Special Collections & University Archives, UCF Libraries

The UCF Libraries Special Collections & University Archives is pleased to announce the call for submissions to the UCF Student Book Arts Competition. Now in it's 20th year, the competition invites UCF and Rollins College students to submit one of a kind books called artist’s books. Artist’s books are handmade books to reflect personal artistic visions of their creators ranging from narrative storytelling through drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and/or personal text. This year's judges are David Benjamin, Head of UCF Libraries Special Collections & University Archives and Denise Bookwalter, Professor of Art at Florida State University and Director and founder of Florida State University's artists' book press, Small Craft Advisory Press. Deadline for submissions is May 11, 2026. For more information go to stars.library.ucf.edu/bookartscompetition or find the link in our bio