The Book Collecting Essay Prize is awarded as a $1,000 scholarship (disbursed Spring 2015) and a two-year Friends of the Library membership each to one undergraduate and one graduate student winner.

The 2nd Annual Scholar Development and Undergraduate Research Book Collecting Essay Prize is a scholarship competition that encourages students to think critically about relationships between and among books. The prize is also a unique opportunity to develop competitive personal essay writing and open-format interview skills.

The book collection described may be either real (in possession of the student) or proposed (not in possession of the student). Both types of collections are weighted equally by the prize selection panel. You may define and describe your collection according to any criteria from author(s) and time period(s) to geographic area(s) and genre(s) and so forth. Your essay must demonstrate creativity with regards to the criteria that bind together your collection. Essays must also demonstrate in error-free prose both unique insight and intelligence. No minimum or maximum number of books is required, nor is preference given to larger collections. Refer to the “How to Apply” box for details.

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All current OSU undergraduate and graduate students in any major are encouraged to apply.

E-mail due by 5:00pm Friday, November 7, 2014.

On a single sheet of paper type: (1) Name (2) Address (3) E-Mail (4) Telephone (5) Major (6) Choose: Fresh., Soph., Jr., Sr., Grad.

On a second sheet of paper type an essay (750 words maximum) explaining: (1) The collection’s title and what its interest is to you personally (2) How the collection was (or might be) assembled and displayed

On a third sheet of paper, please provide a bibliographic list of the books.

E-Mail your three-page application (in PDF format) to [email protected] by the deadline, 5:00pm CST Friday, November 7, 2014.

Finalists will be asked to meet with the prize selection panel for a 15-minute discussion of their book collection (either real or proposed) and their accompanying essay. Interviews will be held on Monday, December 1, 2014.

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