In conjunction with the special projects focused on promoting the Duchess Anna Amalia Library as well as in collaboration with the young peopleís editors of jetzt.de, the Allianz Kulturstiftung announced a call to young readers to write about their favorite library. Since March of 2005, this led to creating assorted stories about real, fictitious, and fantastical libraries. The prizes for these writings were presented during a small ceremony held on October 8, 2005 in the Bücherkubus (Reading Room) of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library, at which time the jury honored the chosen texts by Anne-Kathrin Thumm from Vaihingen/Enz, Anne Köhler from Berlin, and Heiko Kunert from Hamburg.

Also present on this occasion and alongside the jury were representatives from the Allianz Kulturstiftung and the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, which premiered the winning texts. The prizes were presented by Dr. Hellmut Seemann, President of the Foundation of Weimar Classics and Art Collections; Dr. Micheal Knoche, Director of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library; and Mr. Micheal Thoss, Managing Director of the Allianz Kulturstiftung.

All the selected competition texts are provided at http://www.swkk.de/.