Snyder Book Collecting Contest winners to be honored at KU April 22

LAWRENCE -- The winners of the 47th Snyder Book Collecting Contest will be honored in a ceremony at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in Oread Books on Level 2 of the Kansas Union at the University of Kansas. Stella Bentley, dean of libraries, will host the event. The public is invited.

The contest is open to all KU students and includes both undergraduate and graduate divisions. Four finalists have been selected in each division:

Undergraduate division
 • Sarah Lafferty, Lawrence, senior in history, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lafferty; Free State High School graduate
 • Amy R. Miller, Lawrence, senior in art history; Lawrence High School graduate
 • Jason Sachse, Leavenworth, sophomore in theatre and film, son of Herman Sachse; Pleasant Ridge High School graduate
 • Jennifer Sweeton, Parkville, Mo., senior in psychology and French, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Sweeton

Graduate division
 • Adrienne Harris Boggess, Lawrence, doctoral student in Slavic languages and literatures, daughter of Robert and Aileen Shocklee, Carmel, Ind.
 • Joel Boggess, Lawrence, master's degree student in business administration, son of John Boggess, West Lafayette, Ind.
 • Stylianos Chatzimanolis, Iraklio, Crete, Greece, doctoral student in entomology
 • Amy M. Fowler, Shawnee, doctoral student in art history; Shawnee Mission North High School graduate

The winner of each division will receive a $600 prize and a $100 gift certificate from the KU Bookstores. Second-place winners will receive a $400 prize and a $50 gift certificate. Honorable mention winners will receive a $100 prize and a $25 gift certificate.

Elizabeth M. Snyder of Kansas City, Mo., is the contest benefactor through a fund administered by the KU Endowment Association.

Contest entries reflect a wide range of literary tastes and intellectual interests. A sampling of titles from this year's finalists include: "Humanitarians Cry Foul: Literature Published in the Wake of the Congo Reform Movement," "Personal Histories of World War II," "Entomological Literature with a Special Reference to Beetles" and "Revolutionary Writing from an Ever-Expanding Bookshelf."

Judges for this year's contest are all former contest prizewinners. They include:

 • Resha Cardone, Lawrence, 2002 graduate prizewinner
 • Elaine Cook, Lenexa, 1987 undergraduate prizewinner
 • Dennis "Boog" Highberger, Lawrence, 1992 graduate prizewinner
 • Jonathan Paretsky, Lawrence, 1978 undergraduate prizewinner
 • Lori Springs, Lawrence, 1989 undergraduate prizewinner

The finalists' collections will be on display at Oread Books during the awards ceremony and reception. First- and second-place winners' collections will be on display there until May 9.

The KU Libraries and Oread Books organize the contest. For more information about the contest and its history, click here.