Competitions

Awards

The CA Prize

The prestigious Classical Association Prize aims to recognise outstanding contributions to the promotion of Classics in the UK and is awarded annually to the person, group, or project whose work is felt to have...

Teaching Awards 2024

Our 2024 awards were presented at the University of Warwick during our annual Conference, with thanks to our co-sponsors of individual awards, the National Extension College and Bloomsbury Academic. Karenza Nutley, Promoting the Study...

Teaching Awards

Each year, the CA is proud to award prizes of £500 to individuals or projects which have had a significant and positive impact on the teaching of Classics in the UK. Our Awards recognise...

Teaching Awards 2023

Scroll down to read some of the citations for the winners of our previous annual awards. Our warmest congratulations to these very deserving winners and our heartfelt thanks on behalf of the Classical...

Teaching Awards 2022

Teaching Awards 2021-2022 John Hazel, Lifetime Achievement: In the words of one of his nominators: “John has been a fount of knowledge, encouragement and good humour – a wonderful example, particularly for the...

Teaching Awards 2021

After sending out a call for nominations in January 2021 for our first ever round of the annual Classical Association Teaching Awards, we were delighted to receive nominations for individuals or teams, which...

Competitions Calendar

Browse a range of Creative Competitions, inspired by the ancient world, that are open for entries in 2026. The open competitions are arranged in order of their closing date; some are listed at the...

Verse and Voice Competition

We are delighted to be working in collaboration with Sir John Soane’s Museum for our 2026 Competition, which was free for everyone to enter, of any age, across the world. Entries are NOW...

Mythology Competition 2026

We are delighted to announce a Mythology Competition for school students, or those being home-educated, both in the UK and across the world, who are in Key Stages 2 and 3 (or equivalent) i.e....

Omnibus Competitions

Every year, our Omnibus magazine runs two competitions for students aged under 19 in full-time education: a translation prize and an essay prize. These 2025 Competitions are now closed. The winners will be announced in...

U25 Competition 2025

As part of our Celebrating Classics Campaign, we launched a brand new competition which was open to everybody, across the world, and celebrated how and why we study the ancient past. Scroll down to...

25+ Competition 2025

As part of our Celebrating Classics Campaign, we launched a brand new competition which was open to everybody, across the world, and celebrates how and why we study the ancient past. We wanted...

Young Speaker of the Year 2024

We are delighted to announce the winners of our Competition. Oscar Coupe (Hornsea School and Language College) and Kitty Langdon (Tiffin Girls’ School) were selected as joint winners of the Competition and...

Poetry Competition 2024

RESULTS Congratulations to all of the entrants in our 2024 Poetry Competition, held in honour of our former CA President Anne Carson, and particularly to those who were highly commended, shortlisted and longlisted....

Photography Competition 2023

Congratulations to all entrants in our 2023 Competition and to those shortlisted and awarded prizes. Scroll to view the winning photographs. The Overall Winner – Shadows in the Cave by David Travis In...

Bloomsbury Writing 2023

In 2023, in partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing, we ran a creative writing competition to give girls, young women and non-binary writers aged 19 or under the opportunity to have their creative work appear...

Creative Writing Competition 2022

To celebrate the appointment of actor, broadcaster, narrator and writer Stephen Fry as the CA’s Honorary President for 2021-22, we held a nationwide Creative Writing competition for writers and classicists of all ages....

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