{"id":14511,"date":"2025-04-29T12:12:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=14511"},"modified":"2025-04-30T08:48:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:48:23","slug":"2025-collins-library-book-collecting-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/2025-collins-library-book-collecting-contest-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Collins Library Book Collecting Contest 2025 Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Congratulations to Oscar Altman and Mia Steiner, winners of the 2025 Book Collecting Contest! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collins Choice Award & First Place Collection<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oscar Altman<\/strong>
\u201cAncient Texts and Modern Commentaries\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oscar Altman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Collins Choice Award recognizes a student whose collection illustrates the hallmarks of a liberal arts education. Oscar Altman\u2019s collection of ancient Greek and Roman primary source texts and scholarship that studies the ancient world, along with his essay that explains both the meaning of his collection to him and the path he took to develop it, demonstrate the values of the liberal arts. In his essay, he discusses the relationship he developed with a professor whose academic work he so admired that it has influenced the direction of his studies at the University. His discussion of the items in his collection illustrate the dual and sometimes dueling intensities of work and pleasure in academic reading, as he expanded on when he wrote about the \u201cchallenge\u201d of \u201cwrestling\u201d with \u201cthe incredibly dense\u201d Pantheon<\/em> by Rupke and his discovery that the Oresteia<\/em> contains many themes found in current storytelling and is \u201ca story about the inner turmoil that accompanies all attachment.\u201d Oscar also does a superb job of connecting the texts in his collection, illustrating an understanding of a collection of works as \u201cgreater than the sum of its parts,\u201d arguing for the strength that comes from placing different types of sources together to inform one another, and illustrating the value of studying a subject over thousands of years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Essay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mia Steiner<\/strong>
\u201cWriting & Reading Mental Health: My Matt Haig Collection\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mia Steiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Best Essay award recognizes a student who shows passion and enthusiasm for their collection while describing how the items of the collection fit together. Mia Steiner\u2019s essay speaks to the profound impact Matt Haig\u2019s books have had on her life, how they have enriched her relationships, and enhanced her understanding of herself and others. She writes that his books \u201cgave me hope in my darkest hours,\u201d comparing his books to \u201ca warm hug.\u201d Falling in love with a great author is one of the best entry points to a lifelong love of reading. Mia illustrates with her collection that books can be a guiding light throughout our lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This contest is sponsored by Collins Memorial Library and the Book Club of Washington<\/a>. The Book Club of Washington<\/em> is a Northwest-based group of bibliophiles, book collectors, book dealers, regional history aficionados and book arts lovers. They award the First Place Collection, and an opportunity for this award winner to enter the national competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Oscar Altman and Mia Steiner, winners of the 2025 Book Collecting Contest! Collins Choice Award & First Place Collection Oscar Altman\u201cAncient Texts and Modern Commentaries\u201d The Collins Choice Award recognizes a student whose collection illustrates the hallmarks of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-awards-and-grants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14511"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14571,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14511\/revisions\/14571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}