It is with great pleasure that we announce the results of this year’s Poetry Out Loud competition at Boston Latin School. Our first place winner will advance to the Regional Finals, sponsored by the Huntington Theater Company. Heartfelt thanks to our English Department judges: Mx. Amico, Ms. Barich, and Mr. Sanford.

Our winners are: First place: Ruth Shiferaw, Class I Second place (tie): Elizabeth Choi, Class III; and Jack Trapanick, Class II Third place: Graciela Berman Reinhardt, Class I Warmest congratulations to all participants for making the work of our judges so challenging! We honor you for your fine accomplishment, in the spirited example of our nation’s first Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. Poetry will continue to thrive thanks to young people like our POL participants!