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SLCC Edible Books Contest

Find information about current and past Edible Books Contests, which are hosted by the SLCC Libraries.
Thanks to everyone for the impressive entries and the fun afternoon!

Congratulations to the 2017 winners:

  • Most Artistic: “Tops or Bottoms” by Brontë Mock
  • Most Edible: “The Jungle Book” by Allan Pereira
  • Most Humorous: “Minion” by Boris Ushumirskiy
  • Most Literary: “Pet Semetary” by Samantha Truxal
  • People’s Choice: “Dr. Seuss” by Diana Maudsley

Thanks to the 2017 judges:

  • Julia Ellis (Staff Association President)
  • Cristin Longhurst (Associate Professor of English) 
  • Hector Amezcua Nunez (Student Judge)
  • Adam Dastrup (Faculty Senate President)
  • GeNae Carrillo (Community Culinary Judge, from Cakes de Fleur)

If you missed this year's event, we plan to repeat it next year.

Image with cake and contest details

2017 Photos

Photo of Dr. Seuss Cake

Dr. Seuss - People's Choice Winner!

Image of cake with vegetables and animals

Tops or Bottoms - Most Artistic Award Winner!

photo of pet cemetery cake

Pet Semetary - Most Literary Award Winner!

photo of Minion cake

Minion - Most Humorous Award Winner!

photo of cake with jungle scene

The Jungle Book - Most Edible Award Winner!

Photo of a Bee Cake

Bee Movie/Book

Photo of 50 Shades cake with a gray necktie

50 Shades

Photo of cake with throne on top

Game of Thrones

Photo of cake of gingerbread man pirate

Gingerbread Pirate

Photo of hobbit hole cake

Hobbit Hole

photo of cake with worms on top

How to Eat Fried Worms

photo of cake with caterpillar

Hungry Hungry Caterpillar

photo of cake with penguins and whales

Mama Do You Love Me

Photo of baked goods and sauce

Master and Margarita

Photo of blue monster cake

Monster's Inc.

photo of cake with images from the movie Tangled

Tangled / Rapunzel

Photo of cake shaped like hedgehog holding a mitten

The Mitten

Image of cake shaped like Totoro character (similar to a rabbit)

Totoro and Sprites