We are delighted to announce the winners of the Robinson College Sykes Prize 2025 (Shades of the Past).

As was the case in previous years, the entries were of an extremely high standard, all displaying different imaginative and formal qualities.

Jay Levontine is our first Robinson winner (they are studying for an MPhil in Arts, Creativity and Education, researching cultural geography, environmental education and alternative ecological futures. Jay is in receipt of the Professor David Yates Master's Scholarship.

Second place to Anthony Picton (Pembroke), and joint third places to Emily Sara MacLeod (Fitzwilliam), Evie Sutcliffe (Newnham) and Louis Cameron (Darwin). Louis was also last year’s winner.

Read all the entries here

The judges would like to offer thanks again to Keith Sykes for his generous support of the initiative.