The Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition encourages students at Washington University to read for enjoyment and to develop personal libraries throughout their lives.
The competition started in 1988 and the collection contains the award-winning essays of both undergraduate and graduate students from 2003 to present. Details about the Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition are announced through the University Libraries.
Essays from 2012
The Book-Filled Crate , Ervin Malakaj
Graduate Winner: 2nd Place, 2012. 25th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition
Life as a Joke: In Defense of the Comedic Narrative , Karina Louise Stridh
Undergraduate Winner: 1st Place, 2012. 25th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition
Essays from 2011
A Story of Life, Love, and Death , Priya Banerjee
Graduate Winner: 2nd Place, 2011. 24th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition
Secret Clubs and Schoolgirl Shamuses: Growing up with Trixie Belden , Emma Hine
Undergraduate Winner: 1st Place, 2011. 24th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition
Who's That Girl? The Many Faces of Mexican Women , Benjamin Murphy
Undergraduate Winner: 2nd Place, 2011. 24th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition
No Mere Reader: A Collection of Memories , Tanya Roth
Graduate Winner: 1st Place, 2011. 24th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
Essays from 2010
A Deliciously Interesting Collection of Words , Maggie Gorman
Undergraduate Winner: 2nd Place, 2010. 23rd Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
Fantazja o Polskiej Fantastyce: A Fantasy about Polish Fantasy , Michal Hyrc
Undergraduate Winner: 1st Place, 2010. 23rd Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition
Summers with My Bapuji: Opening Up a World of What-Ifs , Amit Patel
Graduate Winner: 2nd Place, 2010. 23rd Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition
The Accidental Enthusiast: On Collecting World War II Books in the Internet Age , Anna Teekell Hays
Graduate Winner: 1st Place, 2010. 23rd Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition
Essays from 2009
Oj Kojtz´iban, Oj Kojk´asi´k: We Write, We Survive: The Rebirth of Maya Literacy , Doc M. Billingsley
Graduate Winner: 1st Place, 2009. 22nd Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
How I Won Over a Hundred Dollars Worth of Books, Inspired an Independent Study, and Became the Hero of My Homeroom , Hana Damore
Undergraduate Winner: 1st Place, 2009. 22nd Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
A Collection Enriched by Cultural Difference... and a Little Magic , Christina Pulles
Undergraduate Winner: 2nd Place, 2009. 22nd Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition
From Elements to a Set , You Xu
Graduate Winner: 2nd Place, 2009. 22nd Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
Essays from 2008
Impossible, Infinite Illustrations , Michael Dango
Undergraduate Winner: 2nd Place, 2008. 21st Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
The Farm Books: On Keeping, and Giving Up, a Book Collection , Matthew Fluharty
Graduate Winner: 2nd Place, 2008. 21st Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
The Gift of Drama , DJ Kaiser
Graduate Winner: 1st Place, 2008. 21st Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
Policy in Prose, and More: A Love Affair with Foreign Affairs , Shannon Petry
Undergraduate Winner: 1st Place, 2008. 21st Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
Essays from 2007
Science and Politics in the History of Paleoanthropology , Tafline Crawford
Graduate Winner: 1st Place, 2007. 20th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
The Not-So-Silent Past: An Archaeology Collection , Lauren Hosek
Undergraduate Winner: 2nd Place, 2007. 20th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
My Collection: Defined , Robin Meyer
Undergraduate Winner: 1st Place, 2007. 20th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
Thinking the Line: A Collection of Books on Poetry and Visual Art , Carter Smith
Graduate Winner: 2nd Place, 2007. 20th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
Essays from 2006
The Improvising Image: a Jazz Photography Collection , Benjamin Cawthra
Graduate Winner: 2nd Place, 2006. 19th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
Women's Wisdom: Sharing Her Voice , Jennifer Feder
Undergraduate Winner: 1st Place, 2006. 19th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Collector of Scottish Books , Ryan Shirey
Graduate Winner: 1st Place, 2006. 19th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.