Winners of the Oxford Big Read Competition 2021
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 pleased to congratulate 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
- Misaki Urino
- Teacher
- Akio Nagase
- School
- Toho University Toho Junior High School
- Title
- The Olympic Games
- Student
- Kokoro Ozaki
- Teacher
- Katherine Sison
- School
- AICJ Junior and Senior High School
- Title
- This Rough Magic
- Student
- Urara Sato
- Teacher
- Katherine Sison
- School
- AICJ Junior High School
- Title
- Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four
- Student
- Ena Inoue
- Teacher
- Naoko Mishima
- School
- Katsushika Kuritsu Aoto Junior High School
- Title
- Gran
High School
- Student
- Fumina Katayama
- Teacher
- Rika Kamata
- School
- Okayama Prefectural Okayama Ichinomiya High School
- Title
- The Piano
- Student
- Mayu Fujita
- Teacher
- Benjamin Abraham
- School
- Hikarigaoka Girls' High School
- Title
- The Elephant Man
- Student
- Yuu Saito
- Teacher
- Akira Maeda
- School
- Kanagawa Prefectural Kawasaki Senior High School
- Title
- Mulan
- Student
- Mei Odaira
- Teacher
- Arisa Otsuka
- School
- Tokyo Metropolitan Koishikawa Secondary School
- Title
- The Secret Garden
Runners-up
Junior High School
- Student
- Ikumi Asahara
- Teacher
- Asuka Ito
- School
- Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen Shibuya Junior High School
- Title
- Green Island
- Student
- Tamae Kurogi
- Teacher
- Noriko Konishi
- School
- Hiroshima Global Academy Junior High School
- Title
- The Phantom of the Opera
High School
- Student
- Yumeka Takahashi
- Teacher
- Natsuki Tanaka
- School
- Yamagata Prefectural Nanyo High School
- Title
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Student
- Shiori Suita
- Teacher
- Yuya Tanaka
- School
- Aikodai Meiden High School
- Title
- The Wizard of Oz
Honorable Mention
We received several wonderfully illustrated and written pieces from students all over Japan. Unfortunately we were unable to give prizes to all students, however, we would like to give honorable mentions to some of the top entries. (Click each image to enlarge)
