For more than half a century, student bibliophiles have been receiving prizes for the quality of their book collections, thanks to the generosity of Yale alumnus Adrian Van Sinderen (Class of 1910). In 1957 Mr. Van Sinderen established two prizes, awarding $1,000 to seniors and $700 to sophomores, in order to encourage undergraduates to collect books, build libraries of their own, and read for pleasure and learning. In 2002 a poster competition was established. A $500 prize is awarded to the winning designer of the annual poster announcing the book collecting competition.

2022 winning poster designed by Sidney Hirschman ’22 of Jonathan Edwards College.
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Senior Prize Winner Will Twomey Silliman College, Class of 2022 American 20th-Century Military History Sophomore Prize Winner Charnice Hoegnifioh Benjamin Franklin College, Class of 2024 The Paradigms of American Girlhood throughout United States History Bilal Moin |