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The Oxford German Olympiad is a new national contest run by the Oxford German Network and is open to all learners of German from year 7-13 inclusive.
The fairy tales compiled and published by the Brothers Grimm are some of the best known and widely read stories in the word. 2012 see the two hundredth anniversary of their publication and the Oxford German Network is celebrating this jubilee with a Grimm-themed competition.
We invite buddying storytellers, writers and film-makers to seek inspiration in the Grimms' tales. From comic strips to short films, newspaper articles to contemporary re-tellings, there is a range of competition tasks, with full information on the Network's website: www.oxford-german-network.ox.ac.uk/olympiad.
Entries are by email (postal entries will not be accepted) and will be accepted until noon on Friday 22nd March, 2013. Entry forms can be downloaded here. All entrants will receive a certificate and winners will be invited to an awards ceremony at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, in 2013.
Students should choose from one of four Grimm tales: ‘Hänsel und Gretel’, ‘Schneewittchen’, ‘Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten’ and ‘Das tapfere Schneiderlein’. Students may enter in one of the following categories, either individually or in groups of two to four:
Years 7-9
Re-write the tale as a comic strip, with German speech bubbles (1 side of A4)
Represent the tale visually (a drawing or painting including some German text - any format, but must be sent electronically)
Make a short film of the tale (in German, up to 3 minutes)
Years 10-11
Re-tell the tale from one character's perspective (in German, word limit of 200-300 words)
Tell the story or one episode from it in the form of a newspaper report (in German, word limit of 200-300 words)
Make a short film of the tale (in German, up to 5 minutes)
Years 12-13
Write a contemporary version of the tale (in German, word limit 300-400 words)
Re-write the ending of the tale (in German, word limit 200-300 words)
Make a short film of the tale (in German, up to 5 minutes)
