The Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize, administered by Literary Hub, recognizes the often-overlooked labor of young women book collectors. While major prizes celebrate authorship and scholarship, this award turns its attention to the collector's discerning eye—the assembly of a coherent, personally meaningful archive. It is a rare institutional acknowledgment that collecting is itself a creative and intellectual act, one that shapes literary history from the ground up. The prize carries a cash award of $1,000 and is open to women-identified collectors aged 30 or under. Applicants submit a description of their collection, which may comprise books, manuscripts, and ephemera. There is no fee to enter, and the prize is not tied to a specific location, making it accessible to collectors regardless of geography. The deadline for the current cycle is not specified in the available information; interested parties should consult Literary Hub for updates. What distinguishes this prize is its curatorial vision: it seeks collections that are not merely accumulations but arguments—assemblages that reveal a sustained passion, a historical curiosity, or an aesthetic obsession. The jury looks for evidence of a collector's unique sensibility, the kind of focused pursuit that transforms random acquisition into a narrative. In an era of digital abundance, the Honey & Wax Prize affirms the enduring value of the physical object and the personal archive.