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The USC Chronicle printed USC graduate student Andrew Woodham's Wonderland Award-winning crossword puzzle, "A Reflection on Lewis Carroll," in its April 22, 2013, issue. Find the puzzle on page 8, or download this PDF and try to solve it yourself. The solution will appear in next week's issue of the Chronicle and here on Libwire.

USC graduate student Andrew Woodham took first prize in the ninth-annual USC Libraries Wonderland Award competition for “A Reflection on Lewis Carroll.” Judges chose the 3-foot by 4-foot 64-word crossword puzzle from a field of 42 imaginative submissions by students from USC and other participating institutions. Woodham, a Ph.D. candidate at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, accepted the award at a ceremony in Doheny Memorial Library on Friday, April 5. His win marks the first time in Wonderland history that one student has earned the top prize in two consecutive years. Keep reading to learn more about Wonderland Award and the April 5 ceremony.

Students from USC and other participating institutions have submitted 43 entries in the Ninth-Annual Wonderland Award competition. Winners will soon be announced at a reception on Friday, April 5. Join us in the Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall (DML 240) at 5:00 p.m. to browse through the imaginative submissions and congratulate the winners. Keep reading to learn more about the Wonderland Award.

The USC Libraries are now accepting submissions for the Ninth-Annual USC Libraries Wonderland Award. Submissions are due Wednesday, March 20, and the winners will be announced at an award reception at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 5. Click through to learn more about the contest.

USC graduate student Andrew Woodham accepted first prize in the USC Libraries Wonderland Award competition at a ceremony in Doheny Memorial Library on Thursday, April 19. The other winners were USC graduate students Lindsey Jones, who won second prize, and Stylés Akira, who won third prize. Click through for photos from the ceremony and to learn more about the award and this year's winners.

Stop by Doheny Library's Horton Rare Books Room before or after the Wonderland Award ceremony on Thursday, April 19, to view rare books and other items from G. Edward Cassady, M.D., and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N., Lewis Carroll Collection. Through more than 3,000 books, pamphlets, games, and other items, the collection reveals the breadth of scholarship and creative work produced by Lewis Carroll, the nineteenth-century English author and logician. Keep reading to learn more about the special exhibit.

A new Special Collections exhibit on the second floor of Doheny Memorial Library celebrates the USC Libraries Wonderland Award and the G. Edward Cassady, M.D., and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N., Lewis Carroll Collection. Highlights from past Wonderland Award contests are on display alongside selected books and artifacts from the Cassady Collection, providing a fanciful look at the world Lewis Carroll created in his Alice stories. Keep reading to learn more about the exhibit, on display through April 20.

Students from USC and other participating universities have submitted their entries in the Eighth-Annual USC Libraries Wonderland Award contest, and winners will soon be announced at a reception on Thursday, April 19. Join us in the Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall (DML 240) at 5:00 p.m. to browse through the imaginative entries and congratulate the winners.

The USC Libraries are now accepting submissions for the Eighth-Annual USC Libraries Wonderland Award. Submissions are due Monday, April 2, and the winners will be announced at an award reception at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 19. Keep reading to learn more about the award.

The USC Libraries' Seventh Annual Wonderland Award was featured today on the USC News website. Since 2005, the annual interdisciplinary competition has showcased students' creative and interpretive skills and encouraged new work related to the nineteenth-century English polymath Lewis Carroll. This year's winners were USC students Veronique Van Pelt and Andrei Pavelescu. Keep reading to learn more about the contest and the winning entries.