Awards & Contests

Below is a list of the awards & contests that our Club supports in an effort to promote the study and education of classical subjects in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

Current Awards

Rome/Athens Summer Scholarships

This is a special opportunity for Club members to win scholarships of up to $3,000 toward the cost of study in the summer session of the American Academy in Rome, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, or similar programs for study in Greece and/or Rome. All members with two years of paid membership in the Club are eligible to apply for the award. The award is open to secondary school teachers and graduate students.  Interested individuals should obtain applications from the Academy, School, or Institute, complete them, and send copies of all application materials by February 23, 2024 to Runako Taylor.

President's grant

Grants of $500 - $1,000 are available to support projects promoting interest in classical antiquity in the New York area. We are especially interested in public lectures and theatrical productions. All applicants must be current New York Classical Club members. 

All application materials must be submitted by February 1 of the current year and sent to Runako Taylor.

Phyllis winquist tuition assistance awards

These awards are bestowed by the New York Classical Club in honor of a master teacher, Phyllis Winquist, to support candidates who are taking courses to acquire or improve skills in teaching Latin or Ancient Greek in grades 6-12. Candidates must be paid members of the Club at the time of applying and during the twelve months of the funded period. They must either be teaching Classics in grades 6-12 or show a clear indication of doing so in the near future. Please click here to access the application. All application materials must be submitted by May 10. If you have any questions, please email Talia Varonos.

Spring 2024 Contests

High School Latin Sight Translations - This year’s competition will be at The Nightingale-Bamford School, 20 E 92nd St., New York, NY 10128. Date 13 April 2024. Monetary prizes will be awarded to the top three translators in each of the five different divisions of the competition. Teachers must register their students here. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Talia Varonos. Download the flyer.

High School Oral Reading Contest in Latin - This year’s competition will be at The Nightingale-Bamford School, 20 E 92nd St., New York, NY 10128. Date 13 April 2024. Monetary prizes will be awarded to the top three translators in each of the five different divisions of the competition. Teachers must register their students here. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Talia Varonos-Pavlopoulos for further details.

College Oral Reading Contests in Greek and Latin - Video submissions for this year’s College Oral Reading Contests in Greek and Latin must be emailed to Prof. Katharina Volk by April 12, 2024. See flyer for more details.

College Latin and Greek Sight Translation - The New York Classical Club undergraduate Greek and Latin translation examinations will be held Friday, April 19, 2024, between 1:30 and 5:00 p.m., in the Classics department of New York University, 100 Washington Square East, room 503 (enter from either Waverly Place or Washington Place).  The Greek exam will be given from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.; the Latin from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. Please contact Prof. David Sider for further details.

New York City Dionysia - The Annual Spring High School Theater Contest (a 20-minute adaptation of a classical drama) will be held on Friday, May 10. For more info and registration please contact Prof. Matthew McGowan of Fordham University.

Please see our events page for more information.

Past Awards & Contest Winners

We are excited to announce the winners of the 2023 Oral Reading Contests in Greek and Latin and share the first place videos from each category. Congratulations to all the students who participated this year!

Winners of the Greek Oral Reading Contest

First Place: Octavio Vourvoulias, Columbia College

Second Place: Ivan Maiorov, CUNY Graduate Center

Third Place: Grace Clifford, Columbia Postbaccalaureate Program

 Winners of the Latin Oral Reading Contest

First Place: Umberto Verdura, Columbia Graduate School

Second Place: Christian Cacciapoli, Hunter College

Third Place: Elisa Elbarmi, Friends’ Seminary, New York & Filip Vujanic, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua

We are also very excited to announce the winners of the 2023 High School Latin Sight Translation Contest. Congratulations to all the students who participated this year!

Winners of the High School Latin Sight Translation Contest

CAESAR (Level 1)

First Place: Maddy Higgins, The Brearley School

Second Place: Filip Vujanic, Horace Greeley High School

Third Place: Julia Hammonds, The Brearley School

CICERO (Level 2)

First Place: Kian O'Neill, Collegiate School

Second Place: Leo Tansey, Collegiate School

Third Place: Joe McDonnell, Dwight-Englewood School

OVID (Level 3)

First Place: Helen Mancini, Stuyvesant High School

Second Place: Anton Wagner, Collegiate School

Third Place: Kristen Deroche, Dwight-Englewood School

VERGIL (Level 4)

First Place: Niranjan Deshpande, Collegiate School

Second Place: Raymond Chen, Stuyvesant High School

Third Place: Peter Burns, Collegiate School

HORACE (Level 5)

First Place: Veronica Paulus, The Nightingale-Bamford School

Second Place: Connor Kim, Collegiate School

Third Place: Shrey Jhalani, Collegiate School