Bridwell proudly announces its 2nd Annual Bridwell Edible Book Festival (BEBFest). In our first year we held an Edible Book Festival “test run” within Bridwell only and had our entries exclusively online (due to COVID safety issues), where staff shared their images in a Box folder. Because of its success, this year we are opening up the field to a larger crowd and welcome entries from the entire SMU community. We will continue with the online submissions and sharing; though, for those who wish to bring their edible books in person, Bridwell will host an outdoor event in May where entrants may share their edibles with others in a party format.  

The rules for the Edible Book Festival are as follows:

• Entries must have a book or library related theme and may have a short description accompanying them
• Entries are usually comical, clever, witty, or have double-meanings, but they don’t have to be
• Entries must be made of something edible, but do not have to be entirely edible (i.e. you can have props!)
• Entrants may be from anywhere within the entire SMU community
• Entrants may only submit one entry
• Group or team projects are welcome, one entry per group
• Submissions in the form of digital photograph will be sent to Michelle Ried in Bridwell at (mried@smu.edu) by Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022 at 2PM, but can be submitted earlier
• For those who wish to participate in the in-person event, it will be held in front of Bridwell—weather permitting—on May 3rd at 1:30-3PM.  After 2PM, and once you’ve submitted your digital image of the edible book, edible book artists may offer their works up for community consumption or sampling
• All members of the SMU community are eligible to vote, whether or not you’ve submitted an entry
• A voting link will be available on the Bridwell News Blog from Tuesday, May 3rd at 4pm through Friday, May 5th at noon (Central Time). 
• Judges will be asked to vote on their top 3 picks and the winners will be announced at the end of the week.

Any person who requires a reasonable accommodation on the basis of a disability in order to participate in this program should contact Michelle Ried and email at least one week prior to the event to arrange for the accommodation.