Information on the time, date, and location of State Finals will be updated as more competitions are scheduled and planned. Find your state's Poetry Out Loud coordinator here.
For information on the 2012 National Finals, click here.
| State | Date | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | February 20 | Margaret Payne |
| Alaska | March 27 | Aryeh Lax |
| Arizona | March 29 | Joshua Furtado |
| Arkansas | March 3 | Mary Newberry |
| California | March 26 | Corbin Schaefer Gomez |
| Colorado | March 20 | Samuel Opoku |
| Connecticut | March 21 | Miranda Pepin |
| Delaware | March 13 | Elizabeth Landon |
| District of Columbia | March 13 | Gerhard Jansen |
| Florida | March 10 | Katie McTigue |
| Georgia | March 31 | J. Michael Cheeves |
| Hawaii | March 18 | Brady Jernigan |
| Idaho | March 3 | Emily Hays |
| Illinois | March 29 | Carolyn M. Muller |
| Indiana | February 25 | Jordan Mather-Licht |
| Iowa | March 3 | Gwen Morrison |
| Kansas | March 31 | Cody Keener |
| Kentucky | March 21 | Curtlyn Kramer |
| Louisiana | March 24 | Keaghan P. Kane |
| Maine | March 23 | Tyler O'Brien |
| Maryland | March 3 | Brian Gilbert |
| Massachusetts | March 11 | Stephanie Igharosa |
| Michigan | March 10 | Randi Laundre |
| Minnesota | March 19 | Yemi Ajagbe |
| Mississippi | March 22 | Kristen Dupard |
| Missouri | March 21 | Cameron Locke |
| Montana | March 24 | Austin McMullan Graef |
| Nebraska | March 10 | Russell Heitman |
| Nevada | March 24 | Mandy Rae Titolo |
| New Hampshire | March 26 | Bria Frehner |
| New Jersey | March 21 | Kristin Tsuo |
| New Mexico | February 12 | Stephanie Garcia |
| New York | March 24 | Jason Michael Ware |
| North Carolina | March 24 | Jessica Kariisa |
| North Dakota | March 19 | Stephen Gasser |
| Ohio | March 24 | Makala Celeste White |
| Oklahoma | March 3 | Denise Burns |
| Oregon | March 31 | Jillian Frakes |
| Pennsylvania | March 26 | Daphnee R. McMaster |
| Puerto Rico | March 17 | Lucía Zoé Martínez López |
| Rhode Island | March 10 | Daraja Hinds |
| South Carolina | March 3 | Sam Gutshall |
| South Dakota | March 26 | Brian Rhoades |
| Tennessee | March 31 | Anita A Norman |
| Texas | February 25 | Krista Lambert |
| Utah | March 13 | MarKaye Hassan |
| Vermont | March 28 | Claude Mumbare |
| Virgin Islands | March 10 | Caprisha Richards |
| Virginia | March 15 | Ellen Marie Howerton |
| Washington | March 10 | Langston Ward |
| West Virginia | March 2 | Bruce McCuskey |
| Wisconsin | March 24 | Anna Alicia Wolfs |
| Wyoming | March 5 | Sara Ellingrod |
