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2009 Edible Book Festival

audience viewing the entries Glen Davies with entry BEL GAs with entry RMBL with entry Viktoria Ford with entry

The 2009 Festival was held on March 31, 2009 at the University YMCA in Champaign.

Thanks to Bea Nettles, Kathleen Smith, the Center for Children's Books, Soybean Press, and the University of Illinois Library including the Library Advancement Office, Human Resources, and Rare Book and Manuscript Library for donating prizes! Also, thanks to Bea Nettles who photographed each entry before it was sliced for the viewers to enjoy.

The 2009 festival was hosted by the University YMCA as a part of the Know Your University Series. The Strategic Communications and Marketing Committee at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library also provided support for this program.

Judges:

Trisha Bates, Owner of Cakes on Walnut
Jessica Paulsen, Director of Marketing and Development at the Eastern Illinois Foodbank
Fred Schlipf, retired Director of the Urbana Free Library

Highest literary merit

Rare Book & Manuscript Library Oreopagitica(ke)

Best visual presentation

Amy Sponsler Bunnicula	Glen C. Davies Candied Voltaire

Most appetizing

Katie Malone Five Little Peppers and How They Grew	Anastasia Nikolaeva Kolobok

Funniest / Punniest

Michelle Chronister and Steve Ammidown Harry (Flower) Potter and the Order of the Cupcakes	Emily Klose The Malted Falcon

Best entry on a poetic theme AND People's Choice

Arley McNeney My Last Duchess

Best entry on a book for children or teens

Nikki Ford The 'Tail' of Peter Rabbit	Sarah Okner Don't Let the Pigeon Eat the Cake

Most nostalgic

Viktoria Ford Little Women

Best collaborative creation

Business & Economics Library Graduate Assistants Fox on Stocks

Honorable mention

Samuel Price Hotchkiss The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson	Kids Club of Orchard Downs Six Sweet Blind Men & the Elephant


Other entries

Susan Bekiares A Tale of Two Cities	Center for Children's Books The Graveyard Book	Camille Chesley An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England


Michelle Chronister and Steve Ammidown The Ball Jar	Molly Dolan The Frog Prince	Karolina Engstrom Notes on the State of Virginia


Chatham Ewing Thyme Machine	Beth German Who Watches the Watchmen?	Karen Hewitt Which Came First


Roy Hotchkiss Catsup in the Rye	Valerie Hotchkiss Measure for Measure	Chris Johns Frankenstein


Chris Johns The Catcher in the Rye	Stephen Kaufman Three Cups of Tea	Chrissie McKenney The Agony & the Ecstasy


Sue Searing The House of Seven Bagels	Kathleen Smith Dr. Jerky and Mr. (Cow)Hide	Yael Taylor Bread & Jam for Frances


Carol Tilly, Kathryn LaBarre, and Taylor Hocutt Little Bo Peep	Claire Washburn The View from the Cherry Tree	Julia Welzen Frank in Stein

Arley McNeney with entry Michelle Chronister and Steve Ammidown with entry Katie Malone with entry Amy Sponsler with entry Samuel Price Hotchkiss with entry