What's New » Library Essay Contest Winners Announced!

Congratulations to the winners of the 2003 Nellie Ansley Reeves Essay Contest!

This year's winners are:

• Richelle Boller, a graduate student in the teaching credential and Master of Art in Teaching program is the winner of the graduate student prize of $500
• Richard Shin, a third year ICS major, is the winner of the undergraduate prize of $500

Christine Nguyen, an undeclared freshman, is the winner of the undergraduate runner up prize of a $100 gift certificate to the UCI Bookstore.

The winners were announced to the public on March 31 at the Libraries "Meet the Author" event featuring national bestselling author Adeline Yen Mah. This contest is made possible by the generous support of Nellie Ansley Reeves, a former benefactor of the Libraries who was dedicated to supporting the joy of reading and writing. The contest is open to any registered student at UCI. Students are asked to write an original essay of approximately four to six pages or 1000 to 1500 words in length on the theme The Joy of Reading. Judges are appointed by the UC Irvine Libraries and consist of UCI librarians and faculty from the UCI Writing program.

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