Tests, Contests, and Competitions Related to the Classics
Individual Tests and Competitions:
National Latin Examination – (2nd week in March – application
mid January)
website: http://www.nle.org
Medusa Mythology Examination (last week in March – application –mid
Feb)
website: www.medusaexam.org
National Mythology Examination (last week of Feb – 9th grade)
website: http://www.etclassics.org/NMExam.html
Fox Writing Contest – (postmarked March 15)
website: http://department.monm.edu/classics/Department/FoxContest
NJCL Writing Contest (postmarked early February)
website: http://www.njcl.org/activities/annual/crwrite.htm
CAMWS Translation Contest (last week of February – application -
Feb 2)
website: http://www.camws.org/awards/college.html
(future possibility)
Vergil Translation Contest/Declamation Contest
website: http://www.vergil.clarku.edu/sortes07.htm
(no longer offered)
Interpretor Translation Contest (end of October)
website: http://www.loyola.edu/classics/translation.html
Student Group Contests
OJCL Convention (2nd weekend in March)
website: http://www.ohiojcl.org/
NJCL Convention (end of July)
website: http://www.njcl.org/activities/2008/convention/default.asp
Art Contests
OCC Folder Contests (submissions – May)
website: http://www.xavier.edu/OCC
ACL Poster Contest (submissions – June)
website: http://www.aclclassics.org/institute/2008/Poster.aspx
APA Comic Contest (submission – November)
website: http://www.apaclassics.org/APA-MENU.html
OFLA Conference Cover Contest (submission – November)
website: http://www.ofla-online.com/index.php
Acting Contest
CASE Dionysia (performances mid November)
website: http://www.case.edu/artsci/clsc/documents/TeamRegistrationFormFall2007.doc
Download the handout, “What Latin Can do For You – Scholarships, Grants, and Competitions for Teachers and Students,” compiled by Stergios Lazos of Saint Edward High School.