After three years of running the competition, the magazine turned it over to the library of congress. The antiquarian booksellers association of america is pleased to announce the 2018 national collegiate book collecting contest. A ceremony was held to award the winners of the national collegiate book collecting contest. Enter kelvin smith librarys book collecting contest. Announcing the winners of the 20192020 elmer adler. Student book collection contest returns leatherby libraries. Established in 2005 to recognize bibliophilic excellence among american college and university students, the annual competition is open to the first place winners of the over 40 collegiate book collecting. Doctoral student wins national collegiate book collecting.
Each winner will also receive a gift card in the following amounts from contest cosponsor jayhawk ink, a division of ku bookstore. The winners may be eligible for entry into the national collegiate book collecting contest supported by the antiquarian booksellers association of america abaa, the fellowship of american bibliophilic societies fabs, and the center for the book and the rare books and special collections division at the library of congress. Congratulations to our national book collecting contest. The contest is made possible with major support from the jay i. Lemley displays his 2018 national student book collecting contest first prize certificate. His essay will represent princeton in the national collegiate book collecting contest organized by the antiquarian booksellers association of america. The center for the book in the library of congress and the librarys rare book and special collections division, along with the antiquarian booksellers association of america, the fellowship of american bibliographic societies and the grolier club have announced the winners of the national collegiate bookcollecting contest. Start here undergraduate student book collecting contest. Essay prize winner at the national collegiate book. National collegiate book collecting contestcollege winner. Established in 2005 to recognize outstanding bookcollecting efforts by college and university students, the national collegiate book collecting contest. Megan jones, a masters student in the department of english at the university of kansas, was awarded second place in the national collegiate book collecting contest for her collection titled, the life and times of sacco and vanzetti.
Student places third in national bookcollecting contest. The purpose of the msu undergraduate student book collecting contest is to encourage undergraduates to begin a book collection or add to an already existing collection. Colleges with book collecting contests antiquarian booksellers. Neureuther winners are eligible to enter the national collegiate book collecting contest. Home book collecting research guides at case western. Kansas university snyder book collecting contest mississippi state university oberlin college princeton university margaret b. National student book collecting contest winners reception the daily. The national collegiate book collecting contest is open to all prizewinners of college bookcollecting contests, whether or not first prize, as well. Since 2005, the national collegiate book collecting contest has been recognizing the efforts of rare book collectors on college campuses. Once again, the abaa is delighted to be a part of the contest. Its called the national collegiate book collecting contest, and its been run every year since 2005.
Book collecting prizes the book collector an online resource for book collectors. Contestants include the winners of three dozen book collecting contests held at colleges and universities across the country. The abaa is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 national collegiate book collecting competition. Ucr graduate student wins national bookcollecting competition. National collegiate book collecting contest the kelvin smith library contest is part of the larger national contest. In october, rudd attended the awards ceremony at the library of congress alongside representatives from the friends group and the university. Enter kelvin smith librarys book collecting contest the.
Koch, the breath and breadth of the maine woods unity college. The center for the book and the rare book and special collections division of the library of congress, the antiquarian booksellers association of america and the fellowship of american bibliographic societies sponsor the national collegiate bookcollecting contest, with support from the jay i. Cash prizes for the top three collections will be awarded. An award ceremony for the national collegiate book collecting contest will. The national collegiate book collecting contest the antiquarian booksellers association of america abaa, the fellowship of american bibliophilic societies fabs, the grolier club, and the center for the book and the rare books and special collections division the library of congress jointly assumed leadership of the national collegiate book collecting contest in 2010. The national collegiate book collecting contest is currently jointly lead by the antiquarian booksellers association of america abaa, the fellowship of american bibliophilic societies fabs, the grolier club, and the center for the book and the rare books and special. If you were a winner in our contest in the past two years, you are not eligible to participate this year.
In addition to being recognized by the friends of the ud library, rudd won second prize in the 2019 national collegiate book collecting contest for her collection. Her entry, pablo neruda and the global politics of poetry. Louis, will travel to the library of congress in washington, d. In october, soll, a spanish doctoral candidate at the university of kansas from st. Three cash awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place will be presented in may in the center for american war letters archives in the leatherby libraries. On friday, october 19, bibliophiles from around the.
Uc riverside graduate student sarah mccormick placed third in the national collegiate bookcollecting contest for her collection of 32 books and other published materials about the coachella valley, where she was raised. One of the key points in book collecting is to collect what you like. The aim of this competition is to encourage fulltime students at puget sound to. Anne went on to enter her collection in the national collegiate book collecting contest, where she received the special essaybibliography prize in recognition of her superb accompanying essay and annotated bibliography.
National collegiate book collecting contest 2019 the new. This page has more details about the contest and links to contests at other institutions. The national collegiate book collecting contest is the super bowl of book collecting competitions, bringing together the winners of more than three dozen local competitions at colleges and universities across the united states, including duke. Ku english graduate student megan jones places second in. On friday, october 19, bibliophiles from around the nation gathered at the library of congress for the presentation of the 2018 national collegiate book collecting contest awards.
This competition is sponsored by the antiquarian booksellers association of america, the fellowship of american bibliophilic societies, and the center for the book and the rare books and special collections division of the library of congress. The winners may be eligible for entry into the the national collegiate book collecting contest supported by the antiquarian booksellers association of america abaa, the fellowship of american bibliophilic societies fabs, the center for the book and the rare books and special collections division the library of congress with major. Each contestant must be a prizewinner, whether or not first prize, of an officially sanctioned american collegiate book collecting contest, with the award announced between september 1, 2019 and may 31, 2020. National collegiate book collecting contest winners. Abaararebooks submitted just now by abaararebooks the abaa is accepting entries for the 2020 national collegiate book collecting contest.
To learn more about the snyder book collecting contest and how to enter, please visit the contest page on the ku libraries website. The organizations assumed leadership of the contest in 2010 with. Student collectors whose institutions do not offer a book collecting contest also may enter. Lawrence katya solls passion for books and research on south americas legacy of dictatorship in contemporary theater earned her the top award in the national collegiate book collecting contest. The politics of meaning in archaic greece, by leslie kurke. Book collecting is a competitive sport mental floss.
Established in 2005, the national collegiate book collecting contest recognizes outstanding book collecting efforts by college and university students and. The abaa is accepting entries for the 2020 national collegiate book collecting contest, which is jointly administered by the antiquarian booksellers association of america abaa, the fellowship of a. All students of cwru graduate and undergraduate are eligible for the contest. The annual contest recognizes outstanding book collecting efforts by college and university students. More details about the national contest can be accessible via the web. Along with the fellowship of american bibliophilic societies fabs, and the center for the book and the rare books and special collections division the library of congress, the abaa has taken on the national. The abaa is accepting entries for the 2020 national collegiate book collecting contest, which is jointly administered by the antiquarian booksellers association of america abaa, the fellowship of american bibliophilic societies fabs, the grolier club, and the center for the book and the rare books and special collections division of the library of congress. The magazine conducted the annual competition before turning over leadership to the new institutional partners. The contest was part of the national collegiate book collecting contest, sponsored by the antiquarian booksellers association of america. Students who have built a collection of 1050 books based on a theme are encouraged to enter a book collecting contest sponsored by kelvin smith library.
Center for the book is one of events cosponsors the center for the book and the rare book and special collections division of the library of congress, the antiquarian booksellers association of america and the fellowship of american bibliographic societies on oct. Lemley wins the national collegiate book collecting. Audrey golden, a recent phd and lecturer in the english department, has been named third prize winner in the national collegiate book collecting contest. The applesteinsweren prize is funded by a generous endowment established by betty applestein sweren 52 and. National collegiate book collecting contest, antiquarian booksellers.
Beyond promoting passion for antiquarian books, the abaa helps bibliophiles in other ways. Winesett book collecting contest radford university. We are pleased to announce the following winners of the national collegiate book collecting contest. Collins memorial library book collecting contest book. Abaa about the abaa code of ethics mission statement. Winners are eligible to participate in the national collegiate book collecting contest. All entries for the 2020 competition must be submitted by june 16, 2020. The top winner of our contest can enter the national collegiate book collecting contest. Snyder book collecting contest though our buildings are closed, ku libraries continues to offer services and resources for remote teaching, learning, and research. The contest takes a cue from swarthmore colleges a. The center for the book in the library of congress and the librarys rare book and special collections division, along with the antiquarian booksellers association of america abaa and the fellowship of american bibliographic societies fabs, have announced the winners of the national collegiate bookcollecting contest.
Winners of the nadell prize will be eligible for entry into the national collegiate book collecting contest. Uc riverside is honored that one of our own has won the abaas national collegiate book collecting contest, said steven mandevillegamble, university librarian. National collegiate bookcollecting contest winners. The writings of the american transcendentalists ucla. Book collecting contest winners radford university. There will be an award ceremony october 16th at the library of congress to celebrate anne and the other winners. More than 35 colleges and universities hold bookcollecting contests.
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