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 the March 2026 issue of Omnibus magazine, when the winning entry will be printed.

Sam Hood Translation Prize 2026

More details coming soon.

The Gladstone Memorial Essay Prize 2026

More details coming soon.

You can read previous winning entries into the Competition:

Anna Drummond Young on Plato (Issue 75)

Claudia Thomas on Aeneid 8 (Issue 71)

Natalya Khan on Roman Britain (Issue 67)

Ellie Moodey on Ovid (Issue 63)

Adam Lomax on Cleon (Issue 59)

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