9th Annual Competition
 
Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
~ George William Curtis ~
 

(From left to right) Ari Sussman, Nicole Nguyen, Tony Fitzpatrick,
Jennifer Lamb, Ted Grevstad-Nordbrock, and Matthew Chaldekas.

 
The Winners were:
(To see the essay and annotated bibliography, click on highlighted name)
The first place winner is:
   Tony Fitzpatrick, For Us the Living, The Legacy for Heinlein’s Children
The second place winner is:
   Matthew Chaldekas, Kicking the Habit: Learning to Read Greek and Latin
 
The Finalists were:
  Ted Grevstad-Nordbrock, Ten Literary Accounts of a War that Was Never Fought
  Jennifer Lamb, Experimental Literature with a Feminist Thread; English and German Languages
  Nicole Nguyen, The Heart Beat of America: A Beatnik Collection
  Ari Sussman, The Sabbath is for Shiksas
 
The Judges were:
Peter Berg, Michigan State University Libraries
Dawn Martin, MSU Press
Shirley Sliker, Friends of the MSU Libraries

(From left to right) Shirley Sliker, Peter Berg, and Dawn Martin
 
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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