Do you super-love superheroes? Got a deep love for romance? Enter your collection of books on a theme (up to 30 items – mostly books, but maybe also photos, illustrations, maps, ephemera, CDs, music scores, or posters) in the Collins Library Book Collecting Contest! This contest is open to full-time Puget Sound undergraduates.
Applications are due March 26, 2015, 5pm. 1st prize: $750, Best Essay: $500, and Collins Choice: $250!
Collins library encourages your appreciation of reading and collected works for pleasure and scholarship. Contestants are invited to a reception at the Collins Memorial Library in April, where contest winners will be announced.
Past winners have included:
- “Hunting the Dark Knight: Books on the Batman“ – Ian Fox
- “Ars Moriendi:” A Selection of Texts Concerning the Phenomenon of Death“ – Andrew Osborne
- “Genderization of Crime Fiction from the Victorian Era to Modern Day“ – Ariana Scott-Zechlin
- “Words of the Waves: A Nautical Collection” – Emily Selinger
- “In Search of America: A Discovery of Agency through Language and Symbols.” – Asya Pokrovskaya
- “Genres Reconfigured: the Changing Facades of Science Fiction and Fantasy” – Ian Greenfield