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2015 FOX WRITING CONTEST
The Department of Classics at Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois, is
proud to announce the winners of the thirtieth annual Bernice L. Fox
Classics Writing Contest. The topic of this year's contest, open to all
high school students, was “A Modern Version of a Myth from
Ovid's Metamorphoses - Retell a metamorphoses myth from Ovid's poem in a
modern, 21st-century context.” This year there were 91 entries from 27
schools in 15 states and the UK. Each entrant receives a certificate of
participation from Monmouth College.
The winner of a $250 cash award is Sheridan Marsh of Westridge School
for Girls in Pasedena, California. Sheridan’s teacher is Ms. Hilary
Eichelberger. The title of her paper was "Apollo and the Blossom
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