National writing competition for sixth form students open now

Girton College’s annual Humanities Writing Competition is now open for submissions. 

The competition is an opportunity for students in Year 12 (or equivalent) to research and write beyond the curriculum, using one or more of five selected objects from Girton’s on-site museum, the Lawrence Room Museum as their focus. Essays or creative responses (such as dramatic monologues, short stories, or poems) are equally welcome. 

Focusing on Girton’s museum collection in the Lawrence Room, the Humanities Writing Competition aims to use ancient objects as a starting point for thinking across curricular divides – about the varieties of human experience that these survivals from the past can embody and reflect and the trains of thought they can set off. 

To read the full article on girton.cam.ac.uk, click here