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 18 | Sabria White |
| Alaska | March 19 | Tong Thao |
| Arizona | March 20 | Cassandra Valadez |
| Arkansas | March 2 | Mandy Nguyen |
| California | March 25 | Arwa Awan |
| Colorado | March 19 | Alice Kildeff |
| Connecticut | March 12 | Kamryn Harmeling |
| Delaware | March 6 | Jordan McMillan |
| District of Columbia | March 18 | Nathalie Dary |
| Florida | March 9 | Kourtney Brooker |
| Georgia | March 2 | Janea Feeney |
| Hawaii | March 3 | Emma Stewart |
| Idaho | March 16 | Savina Barini |
| Illinois | March 8 | Rapheal Mathis |
| Indiana | February 23 | Emma Libersky |
| Iowa | March 3 | Dakota Meyer |
| Kansas | March 15 | Aaron Brown |
| Kentucky | March 12 | Gabby Thompson |
| Louisiana | March 9 | Alexis Granville |
| Maine | March 20 | Dyer Rhoads |
| Maryland | March 9 | Blessed Sheriff |
| Massachusetts | March 10 | Courtney Stewart |
| Michigan | February 23 | Richard Wu |
| Minnesota | March 18 | Oluwatosin Oyeyemi Ajagbe |
| Mississippi | March 7 | Akane Little |
| Missouri | March 14 | Essence Imani Lee |
| Montana | March 9 | Taylor Blossom |
| Nebraska | March 9 | Russell Heitman |
| Nevada | March 16 | Graciela Maya-Joseph |
| New Hampshire | March 15 | Daniel Belshaw |
| New Jersey | March 15 | Kavita Oza |
| New Mexico | March 3 | SethWilson I. Gray |
| New York | March 16 | Liam McKenna |
| North Carolina | March 16 | Casey Goggin |
| North Dakota | March 4 | Janessa Hensrud |
| Ohio | March 16 | Taribo Osuobeni |
| Oklahoma | March 9 | Denise Burns |
| Oregon | March 16 | Roselynn Reyes |
| Pennsylvania | March 11 | David Gress |
| Puerto Rico | March 9 | Melany Vasquez |
| Rhode Island | March 17 | Jenifer Henriquez |
| South Carolina | March 16 | Katherine Murchison |
| South Dakota | March 18 | Samuel Pearson |
| Tennessee | March 2 | Whitney Baxter |
| Texas | February 23 | Maria Zuniga |
| Utah | March 12 | Devin Jones |
| Vermont | March 13 | Christian DeKett |
| Virgin Islands | March 9 | Josae Martin |
| Virginia | March 14 | Mimi Wack |
| Washington | March 9 | Langston Ward |
| West Virginia | March 9 | Tim DiFazio |
| Wisconsin | March 16 | Nayeli Itehua |
| Wyoming | March 5 | Sara Ellingrod |
