The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship announced the three cash prize winners in its third annual “Who Wrote Shakespeare?” video contest on October 20, 2019 at the SOF’s annual conference in Hartford, CT. Previously open only to United States residents, this year the contest was open to residents of the United Kingdom, Canada (excluding Quebec), Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, in addition to the United States, and the winners came from three different countries.
First prize of $1,000 was awarded to Rosemary O’Loughlin (Ireland) for her video, “With the Mind I Will Be Seen.”
Second place prize of $500 went to Jonathan David Dixon (US) for “The Brave Little Shakespeare.”
Third place prize of $250 went to John Thor Ewing (UK) for the video “Who Really Wrote Shakespeare?”
This year’s “Who Wrote Shakespeare?” video contest was announced on April 3 and challenged contestants to submit a 3-minute video on “Who Wrote Shakespeare?” that would cast doubt on the traditional theory that the man from Stratford wrote the works of “Shakespeare.”
From the submitted videos, the contest judges selected eight videos to be in the finals. The finalists’ videos were displayed on the SOF website where members of the public could vote for their favorites from August 20 through October 10. You can see all eight videos here.
Congratulations to all the finalists for their excellent efforts, which were entertaining and enlightening! All finalists receive a free one-year membership to the SOF, which includes the SOF’s quarterly newsletter, the Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter.
You can subscribe to the SOF’s free email list by signing up on our home page. See “Subscribe” in the right-hand column. You can also join the SOF by visiting our membership page.
The SOF expects to sponsor another “Who Wrote Shakespeare?” video contest next year. Consider making your own video and entering! You can also view winners and finalists from the 2017 and 2018 video contests.
