8th Annual Competition
 

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
~ Richard Steele ~

 
2005 Contest Winners and Finalists
 
(From left to right) Katie Young, Amanda Tigner, Colleen Farrow, Kevin Charles, Andrew Sivak, and Andrew Campbell. (Sara Doherty is not shown.)
 
The Winners were:
(To see the essay and annotated bibliography, click on highlighted name)
     
The first place winner is:
  Sara Doherty, Zines, Chapbooks, and the Independent Spirit of the Underground Press
The second place winner is:
  Andrew Campbell, Certain Kinds of Books
 
The Finalists were:
   
  Kevin Charles, Travels to a Distant Epoch, Kemit's Golden Age
  Colleen Farrow, The Life and Work of Sylvia Plath: an essay
  Andrew Sivak, A Collection of Radical Essays
  Amanda Tigner, Rodent Friends
  Katie Young, Award Winning Children's Books
 
The Judges were:
Peter Berg, Michigan State University Libraries
Kara Gust, Michigan State University Libraries
Tim Wuchter, Michigan State University Development
Shirley Sliker, Friends of the MSU Libraries

(From left to right) Kevin Charles and Shirley Sliker

 
Sponsored by The Friends of the MSU Libraries
 
Past Contest Winners and Finalists:
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006  
1999 2001 2003 2005    

 

 
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