Terp Summer Reading Challenge
Terp Summer Reading Challenge
How It Works
Once registered, you'll receive mail with a Terp shell bingo board and a UMD branded bookmark.
Note: Register by May 31st to receive your materials by June 15th.
As you read throughout the summer, keep track of the books you read through the bingo board and reading log. Mark off a category correlated to your book. Once you have at least FIVE categories marked off, you can submit to the raffle.
*Alumni Association members get a free space in the shell's center
Enter the raffle for a chance to win by August 31.
FAQs
Who can participate?
Anyone in the Terp community. Feel free to pass this along to your fellow Terps and make it a summer reading competition.
Wait.. how does this work again?
- Register to participate and you will receive materials mailed to your preferred address including a Terp shell bingo board, reading log and a branded bookmark.
- Read throughout the summer and mark off your shell with the correlating genre or descriptor, and fill out your reading log.
- Submit your completed bingo board by August 31. You need to cross off at least five categories to submit. Extra entries can be submitted if you refer a friend or tag us on social media.
How can I enter the raffle to win a prize?
You can enter the raffle by sending your Terp shell bingo board to us (with at least five sections/categories filled) via this Google Form by August 31.
You can also gain raffle entries by:
- Posting a picture of you reading this summer, your Terp bingo shell OR your bookmark on social media using the hashtag #TerpsRead or #TerpSummerReadingChallenge
- Referring a friend to join in on the summer reading challenge fun
Can one book count for multiple genres?
One book can count for up to two sections. For example, if you read “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” by Jeff Kinney ‘93 you can cross off “Terp-authored book” and “Book part of a series”.
I love this! Do you run other similar programs?
Join the Alumni Virtual Book Club to read alongside your fellow Terps all year long. Learn more.
Do you have any Terp authored book recommendations?
Of course! Check out these Terp-authored book lists
Are you a Terp Author? Let us know!
What will I win?
Top Prize (1 winner): A Kindle
Second Prize (5 winners): $25 UMD Bookstore gift card
Third Prize (25 winners): Free copy of this year's Freshman Reading Book (To be announced soon!)
Why is "Terp-Authored Book" on the board twice?
We encourage you to support your fellow Terp Authors and read not one, but two Terp authored books this summer.
Read all year long
Check out author talks all year long and hear from your favorite authors as you read.
Be a Terp Bookworm
Join our virtual book club to read with Terps all year long
See who won big in 2025!
1st Place
- Ashleah Younker '08
2nd Place
- Julia Bialeski '05
- Lauren Duensing '02
- Richard Romer '06
- Lauren Staples '98
- Jill Kries '91
3rd Place
- David Melson '91
- Gopi Dhokai '10
- Ryan O'Grady '23
- Laura Ellsworth '93
- Chontell Richardson '09
- Arseniy Braslavskiy '22
- Cara Grant '01
- Rowena Winkler '10 & '13
- Ambika Mathur '12
- Brian Goodson '11 & '15