2020 Winners
Thank you to all the students, teachers and institutions who took part in the Oxford Big Read this year. We received many amazing entries and our judges had an incredibly tough time deciding the winners.
We are pleased to congratulate this year’s National Prize Winners and Runners-up. Scroll down to see their work, in addition to several entries we've selected for honorable mention.
National Prize Winners
Junior High School
- Fiction -
- Student
- Yui Hashimoto
- Teacher
- Hiroshi Yamamoto
- School
- Chiba Prefectural Higashi Katsushika Junior High School
- Title
- A Christmas Carol
- Student
- Eka Ryuu
- Teacher
- Katherine Sison
- School
- AICJ Junior and Senior High School
- Title
- The Silver Sword
- Non-fiction -
- Student
- Yu Mutoh
- Teacher
- Akio Nagase
- School
- Toho University Toho Junior High School
- Title
- Caring for Our Planet
- Student
- Nanami Tsukasa
- Teacher
- Shusuke Maeda
- School
- Oshukan Secondary School
- Title
- The Life and Diaries of Anne Frank
High School - University
- Fiction -
- Student
- Saki Ogawa
- Teacher
- Benjamin Abraham
- School
- Hikarigaoka Girls’ High School
- Title
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Student
- Yume Suzuki
- Teacher
- Ayaka Morino
- School
- Yokohama Municipal Kanazawa High School
- Title
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- Non-fiction -
- Student
- Nanako Watanabe
- Teacher
- Kimi Iwami
- School
- Hakuho Girls’High School
- Title
- Future Energy
- Student
- Ayuri Hara
- Teacher
- Hiroyuki Kumagai
- School
- Yokohama Municipal Kanazawa High School
- Title
- The Life and Diaries of Anne Frank
Runners-up
Junior High School
- Fiction -
- Student
- Yuzuki Takahashi
- Teacher
- Kaori Sasaki
- School
- Toko Gakuen Junior High School
- Title
- The Wizard of Oz
- Non-fiction -
- Student
- Junsei Matsumoto
- Teacher
- Etsuko Tanaka
- School
- Toho University Toho Junior High School
- Title
- Your Five Senses
High School - University
- Fiction -
- Student
- Ayumi Hase
- Teacher
- Benjamin Abraham
- School
- Hikarigaoka Girls’ High School
- Title
- Mary, Queen of Scots
- Non-fiction -
- Student
- Mai Hirata
- Teacher
- Thomas Entwistle
- School
- Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
- Title
- London
Honorable Mention
We received beautifully illustrated and written pieces from students all over Japan. Although we're not able to give prizes to everyone, we would like to share some of the top entries below. Click image to enlarge.
