Tennessee is divided into 14 districts for preliminary district competitions. Winners of each district competition will advance to the state competition based on the number of schools participating. Here are the districts:

District 1
Carter, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington counties

District 2
Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Fentress, Grainger, Jefferson, Scott, Sevier and Union counties

District 3
Knox County

District 4
Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea and Roane counties

District 5
Hamilton County

District 6
Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren and White counties

District 7
Cannon, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Rutherford and Sequatchie counties

District 8
Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and Wilson counties

District 9
Davidson County

District 10
Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson and Stewart counties

District 11
Bedford, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry, Wayne and Williamson counties

District 12
Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion and Weakley counties

District 13
Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Lauderdale, McNairy, Madison and Tipton counties

District 14
Shelby County