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About | Oxford Big Read 2022

 

About Oxford Big Read

Oxford Big Read is a competition organised by Oxford University Press to get secondary students excited about reading and writing in English.

Thousands of students have taken part since the competition launched in 2013 to create unique and original posters about stories written in English.

Taking part is simple. Students in participating schools read an eligible book and create a poster based on what they read; and teachers select which posters to enter into the national competition.

Entries are judged anonymously by a panel of teachers and the Big Read team at Oxford University Press. The results are announced in January with winners and runners up awarded prizes.

Thank you for your interest in Big Read 2022. Entries for this competition are now closed.

Entry Rules

Please read the Terms and Conditions before submitting an entry as part of the Big Read.

Who can enter

The competition is open to secondary students in Japan. There are two age groups - one for Junior High School, and another for High School.

Dates

Late April 2022
Registration open
30 November 2022
Submission deadline
January 2023
Winners announced

How to enter

1. Download the Starter Pack

For resources and ideas, download the Starter Pack.

2. Read and create

Students read a book from the list of eligible OUP readers, create a poster, and submit it to their teacher.

3. Submit your entry

Teachers select up to five posters per class and submit them for entry with the submission form by file upload, email or post. For information on submitting entries, read the guide.

What teachers say

Making students take part astheir summer vacation homework, which is counted as part of their final mark, motivates them more than doing traditional print-out drills. For the majority, it is their first time reading an English book, and they appreciate having artistic freedom of expression, and not just simply working with text.

National Institute of Technology, Oita College

The “My Reading Diary” in the Starter Pack supports students when they write their story summaries in English. I assigned filling in this diary as a mandatory task and the poster creation as optional but surprisingly all students, over 200, submitted their posters. Some of the artwork was brilliantly created using professional materials and I had a difficult time choosing 5 for the competition.

Naniwa High School

In the last few years, story text has been replaced by emails, descriptive text and presentation materials in university entrance exams. However, Big Read offers a great opportunity for secondary students to read a wide range of stories and enjoy learning about foreign culture.

Okayama Prefectural Okayama Ichinomiya High School

Big Read 2022 Award Winners

 
 
National Prize Winners
Junior High School

Amelia Earhart

Student: Yu Nagatomi
Teacher: Hiroshi Yamamoto
School: Chiba Prefectural Higashi Katsushika Junior High School
National Prize Winners
Junior High School

The Bottle Imp

Student: Anna Shinoda
Teacher: Katherine Sison
School: AICJ Junior & Senior High School
National Prize Winners
Junior High School

Peter Pan

Student: Hiromi Sanda
Teacher: Katherine Sison
School: AICJ Junior & Senior High School
National Prize Winners
Junior High School

Sister Love and Other Crime Stories

Student: Menamu Imamura
Teacher: Maiko Yano
School: Tokyo Metropolitan Tachikawa Kokusai Secondary Education School
National Prize Winners
High School

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Student: Fumina Katayama
Teacher: Hiroko Mesaki
School: Okayama Prefectural Okayama Ichinomiya High School
National Prize Winners
High School

The Piano

Student: Rena Kikuta
Teacher: Piers Marsh
School: Hikarigaoka Girls' High School
National Prize Winners
High School

White Fang

Student: Mahiro Endo
Teacher: Tomoaki Yamashita
School: Cho University Yokohama High School
National Prize Winners
High School

Green Island

Student: Kotomi Kamata
Teacher: Naoko Iwakawa
School: Tokyo Kasei Senior High School
Runners-up
Junior High School

The Big Game

Student: Sawa Kishimoto
Teacher: Koshi Okuda
School: Yamawaki Junior & Senior High School
Runners-up
Junior High School

Big Ears and Sticky Fingers

Student: Hazuki Shindo
Teacher: Kenji Hirosawa
School: Tokyo Kasei Junior High school
Runners-up
High School

A Tale of Two Cities

Student: Sakurako Kanemoto
Teacher: Kie Nishida
School: Doshisha International Senior High School
Runners-up
High School

A Little Princess

Student: Kiko Taguchi
Teacher: Yumiko Ban
School: DENSO Technical Skills Academy