Winners of the Oxford Big Read Competition 2023
Thank you to all the students, teachers and institutions who participated in the Oxford Big Read this year. We received lots of fantastic entries and our judges had an incredibly tough time deciding the winners.
We are happy to announce that we’ve increased the number of National Prize Winners to 5 for each age group. Many congratulations to all this year’s National Prize Winners and each of the Runners-up. We have also selected several works for honorable mention, all of which you can enjoy below.
National Prize Winners
Junior High School
- Student
- Yuki Iwanami
- Teacher
- Yoko Urushibata
- School
- Tokyo Gakugei University International Secondary School
- Title
- The Jungle Book
- Student
- Chiyo Ueda
- Teacher
- Izumi Nogami
- School
- Ibaraki Prefectural Katsuta Secondary School
- Title
- The Rainbow Machine
- Student
- Mako Hirakawa
- Teacher
- Kazumasa Togami
- School
- The University of Tokyo Secondary School
- Title
- Romeo and Juliet
- Student
- Rica Kaneko
- Teacher
- Yoshie Ishihara
- School
- Shibuya Junior High School
- Title
- Amrita and the Trees
- Student
- Yui Ibaraki
- Teacher
- Hiroko Kasai
- School
- Yamawaki Gakuen Junior High School
- Title
- Nobody Listens
Senior High School
- Student
- Kiko Taguchi
- Teacher
- Yumiko Ban
- School
- DENSO Technical Skills Academy
- Title
- Maria's Summer In London
- Student
- Yuko Aiura
- Teacher
- Miwako Natsume
- School
- Aichi Prefectural Showa Senior High School
- Title
- A Little Princess
- Student
- Yuri Tokunaga
- Teacher
- Ayana Yano
- School
- Chiyoda Municipal Kudan Secondary School
- Title
- A Christmas Carol
- Student
- Mizuki Kuroki
- Teacher
- Kaori Shimura
- School
- Yamanashi Prefectural Kofu Nishi High School
- Title
- Les Miserables
- Student
- Sojiro Abe
- Teacher
- Reina Isobe
- School
- Miyagi Prefectural Ishinomaki High School
- Title
- Through the Looking-Glass
Runners-up
Junior High School
- Student
- Mito Oshiro
- Teacher
- David Frost
- School
- Osaka Prefectural Suito Kokusai Junior and Senior High School
- Title
- The Fifteenth Character
- Student
- An Okuda
- Teacher
- Noriko Konishi
- School
- Hiroshima Global Academy
- Title
- Tyler: His Story
Senior High School
- Student
- Kokoro Tsuruta
- Teacher
- Jacqueline Oh
- School
- Senshugakko Clark Kotogakuin Osaka Umeda
- Title
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Student
- Mitsuki Hagihara
- Teacher
- Piers Marsh
- School
- Hikarigaoka Girls' High School
- Title
- Hachiko
Honorable Mention
We received several wonderfully illustrated and written pieces from students all over Japan. Though we can’t award everyone, we would like to give a special mention to some of the top entries below. (Click each image to enlarge)
