Judging was recently completed in the 2008 I Dream a World arts contest. This contest invites Connecticut high school students to express their views on the death penalty through written work, visual art or song. Now in its third year, the Connecticut contest was patterned after a similar contest in Philadelphia and is a joint project of the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty and the American Friends Service Committee.
Art Work:
First Place Winner:	Ashley Cuprak of Coventry
Second Place Winner:	Emily Anderson of Wethersfield
Music:
First Place Winner:	Angela Shabazian of South Windsor
Written Word: Essay
First Place Winner:	Nick Allred of Sandy Hook
Second Place Winners:	Robert Courtney of Vernon William Griffin of Columbia
Third Place Winners:	Brendan Albetshi of Broad Brook Lauren Breslin of Vernon Victoria David of Tolland
Written Word: Poetry
First Place Winner:	Veronica Matta of East Hartford
Second Place Winners:	John Tyczkowski of Glastonbury
Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to all who participated. Look for information about the 2009 contest starting next fall.