Three cheers for Connecticut’s 2015 Poetry Out Loud State Champion, Owen Elphick from E.O. Smith High School! Owen will represent Connecticut at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington DC at the end of April.

A special congratulations to the first runner up, Renee Weisz from Staples High School!

Congratulations to all of the performers who represented their school at the regional and state level competitions. Another wonderful year of Poetry Out Loud in Connecticut!