Sir William Browne's Medals are offered for competition as follows in 2008-09:
One for a GREEK ODE, not exceeding fifty lines in length, or GREEK ELEGY, not exceeding one hundred and fifty lines in length, on 300.
One for a LATIN ODE, not exceeding fifty lines in length, or LATIN ELEGY, not exceeding one hundred and fifty lines in length, on Roman virtues.
One for a GREEK EPIGRAM on Friendship.
One for a LATIN EPIGRAM on Time passing by.
Resident undergraduates may be candidates for any of Sir William Browne's Medals if on 1 February 2009 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 (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN so as to reach him not later than 1 February 2009. The exercise must be in a printed or typewritten form; it 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.