Competitions (Arts & Humanities)

Here you can find the full details for every competition you can enter as part of the Arts & Humanities strand of the Year 12 course.

With each session in the Year 12 course, we will include a competition for you to participate in, based on the Taster Lecture in that session. Some of these will be writing prompts, some will be problem questions and some will be creative assignments. After each session, you will find the associated ‘Going Further’ document, which contains full details of the competition for that session, alongside some further reading resources on that topic, on the Arts & Humanities course content page, and also below.

All pupils enrolled on the Year 12 Arts & Humanities course may participate in any of the competitions listed on this page.

How to enter

*If we do not receive a completed cover sheet with your entry, we will NOT be able to consider the entry.

Prizes

For each competition, up to 5 winning entries will each receive a £10 Amazon voucher. Each winning entry will also be published on the Year 12 Arts and Humanities Competitions page about a week after each competition’s closing date.

Terms and Conditions

  1. You must complete the Competition Cover Sheet and submit it along with your entry to inspire@sjc.ox.ac.uk before the closing date. If we do not receive a completed cover sheet with your entry, we will NOT be able to consider the entry.
  2. The competition closes at 5pm on the deadline specified.
  3. The work you submit must be entirely your own and should be within the stated word limit. Please include your name on both the cover sheet AND the entry.
  4. Unless specified otherwise, written work and images should be submitted in Word or PDF format, and should be emailed as attachments. Please do NOT use file-sharing systems such as SharePoint or Google Docs.
  5. Competition winners will be contacted via email about two weeks after the competition’s closing date. The following prizes will be awarded:
    1. a. Up to 5 top entries: £10 Amazon gift voucher, entry listed on Inspire Digital

Session 1: Medieval Crime and Punishment

This competition is based on Professor Hannah Skoda’s lecture on Medieval Crime and Punishment. Find out all the details in the Going Further document below!

Release date: 23 March 2021
Competition deadline: 6 April 2021

Session 2: Documenting Endangered Knowledge in Korr, Northern Kenya

This competition is based on Dr Samuel Derbyshire’s article on Documenting Endangered Knowledge. Find out all the details in the Article Session below!

Release date: 6 April 2021
Competition deadline: 20 April 2021

Session 3: How Do People Persist Through Time?

This competition is based on Professor Nicholas Jones’ lecture on How People Persist Through Time. Find out all the details in the Going Further document below!

Release date: 28 April 2021
Competition deadline: 12 May 2021

Session 4: How is Digital Data Transforming How Cities Work?

This competition is based on Professor Gillian Rose’s lecture on How Digital Data Is Transforming How Cities Work. Find out all the details in the Going Further document below!

Release date: 19 May 2021
Competition deadline: 2 June 2021

Session 5: Tradition and Innovation in Modern Poetry

This competition is based on Dr George Potts’ lecture on Tradition and Innovation in Modern Poetry. Find out all the details in the Going Further document below!

Release date: 8 June 2021
Competition deadline: 22 June 2021

Session 6: Athenian Democracy: Modes of Thinking about Different Worlds

This competition is based on Stephan Nitu’s lecture on Athenian Democracy: Modes of Thinking about Different Worlds. Find out all the details in the Going Further document below!

Release date: 24 June 2021
Competition deadline: 8 July 2021