[LCC] Winner of the 2009 Winkler Prize

[Kirk Ormand]

Although the John J. Winkler Prize is awarded every year in late May,  
I traditionally send out an e-mail announcing the winner in early  
September, so that the announcement does not get lost in everyone's  
end-of-year rush.  I then announce the winner again at the APA  
meeting in January.

I am delighted, therefore, to announce the winner of the 2009 Winkler  
Prize:  This year's winning essay was "Forging the 300: Muscles/ 
Muscle-Armor in Ancient Greece/Today," written by Stephen Kidd, a  
Ph.D. candidate in Classics at NYU.  The panel of judges and I offer  
our sincere congratulations to Stephen, who will present his essay in  
a public lecture at Oberlin College this fall.

The judges also wished to recognize Geoff Benson, a Ph.D. candidate  
in Classics at the University of Chicago, with an honorable mention  
for his essay, "Archimedes' Cattle of the Sun and the Limits of  
Euhemerism."

The 2009 competition was judged by Tamara Chin, Jay Reed, and  
Victoria Wohl.  I would like to publicly thank the judges for  
volunteering their time and expertise.

A call for papers for the 2010 Winkler Prize will go out shortly; in  
the meantime, details can be found here:
http://new.oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/classics/ 
winkler.dot .

Again, congratulations to Stephen and Geoff.

Kirk Ormand
writing for the John J. Winkler Memorial Trust