Omnibus Magazine Gladstone Memorial Essay Prize

1. Eligibility
The Omnibus Magazine Gladstone Memorial Essay Prize is open to anyone under 19 and still in full-time education who has not yet complete A levels or IB.

2. Competition Topics
In this competition, students are invited to write an essay that must not exceed 2000 words. There are topics for students to choose from: 

• What can we learn about beliefs and ideas from archaeological remains? Choose one archaeological site as the basis for your discussion.
• What can Greek tragedies tell us about the classical Athenian view of the human condition?
• How similar were Greek and Roman ideas regarding masculinity?
• Should study of the ancient Greeks begin with the study of Homer?
• ‘The narrative and meaning of ancient artefacts in museums and galleries is shaped not by the objects themselves but by the museum curators.’ Discuss.
• Which writer of history in antiquity do historians today have most to learn from?
• ‘The politics gets in the way of the poetry.’ Discuss this verdict on Virgil’s Aeneid.
• ‘The mosaics from Romano-British villas show that by the fourth-century A.D. Britain had become thoroughly Romanized.’ Discuss.

3. 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. 

4. Submission
Entries should be submitted as e-mail attachments, preferably in Microsoft Word format, to ro225@cam.ac.uk. In addition, please give your name, school and email address on your essay, and keep a copy for yourself

5. Prize
The first prize stands at £200, the second at £100.