SCRIBO
SCRIBO Latin Writing Contest: 2026 Results
8 June 2026
Two Emerson Latin students received Summa Cum Laude, the highest distinction, in the 2026 SCRIBO Latin Writing Contest, and three more placed. Five in all.
SCRIBO accepts only original poems and short stories written in Latin. A translation can lean on the text it translates. A story written in Latin has nothing to lean on: every ending, every case, and every verb is on the page for a judge to check. Latin educators and scholars read each entry for grammatical and syntactical precision, vocabulary, originality, and literary merit. The results are set down below.
- Jackson Haram Park
- Jihan Lee
- Yunyoung Yuriyel Keh
- Elisa Min
- Riley Yoo
Two things in this year’s list belong to the record. The first is that the highest distinction is shared: Jackson Haram Park and Jihan Lee each received Summa Cum Laude, and two in one year appears in this record for the first time. The second is how two of the five arrived at their places. Jihan Lee placed third in 2025 with a Magna Cum Laude. This year his story, Aut Mors aut Mendacium (Either death or a lie), earned Summa Cum Laude and was selected for publication. Yunyoung Yuriyel Keh received a Cum Laude, an Honorable Mention, in 2025. This year she placed second. Each rose two tiers in a single year.
Three of the five, Jackson Haram Park, Elisa Min, and Riley Yoo, appear in the SCRIBO record for the first time. We congratulate all five. If you know them, let them know you saw this.
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