NYSFL Declamation Top 3 speakers
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Third Place |
| 2003 | Steve Erosa, Iona Prep | Jimei Hon, Stuyvesant | Ryan O'Halloran, Regis |
| 2002 | Benji Unger, Bronx HS of Science | Liam Higgins, Iona Prep | Katherine Chan, The Mary Louis Academy |
| 2001 | Rachel Haber, Bronx H.S. of Science | A. J. Aronstein, Regis | Stephen Volpe, Regis |
| 2000 | Yousaf Khalid, Stuyvesant | Anthe Vorkas, Stuyvesant | Joshua Johnson, Rice |
| 1999 |
Charif Shanahan, Iona Prep |
Mary Kate Burke, Loyola |
Johnathan Judge-Russo, Regis |
| 1998 | Usman Akeju, Iona | David Moskowitz, Roslyn | David Kahne, Syosset |
| 1997 | Meghan Yost, Fairport | Jennifer Warren, Roslyn | Nick Johnson, Regis |
| 1996 | Eric Chesin, Syosset | Janine Mercandetti, Fairport | Diana Townsend-Butterwoth, The Chapin School |
| 1995 | Chris Sahm, Regis | Mary Rose, Stuvesant | Frank Todaro, Chaminade |
| 1994 | Anita Konka, Stuyvesant | Dave Hernandez, Chaminade | Heath Rosenthal, Stuyvesant |
| 1993 | May Nazareno, Loyola | Greg Epstein, Stuyvesant | Margaux Niederbach, Roslyn |
| 1992 | Greg Epstein, Stuyvesant | Matthew O'Brien, Stuyvesant | Heather Leavitt, Stuyvesant |
| 1991 | Lauren Gleicher, Syosset | Scott Chesin, Syosset | Norma Holland, Bishp Kearney (Rochester) |
| 1990 | Sheila Rao, St. Joseph Hill | Lauren Gleicher, Syosset | Amy Tuminaro, Stuyvesant |
| 1989 | Alexa O'Brien, Loyola | Philip Charles Pierre, Molloy | Marcel Braithwaite, St. Francis |
| 1988 | Marcel Braithwaite, St. Francis Prep | Heather Finn, St. Joseph Hill | Swati Rao, St. Joseph Hill |
| 1987 | Malik Harrison, Iona | Michelle McSwain, Mary Louis | Anthony Guinyard, Chaminade |
| 1986 | Deborah Dertinger, St. Joseph Hill | Randal Jean Baptiste, Xaverian | Malik Harrison, Iona |
| 1985* | John McGreal, Regis | Elizabeth Faublas, Nazareth | Christopher Rizzo, Xaverian |
| 1984 | Elizabeth Faublas, Nazareth | Spenger Charles, Nazareth | Patrick Jean, Nazareth |
| 1983 | Rhonda Tomlinson, John Adams | Sibel Ergener, Syosset | Ralph Parente, Chaminade |
| 1982 | Tracey Mickens, Uniondale | Karen Abettemarco, Nazareth | Karen Davis, Cardinal Spellman |
*-Top two speakers placed first & second respectively at NCFL Nationals in May 1985