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The top young book collectors of 2008

Each year, dozens of colleges and universities hold book-collecting contests. Here are the winners of the contests held in 2008. Perusing the interests of these aspiring young winners offers a glimpse into the future of book collecting.

Amherst College, Lane Prize
Conor Clarke—Edward Gorey

Arizona State University
Victor Parra-Guinaldo—The Evolution of English
Rhonda Singer—Native Americans

Boston University, Blackmon Contest
William George—North American Game Fish

California State University, Stanislaus, Warrior Contest
C. Anne Engert—The “New Me”

Cambridge University, Rose Book-Collecting Prize
Daniel Hagon—History of Mathematics & Physics

Clark University, Nicholas Basbanes Contest
George Charles Allen—Nature of the Universe and Humanity

Cornell University
Rebecca Grant—12 Boxes Worth
Lawrence Bruce-Robertson—The Lure of Waters

Harvard University, Hofer Prize
Philip Mead—The Art of War in Revolutionary America

Harvard University, Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting
Gregory Scruggs—Francophone Books

Johns Hopkins University, Sweren Student Book Collecting Contest
Colin Azariah-Kribbs—Weird Fiction
Matthew Gibson—Russian Literature

Michigan State University
Jason McKendrick—Faulkner and Modern Americana

Princeton University, Adler Prize
Laura Fitzpatrick—Romeo and Juliet

Scripps College, Slocum Prize
Rachael Warecki—Best Library

Winner: 3rd Place
Swarthmore College, Newton Library Prize
Jake Brunkard—Black Sparrow Press

Sweet Briar College, Nicole Basbanes Prize
Leslie Lewis—Food Writing

Winner: 1st Place
University of California, Berkeley, Hill-Shumate Collecting Prize
Rhae Lynn Barnes—Minstrelry and Blackface in Black Literature

University of California, Los Angeles, Campbell Contest
Michael VanValkenburgh—Rise and Fallout of Nuclear Physics
Elena Moroz—Grafika: A World of Inspiration
Mary Hammid—Jewelry
Andrea Liou—Food Illustration in Children’s Literature

University of California, Riverside, Petko Prize
Shady Grove Oliver—Aerospace History, Technology, and Literature

University of Chicago, Brooker Prize
Aaron Vanides—Medieval Germanic Tradition
Elizabeth Litchfield—Romance Novels

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne
Peter Zafer—Books Are Precious
Sara Marie Schepis—Librarians in Fiction

University of Kansas, Snyder Prize
Bailey Pike—Mythology of Mozart
Todd R. Giles—Gertrude Stein

University of South Carolina
John Higgins—Egypt and Egyptology Before Tutankhamen

University of Virginia, Bibliographical Society Contest
Jaideep Singh—Physics Textbooks

Washington University in Saint Louis, Neureuther Competition
Shannon Petry—Foreign Affairs
D. J. Kaiser—Catalan Drama

Yale University, Van Sinderen Prize
John Mittermeier—Ornithology

Winner: 2nd Place
Basie Bales Gitlin—Canvassing Books

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