The Adrian Van Sinderen Book Collecting Prizes

For more than half a century, student bibliophiles have received 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, to encourage undergraduates to collect books, build their libraries, and read for pleasure and learning. In 2002, an annual poster competition was established with a $500 prize awarded to the winning designer of the poster announcing the book collecting competition.

2026 Book Collection winner