Omnibus Magazine Sam Hood Translation Prize
Published biannually in March and September, Omnibus Magazine is dedicated to promoting Classics to students and teachers all around the world. The magazine hosts two competitions, one of which is the Omnibus Magazine Sam Hood Translation Prize. In this competition, students are invited to provide elegant, stylistic, and creative translations of Greek and Latin prose and verse.
Interested in the competition?
Competition Overview
Students under 19 years old
Eligibility
Free
Entry fee
July 7, 2025
Submission deadline
Sam Hood Translation Prize
Competition Information
Competition Details
1. Introduction
In this competition, students are invited to provide elegant, stylistic, and creative translations of Greek and Latin prose and verse. Below texts can be found here:
- Plutarch, Life of Antony 26.1-3
- Euripides, Electra 300-322
- Longus, Daphnis and Chloe 1.9.2-10.3
- Cicero, Pro Murena 22
- Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.708-31
- Propertius, Elegies 1.1-24
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 Dr Emma Greensmith: emma.greensmith@classics.ox.ac.uk
4. Prize
The prize winner will receive a cheque for £75 and a classical poetry book.
