Falmouth High School sophomore Ella Boyd, left, earned the top prize at the Merriconeag Poetry Festival, May 1 at Maine Coast Waldorf School’s Freeport campus. She led a contingent of four other Falmouth students selected as Festival finalists by eminent Maine poet Rachel Contreni Flynn. Others named to top positions include Anna Friberg, Cape Elizabeth High School junior, second place; Rachel Contreni Flynn, judge and award-winning poet; Charlotte Collins,North Yarmouth Academy 10th-grader, third place. Photo courtesy of Maxime Rumiel