Community desk · 2026-11-03
$50,000 First Letters Prize awarded for PHerc. 306B
The Vesuvius Challenge announced a $50,000 First Letters Prize for Liam Warner and Nicola Bodill for work on PHerc. 306B. The November 2 announcement linked the organizers' account of the result and said several other submissions on the same scroll had come close to the ten-character threshold. It also reported that twenty scrolls remained eligible at that time, with another award potentially approaching. Those eligibility and timing statements are dated announcements, not guarantees of current availability. The award is distinct from exploratory ink candidates discussed elsewhere in this edition; congratulatory replies do not establish additional readings or prize decisions.