The Bernice L. Fox
Classics Writing Contest
Winners
1985-Present

2008 Winner: Nadia Pierrehumbert of Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois. The topic of this year's contest was “The Modern Labors of Hercules: If Hercules were alive today what twelve labors would he perform?”  This year there were 233 entries from 57 schools in 22 states. Contest statistics and list of honorable mentions. Click here to read the winning entry.
2007 Winner: Michael Seitz of Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee. The goal of this year's contest was for the students to imagine a Greek hero giving an address to a joint session of the U. S. Congress today. This year there were 147 entries from 29 schools in 17 states. Contest statistics and list of honorable mentions. Click here to read the winning entry.
2006 Winner: Mary Caroline Miller of Midlothian High School in Midlothian, Virginia. The goal of this year's contest was to compare a living American president to an appropriate character from Greek mythology. The title of the winning entry was "Carter and Hestia: Faithful Servants."  123 entries from 28 schools in 18 states. Contest statistics and list of honorable mentions. Click here to read the winning entry.
2005 Winner: Amanda Galloway of Midlothian High School in Midlothian, Virginia. Topic: Imagine that Helen of Troy is on trial for causing the Trojan War in a modern American courtroom. Give your closing remarks to the jury as either the prosecutor or defense attorney. 196 entries from 59 schools in 23 states. Contest statistics and list of honorable mentions. Click here to read the winning entry
2004 Winner: Noah Weiss of Edwin O. Smith High School in Storrs, Connecticut. Topic: Retell the story of the Judgement of Paris in a 21st-Century Context. 221 entries from 59 schools in 20 states and New Zealand. Contest statistics and list of honorable mentions. Click here to read the winning entry.
2003 Winner: Christine Boylan of Rosary High School in Aurora, Illinois. Topic: If Hercules were performing his Twelve Labors today, what would they be? Be sure to make a close link between ancient and modern labors. 212 entries from 45 schools in 21 states. Contest statistics and list of honorable mentions. Click here to read the winning entry.
2002 Winner: Katherine Roseanne Jaeger of Monacan High School in Richmond, Virginia. Topic: Communicate to an ancient Roman how Latin and Roman culture are important in 21st century America. 141 entries from 35 schools in 17 states. Contest statistics and list of honorable mentions. Click here to read the winning entry.
2001 Winner: Lauren Dahler of Lakewood High School of Lakewood, Ohio. Topic: Modern Equivalents of the 12 Olympian Deities. 116 entries from 26 schools in 15 states. Contest statistics and list of honorable mentions. Click here to read the winning entry. 
2000 Winner: Shannon Perkins of Thornton Academy in Saco, Maine. Topic: The twelve labors of Hercules for the new millennium. 316 entries were received from forty-eight schools in 17 states. Contest statistics and list of honorable mentions. Click here to read the winning entry.
1999 Winner: Danielle Pinto of the Academy of Notre Dame de Namur in Villanova, Pennsylvania. Topic: Closing remarks for either the prosecution or defense in a trial of Aeneas for breach of promise and abandonment. 248 entries were received from twenty nine schools in thirteen states.  Of these 168 argued for the defense and 80 for the prosecution. Contest statistics and list of honorable mentions. Click here to read the winning entry.
1998 Winner: Elizabeth Covart of Manchester High School West in Manchester, New Hampshire. Topic: to imagine that they were living in Pompeii in 78 A.D. and to describe their surroundings, family life, and daily activities. 429 entries were received from fifty-two schools in eighteen states. Contest statistics and list of honorable mentions. 
1997 Winner: Jennifer Miller of Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest, Illinois. Topic: to retell the story of the Judgement of Paris as if it were taking place today in the United States. 552 entries from 69 schools in 25 states.
1996 Winner: Carol Elizabeth Vige from Eau Gallie High School, Melbourne, Florida. Topic: Modern equivalents for each of Hercules' twelve original labors.363 entries from 61 schools in 23 states.
1995 Winner: David P. Perrelli of Guilford High School in Guilford, Connecticut. Topic: "A tour of his school to Diogenes the Cynic" chosen from 320 entries from 44 schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia.
1994 Winner: Paul Niemiec of Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois. "Once Upon a Story, a Comparison of Walt Disney and Aesop" Entries from 354 students at 55 high schools in 17 states and 2 Canadian provinces
1993 Winner: Tarayn Grizzard of Mt. Saint Mary Academy, Little Rock, Arkansas. Topic: "Twelve Modern Labors of Hercules" chosen from 320 entries from 41 schools in 10 states and Canada.
1992 Winner: Kimberley Munger of The Madeira School in McLean, Virginia. Topic: "Creation of a modern metamorphosis myth" chosen from 480 entries from 68 high schools in 25 states, as well as Canada and Great Britain
1991 Winner: Andrew Brooks Reid of Naperville Central School in Naperville, Illinois. Topic: "If the ancient Greeks and Romans were living today, what additional god or goddess would they have?" chosen from 515 students from 79 high schools in 17 states
1990 Winner: Katie Cuplin of Rockford, Illinois. Topic: "A new myth based upon Classical antiquity" chosen from 306 students in 36 high schools
1989 Winner: Ursula Musser of Culver Girls' Academy in Indiana. Topic: "Cave Canem: Discuss the role of animals, domesticated and wild, in the life of the ancient Greeks and Romans." No statistics available
1988 Winner: Tony Hinrichs of Dowling High School in Des Moines, Iowa. Title: "The Mythical Monsters of the Ancient Greeks and Romans--Were They the Ancestors of Our Modern Monsters?" chosen from 81 entries from 31 high schools in four states
1987 Winner: Robert Cowles of Culver  Military Academy in Culver, Indiana. Title: "The Image of the Hero in Classical Mythology" chosen from 73 entries from 18 high school in four states.
1986 Winner: Albert Kerelis of Marist High School in Chicago. Title: "Where Have All the Gods Gone?" chosen from 144 entries from 30 high schools in three states
1985 Winner: Mary M. Boehm of St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago. Topic: "The Modern Labors of Hercules" chosen from 98 entries from twenty-six high schools in three states.

This webpage was prepared by Professor Thomas J. Sienkewicz. If you have any questions, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu.