The Montagu Butler Prize, 2009, for Latin Hexameter Verse, will be given for the best original exercise, not exceeding one hundred and fifty lines in length, on the subject of Odysseus defeats Polyphemus.
Resident undergraduates may be candidates if on 1 February 2009 they have kept one term and not more than seven complete terms have passed after their first term of residence. Candidates must send three copies of their exercise to the Registrary so as to reach him not later than 1 February 2009. Such copies are not to be in the handwriting of the candidate. They must bear a motto (a short phrase, in English or Latin script), but not the candidate's name, and must be accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing the same motto outside and containing the candidate's name and College.
The value of the Prize for 2009 will be approximately £400; the Prize is in books.