Creative Writing Prize 2024

In collaboration with our friends at the Ashmolean Museum

ashmolean

 

Choose one of the four objects below and use it to inspire you to create one of the following:
 

Poem

Short story

Dialogue

Dramatic monologue

Creative description

Object 1

herakles

Object 2

bronze baby

Object 3

odysseus

Object 4

mummy portrait
Click on each image for more info about the object and a larger, zoomable photo.

 

Make sure that your entry is no more than 500 words and email it to us at outreachcompetition@classics.ox.ac.uk 

You can attach it as a Word or PDF file, or simply send us a good, clear photo of your creation.

Only include your name, age and object number in the email. Don't write it on your entry because these will be judged anonymously.

The last day for entry is Sunday 26 May and entries won't be accepted after this date.

 

randolph sculpture gallery

 

Each object has been chosen by one of four special guest judges from the Ashmolean Museum:

 

Claire Burton - Collections Manager in the Department of Antiquities

Liam McNamara - Keeper of the Department of Antiquities

Milena Melfi - Curator of the Cast Gallery

Xa Sturgis - Director of the Ashmolean Museum

 

Winners will be selected in each of the following categories:

 

Ages 11-13

Ages 14-16

Ages 17-18

 

The first prize winner (plus a parent or guardian) in each age category will be invited to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford (we'll pay travel expenses within the UK).

There you'll take part in an exclusive handling session using artefacts from the Ashmolean's Antiquities collection. 

The second, third and fourth places in each category will each receive a £50 gift token.

 

GOOD LUCK!