Billboard Contest 2026

Valentina Aguilar

2026 Grand Prize Winner, Grade 2 
New Fairfield Elementary School – New Fairfield

Zahra Licina

2026 Grand Prize Winner, Grade 3 
New Fairfield Elementary School – New Fairfield

Shira Langberg

2026 Grand Prize Winner, Grade 8 
East Ridge Middle School – Ridgefield

Nidhi Shresta

2026 Grand Prize Winner, Grade 11
Weston High School – Weston

Joey Zuo

1st Place, Kindergarten
Candlewood Lake Elementary – Brookfield

Liam Son

2nd Place, Kindergarten
Redding Elementary – Redding

Celia Ku-Szoke

3rd Place, Kindergarten
Hudson Country Montessori – Danbury

Jason Colletti

Honorable Mention, Kindergarten
Frank A. Berry School – Bethel

Estella Simon

1st Place, First Grade
Redding Elementary – Redding

Scarlett Farrugio

2nd Place, First Grade
Hurlbutt Elementary – Weston

Chloe Li

3rd Place, First Grade
Miller-Driscoll Elementary – Wilton

Yarrow Pratt

Honorable Mention, First Grade
Sherman School – Sherman

Valentina Aguilar

1st Place, Second Grade
New Fairfield Elementary – New Fairfield

Jeffrey Zuo

2nd Place, Second Grade
Candlewood Lake Elementary – Brookfield

Maisie Castellano

3rd Place, Second Grade
Redding Elementary – Redding

Hadley Bond

Honorable Mention, Second Grade
Anna H. Rockwell – Bethel

Zahra Licina

1st Place, Third Grade
New Fairfield Elementary – New Fairfield

Jose Coreas Duarte

2nd Place, Third Grade
Sara Noble Elementary – New Milford

Davis O’Dea

3rd Place, Third Grade
Cider Mill – Wilton

Jacob Zylstra

Honorable Mention, Third Grade
Kent Center School – Kent

Ryleigh Barnes

1st Place, Fourth Grade
Sherman School – Sherman

Bernardo Damiani

2nd Place, Fourth Grade
Sara Noble Intermediate School – New Milford

Maia Simon

3rd Place, Fourth Grade
Redding Elementary – Redding

Lillian Church

Honorable Mention, Fourth Grade
Burnham School – Bridgewater

Quinn Hogan

Honorable Mention, Fourth Grade
Middle Gate School – Newtown

Evelynn McAllan

Honorable Mention, Fourth Grade
Booth Free School – Roxbury

Jameson Gmelin

1st Place, Fifth Grade
Ridgebury Elementary – Ridgefield

Ella Ackerson

2nd Place, Fifth Grade
John Reed Middle School – Redding

Paoli Mitra

3rd Place, Fifth Grade
Sarah Noble Intermediate – New Milford

Dylan Cleary

Honorable Mention, Fifth Grade
Sherman School – Sherman

Chloe Chawi

Honorable Mention, Fifth Grade
St. Rose School – Newtown

Skyler Reidhead

1st Place, Sixth Grade
East Ridge Middle School – Ridgefield

Aliza Bilal

2nd Place, Sixth Grade
Whisconier Middle School – Brookfield

Cara Vogel

3rd Place, Sixth Grade
Weston Middle School – Weston

Carolina Romano

Honorable Mention, Sixth Grade
Shepaug Regional School – Bridgewater

Julia Noszczyk

1st Place, Seventh Grade
New Fairfield Middle School – New Fairfield

Yeva Davidovna Cohen

2nd Place, Seventh Grade
Shepaug Valley School – Roxbury

Jae Eun Park

3rd Place, Seventh Grade
East Ridge Middle School – Ridgefield

Abigail Choi

Honorable Mention, Seventh Grade
Kent Center School – Kent

Shira Langberg

1st Place, Eighth Grade
East Ridge Middle School – Ridgefield

Amber Jiang

2nd Place, Eighth Grade
Whisconier Middle School – Brookfield

Madison Schlosser

3rd Place, Eighth Grade
New Fairfield Middle School – New Fairfield

Averi Spencer

Honorable Mention – Eighth Grade
Kent Center School – Kent

Laila Aquino

1st Place, Ninth Grade
New Milford High School – New Milford

Corina Knapp

2nd Place, Ninth Grade
New Fairfield High School – New Fairfield

Meera Coimbatore

3rd Place, Ninth Grade
Brookfield High School – Brookfield

Vi Monin

Honorable Mention, Ninth Grade
Wilton High School – Wilton

Sophie Zhang

1st Place, Tenth Grade
Wilton High School – Wilton

Chloe Worrell

2nd Place, Tenth Grade
Weston High School – Weston

Sofia Gomez

3rd Place, Tenth Grade
Bridgeway Academy – Danbury

Lizzie Cullinan

Honorable Mention, Tenth Grade
Bethel High School – Bethel

Nidhi Shresta

1st Place, Eleventh Grade
Weston High School – Weston

Lilah Reguin

2nd Place, Eleventh Grade
New Milford High School – New Milford

Madeleine Alagna

3rd Place, Eleventh Grade
Shepaug Valley School – Bridgewater

Ella Carlino

Honorable Mention, Eleventh Grade
Danbury High School – Danbury

Grace Gordon

1st Place, Twelfth Grade
Wilton High School – Wilton

Katie Aquino

2nd Place, Twelfth Grade
Brookfield High School – Brookfield

Kylie Connelly

3rd Place, Twelfth Grade
Weston High School – Weston

John Gaudenzi

Honorable Mention, Twelfth Grade
Danbury High School – Danbury