An international humanities competition—with a multimedia twist.
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Announcements
2/4/25 — New competition: February & March!
- This is our 12th competition and almost two-year anniversary! Thank you all for sticking around since the beginning, and happy creating!
- This cycle features new prompts and slightly altered **guidelines.** Check them out!
- The window for submission opens February 4th and closes March 31st, 2025, at 11:59 PM PST.
- Also, check out our annual anthology—now available to order!
1/19/25 — Competition results: November & December
- Happy new years, and thank you all for submitting! As always, we received an exceptional amount of submissions, nearly all deserving of some sort of recognition. Unfortunately, we’re forced to pick a winning work—a truly outstanding piece—for each category.
- Written winner: Xiomara Jean-Louis
- Honorable mentions: Jenny Morelli, Agnes Green, Shibani Mishra
- Media winner: Jamie Nhi Vuong
- Honorable mentions: Peter Carellini, Meera Satpathy, Zane Alain
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Homer is a nonprofit organization created to expose more students to the humanities. The first step? Engagement. Through our monthly, short-form competition, we aim to draw more students to the humanities. Thus, to accommodate for varying skillsets, our competitions allow submissions to be in a multitude of different mediums, not just writing! See our guidelines for more information.
A humanistic education is key to understanding the nuanced aspects of the arts. Don’t just trust our word. Try it out for yourself! Our competitions are designed to be low-commitment and low-risk. In the process, you might just get published if you win!
The school of Athens.