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Classics Prize Submission Form

Prize submissions are due at 5 p.m. on the last day of classes each spring semester (or at the end of each fall semester for students graduating before May of the given academic year). Prize submissions will be accepted via this online form. Any questions should be sent to classics@fas.harvard.edu.

For Graduate Students

Information about all GSAS prizes may be found on the website of the Prize Office (from which most of the information below is taken). This page highlights those of particular interest to students of the Classics.

Prizes awarded by annual competition

Bowdoin Prizes for Graduate Students: Information for the 2023–2024 Graduate Bowdoin Prize

  • Graduate Composition in Greek: An annual prize of $3,500 is offered for an original essay in Classical Greek. The essay may be on any subject chosen by the competitor, and must contain at least 1,000 words. Essays previously presented for other prizes, or for academic recognition elsewhere than in Harvard University, or already published, are not admissible. Dissertations offered for the degree of Ph.D. in Harvard University are admissible. If a thesis chapter is submitted, it must be so modified that it stands alone as a complete essay. Each manuscript must be submitted online by 5 p.m. on the last day of classes in the spring semester.

  • Graduate Composition in Latin: An annual prize of $3,500 is offered for an original essay in Classical Latin. The essay may be on any subject chosen by the competitor, and must contain at least 1,000 words. Essays previously presented for other prizes, or for academic recognition elsewhere than in Harvard University, or already published, are not admissible. Dissertations offered for the degree of Ph.D. in Harvard University are admissible. If a thesis chapter is submitted, it must be so modified that it stands alone as a complete essay. Each manuscript must be submitted online by 5 p.m. on the last day of classes in the spring semester.