The Provost and Fellows of Oriel College offer a prize of £60 for the best Petrarchan Sonnet in English submitted by an undergraduate of the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge, on a subject to be chosen by the candidate. Enjambment between the eighth and ninth lines will be permitted.
No candidate may submit more than one sonnet, nor may the prize be awarded more than once to the same person. The competing sonnets should be sent to Vivienne Pearson, Oriel College, Oxford, OX1 4EW, by Friday, 22 May 2009, and entrants will be informed of the results by the end of 8th Week.
Each sonnet must be accompanied by a certificate from the Head or Fellow of the candidate's College, stating that the candidate is an undergraduate.
The winner will have been deemed to have given permission to publish her or his sonnet in the Oriel Record.