21 February 2022
The Mary Renault 2022 essay competition is now open!
The Mary Renault Prize is a Classical Reception essay prize for school or college sixth form pupils, awarded by the Principal and Fellows of St Hugh...
Read More
Mary Renault Prize Competition, 2019
We received our largest number of submissions this year for the Mary Renault Prize.
The judges awarded first prize to Alicja Sobiepańska, in the final year of high school at Kolegium św. Rodziny w Łomiankach, Poland, for her essay entitled: ‘How does “Big Bellies” by Alina Szpocznikow use the classical heritage as a tool for examining the female body?’
Two joint second prizes were awarded. They went to:
Sebastian Bird, in Year 12 at Clifton College, Bristol for his essay entitled:
‘Oaths and humours: the reception of Hippocrates’, and;
Eve Freeman, in Year 12 at Alleyn’s School, London for her essay entitled:
‘How far do translations shape our understanding of ancient literature?’
