA SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ART | Svetlana Oše |
| Ance Jete Martinsone | November | Inga Pizāne | Art Education Competence Centre RIGA SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ART | Svetlana Oše |
| Poļina Ivanova | Invitation to Love | Paul Laurence Dunbar | Riga Zolitude Grammar School | Jeļena Kovilova |
| Maxims Karpovs | When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead | Charles Hamilton Sorley | Riga Zolitude Grammar School | Jeļena Kovilova |
| Jaroslavs Pidjašs | Invictus | William Ernest Henley | Riga Zolitude Grammar School | Adriana Leonora Martinkevica |
| Lelde Katrīna Prikule | Her Kind | Anne Sexton | RCHV Riga Center Language School | Ilona Ceļmalniece |
| Kira Kateša Zadovska | What They Did Yesterday Afternoon | Warsan Shire | RCHV Riga Center Language School | Liene Paneva |
| Lote Rumba | Phenomenal Woman | Maya Angelou | RCHV Riga Center Language School | Nora Jurjāne |
| Gundega Sirvide | The Little Things In Life | Jolene Daniels | Latgalian Music and Arts High School | Inna Pētersone |
| Milana Ufrutova | You Don't Have To Be A Doormat | Patricia Fleming | Riga Secondary school Nr 92 | Antis Antons Viņķelis |
| Kate Kalniņa | 10 Things I Hate About You | Karen McCullah Lutz | Cēsis Secondary school | Elizabete Oldermane |
Age group 12-14 y.o. 12:30 - 12:45
| Name | The name of the poem | The author of the poem | School | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnija Voitkeviča | O Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore Art Thou Romeo? | William Shakespeare | Riga Zolitude Grammar School | Zhanna Daragane |
| Mudivarthi Naiana | The Mystic Sea | Paul Laurence Dunbar | Riga Zolitude Grammar School | Zhanna Daragane |
| Andrejs Grjaznihs | O Captain! My Captain | Walt Whitman | Riga Secondary school No.34 | Jeļena Mališeva |
| Kajs Lorenss | Song of the Witches | William Shakespeare | RCHV Riga Center Language School | Ivita Abrama |
| Šarlote Kalpeniece | Barter | Sara Teasdale | Riga Primary school” Rīdze” | Sandra Šteinberga |
| Edgars Romancevičs | Remember | Joy Harjo | Daugavpils Tehnology school - lyceum | Ludmila Lastovka |
| Kamils Buļs | At The Parrot Sanctuary | Esther Morgan | Daugavpils Tehnology school - lyceum | Ludmila Lastovka |
Age group 10-11 y.o. 12:45 - 13:00
| Name | The name of the poem | The author of the poem | School | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasmīna Laura Kirikova | An Owl-Atics | Gordon Snell | Berģu Music and Arts Elementary School | Inonanta Millere |
| Marija Golovanova | Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face | Jack Prelutsky | Riga State Classical Gymnasium | Anna Sarkisova |
| Anna Pikuļina | Horton Hatches The Egg | Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss | Riga Secondary School Nr 95 | Jeļena Miloša |
| Hilda Staņa | My Brother Ate My Smartphone | Kenn Nesbitt | Riga French Lyceum | Anita Birnbauma |
| Dārta Vāverāne | Daffodils | WIlliam Wordsworth | Salaspils 1st Secondary School | Nadežda Jevsejeva |
| Filips Avens | Dulce Et Decorum Est | Wilfred Owen | King's College Latvia | Lara Jakob |
| Annika Sukure | Happines | L.E.Browman | Cēsis Secondary school | Elizabete Oldermane |
Creative Writing
Grades 9-12 13:00 - 13:20
| Name | School | Teacher |
|---|---|---|
| Jelizaveta Kapitaņņikova | Riga Secondary school Nr40 | Jevgēnija Beznosika |
| Madara Bērziņa | Ogre State Gymnasium | Natālija Burišina |
| Ričards Erleckis | Jelgava 4th Secondary school | Diāna Fogta |
| Jana Mališevska | Riga Building College | Marina Marusova |
| Bernadeta Marta Šaķe | Art Education Competence Centre RIGA SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ART | Svetlana Oše |
| Ance Jete Martinsone | Art Education Competence Centre RIGA SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ART | Svetlana Oše |
| Poļina Ivanova | Riga Zolitude Grammar School | Jeļena Kovilova |
| Maxims Karpovs | Riga Zolitude Grammar School | Jeļena Kovilova |
| Jaroslavs Pidjašs | Riga Zolitude Grammar School | Adriana Leonora Martinkevica |
| Lelde Katrīna Prikule | RCHV Riga Center Language School | Ilona Ceļmalniece |
| Kira Zadovska | RCHV Riga Center Language School | Liene Paneva |
| Lote Rumba | RCHV Riga Center Language School | Nora Jurjāne |
| Gundega Sirvide | Latgalian Music and Arts High School | Inna Pētersone |
| Milana Ufrutova | Riga Secondary school Nr 92 | Antis Antons Viņķelis |
| Kate Kalniņa | Cēsis Secondary school | Elizabete Oldermane |