In alternate years, The Friends of the Duke University Libraies and the Gothic Bookshop co-sponsor the Jeremy North Book Collectors Contest, named for the first manager of the Gothic Bookshop.  The contest recognizes student book collectors with prizes in the form of gift certificates to the Gothic Bookshop for first and second place in undergraduate and graduate categories.  Undergraduate winners receive $500 for first place and $250 for second.  Graduate student winners receive $700 for first place and $500 for second. 

The 2011 contest was held on February 16 in the lobby of Perkins Library.  Applicants completed the new online application form.  Entries were judged on two criteria; the submission of an application form with accompanying material and participation, with materials from your collection, in a judging event.

We are proud to recognize undergraduate Jacob Golan on his winning collection titled Oral Fixation - a collection of language books, which he has discovered on travels around the globe.  Orion Teel and Mitch Fraas tied as winners in the graduate category.  Orion's collection, The LIfe of the Party:  Experiencing American Communism and Mitch's Anglo-American Legal Printing 1702 to the Present both wowed judges. 

 Stay tuned for information about the next contest, which will be held in 2013.