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2026 Competition Deadline Released
Omnibus Magazine Sam Hood Translation Prize
Published biannually in March and September, Omnibus Magazine is dedicated to promote Classics to students and teachers all around the world. The magazine hosts two competitions annually, one of which is called Omnibus Magazine Sam Hood Translation Prize. More information below!
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Competition Overview
Students under 19 years old
Eligibility
Free
Entry Fee
July 7, 2026
Submission Deadline
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Competition Details
1. Introduction
In this competition, students are invited to provide elegant, stylistic, and creative translations of Greek and Latin prose and verse. The texts can be found here:
- Iliad 17.426-49
- Sophocles, Antigone 334-64
- Thucydides 2.41
- Horace, Odes 1.9
- Virgil, Georgics 4.499-527
- Tacitus, Histories 4.73
2. Entry Requirement
Upon submitting an entry, students are required to submit a statement from a teacher containing the teacher’s e-mail address confirming that the student is in full-time pre-university education.
3. Submission
Entries should be submitted electronically, as e-mail attachments, preferably in Microsoft Word format, to Professor Katherine Clarke (katherine.clarke@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk).
4. Prize
The prize winner will receive a cheque for £75 and a classical poetry book.
Class Recommendation
Prepare to compete at the highest level