The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by

Literary Arts Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to includ ...

to honor the "state’s finest accomplishments by

Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idah ...

writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, graphic literature, drama, literary nonfiction, and literature for young readers." Oregon Book Award was founded in 1987 by Brian Booth and Oregon Institute for Literary Arts (OILA). In 1993, Literary Arts, a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of Oregonians through language and literature, joined with the OILA and continued to support and promote Oregon's authors with the book awards and Oregon Literary Fellowships. Award winners are selected based solely on literary merit by out-of-state judges who change each year. In 2005 the award ceremony was moved from the Scottish Rite Center to the

Wonder Ballroom The Wonder Ballroom is a music venue located in northeast Portland, Oregon. Prior to opening in 2004, the building (originally constructed in 1914) was occupied by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Catholic Youth Organization, the Portland Box ...

, in an effort to make it more lively and fun. Since 2009, the awards ceremony has been held at the Gerding Theatre at the Armory, the home of

Portland Center Stage Portland Center Stage at The Armory is a theater company based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Theater productions are presented at The Armory in Portland's Pearl District. Portland Center Stage at The Armory was founded in 1988 as the no ...

Recipients

Book Awards

Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in ...
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Award for Poetry

:1987: ''Seal Rock'' by John Haislip :1988: ''Singing the Mozart Requiem'' by Ingrid Wendt :1989: ''The Admiration's'' by Lex Runciman :1990: ''Dreamer'' by Primus St. John :1990: ''Toluca Street'' by

Maxine Scates Maxine Scates is an American poet. Life Born and raised in Los Angeles, she received a B.A. in English from California State University, Northridge, where she studied with the poet Ann Stanford, whose selected poems ''Holding Our Own: The Selecte ...

:1991: ''Psyche Drives the Coast'' by Sharon Doubiago :1992: ''Selected Poems'' by

Vern Rutsala Vern Rutsala (February 5, 1934 – April 2, 2014) was an American poet. Born in McCall, Idaho, he was educated at Reed College (B.A.) and the Iowa Writers' Workshop (M.F.A.). He taught English and creative writing at Lewis & Clark College in Portla ...

:1993: ''A Book of Other Days'' by Lisa M. Steinman :1994: ''Lauds'' by Tom Crawford :1995: ''Poem Rising Out of the Earth and Standing Up in Someone'' by James Grabill :1996: ''Journeyman's Wages'' by Clemens Starck :1997: ''Drawing the Line'' by

Lawson Fusao Inada Lawson Fusao Inada (born May 26, 1938) is a Japanese American poet. He was the fifth poet laureate of the state of Oregon. Early life Born May 26, 1938, Inada is a third-generation Japanese American (''Sansei''). His father, Fusaji, worked as a d ...

:1998: ''Cocktails with Brueghel at the Museum Café'' by

Sandra Stone Sandra Stone (April 4, 1934 – February 27, 2018) was an Oregon-based visual and conceptual artist as well as a poet, playwright and author of literary fiction and nonfiction. Life Sandra Stone was born Alessandria Stone on April 4, 1934, in P ...

:1999: ''Ruining the Picture'' by Pimone Triplett :2000: ''Passion '' by Judith Montgomery :2001: ''The Evening Light'' by

Floyd Skloot Floyd Skloot (born July 6, 1947) is an American poet, novelist, and memoirist. Some of his work concerns his experience with neurological damage caused by a virus contracted in 1988. His book ''In the Shadow of Memory'' gained favorable critica ...

:2002: ''In The Margins Of The World'' by

Willa Schneberg Willa Hope Schneberg (born May 21, 1952, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American poet. She has published four full-length poetry collections, including ''In The Margins Of The World''Plain View Press, winner of the 2002 Oregon Book Award; ''Box Po ...

:2003: ''The Play of Dark and Light'' by Rita Ott Ramstad :2004: ''Men Holding Eggs'' by Henry Hughes :2005: ''Leaving'' by Laton Carter :2006: ''Facts About the Moon'' by

Dorianne Laux Dorianne Laux (born January 10, 1952 in Augusta, Maine) is an American poet. Biography Laux worked as a sanatorium cook, a gas station manager, and a maid before receiving a B.A. in English from Mills College in 1988. Laux taught at the Universi ...

:2007: ''The Sky Position'' by Tom Blood :2008: ''A is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth'' by Penelope Scambly Schott :2009/2010: ''All-American Poem'' by

Matthew Dickman Matthew Dickman (born August 20, 1975) is an American poet. He and his identical twin brother, Michael Dickman, also a poet, were born in Portland, Oregon. Life The Dickman twins (Matthew is the younger and slightly taller) were raised in the Lent ...

:2011: ''The Book of Men and Women'' by

David Biespiel David Biespiel is an American poet, memoirist, and critic born in 1964 and raised in the Meyerland section of Houston, Texas. He is the founder of the Attic Institute of Arts and Letters in Portland, Oregon and Poet-in-Residence at Oregon State ...

:2012: ''Curses And Wishes'' by

Carl Adamshick Carl Adamshick is an American poet. He is the author of two poetry collections, ''Curses and Wishes'', winner of the 2010 Walt Whitman award of the Academy of American Poets and ''Saint Friend'', published in 2014. Adamshick was the editor an ...

:2013: ''Fjords Vol. 1'' by Zachary Schomburg :2014: ''Incarnadine'' by

Mary Szybist Mary Szybist (born 20 September 1970) is an American poet. She won the National Book Award for Poetry for her collection ''Incarnadine''. Life She grew up in Pennsylvania, earned her B.A. and M.T. (Master of Teaching) from the University of Virg ...

:2015: ''Sorrow Arrow'' by

Emily Kendal Frey Emily Kendal Frey (born January 20, 1976, in McLean, Virginia) is an American poet. Frey is the author of the full-length poetry collections ''The Grief Performance'' (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2011), ''Sorrow Arrow'' (Octopus Book ...

:2016: ''Saint Friend'' by

:2017: ''When We Were Birds'' by Joe Wilkins :2018: ''Field Theories'' by

Samiya Bashir Samiya A. Bashir is an American lesbian poet and author. Much of Bashir's poetry explores the intersections of culture, change, and identity through the lens of race, gender, the body and sexuality. She is currently associate professor of creative ...

:2019: ''Small Gods'' by

Matthew Minicucci Matthew Minicucci is an American writer and poet. His first full-length collection, ''Translation'', won the 2015 Wick Poetry Prize. His second collection, ''Small Gods'', was published in 2017 and won the 2019 Stafford/Hall Oregon Book Award in ...

:2020: ''Spectra'' by Ashley Toliver :2021: ''Hope of Stones" by Anna Elkins

Award for Fiction

:1987: ''Resurrectionists '' by Russell Working :1988: ''Within Normal Limits'' by Todd Grimson :1989: ''Cardinal Numbers'' by

Hob Broun Hob Broun (born Heywood Orren Broun; 1950 – December 16, 1987) was an author who lived in Portland, Oregon. Following the publication of his first novel, ''Odditorium'', Broun required spinal surgery to remove a tumor that ultimately saved hi ...

:1990: ''The Jump-off Creek'' by

Molly Gloss Molly Gloss (born November 20, 1944) is an American writer of historical fiction and science fiction. Life Gloss grew up in rural Oregon and began writing seriously when she became a mother. She now lives in Portland, Oregon, and was close friend ...

:1991: (no award given) :1992: ''Searoad'' by

Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...

:1993: ''

Dreams Like Thunder ''Dreams Like Thunder'' is a 1992 novel written by Oregon author Diane Simmons. It won the Oregon Book Award for fiction in 1993. Its story takes place over a few days in summer 1959, on a farm in Eastern Oregon, and concerns a family visit by rela ...

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Diane Simmons Diane Simmons (born 1948) is an American author. She won the Oregon Book Award in for her novel '' Dreams Like Thunder'', and the Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction for ''Little America''. She teaches English at the City University of Ne ...

:1994: ''

Arabian Jazz The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. ...

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Diana Abu-Jaber Diana Abu-Jaber ( ar, ديانا أبو جابر) is an American author and a professor at Portland State University. Early life and education Abu-Jaber was born in Syracuse, New York. Her father was Jordanian with a Palestinian Jerusalemite mo ...

:1995: ''

Native Speaker Native Speaker may refer to: * ''Native Speaker'' (novel), a 1995 novel by Chang-Rae Lee * ''Native Speaker'' (album), a 2011 album by Canadian band Braids * Native speaker, a person using their first language or mother tongue {{disambigua ...

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Chang-Rae Lee Chang-rae Lee (born July 29, 1965) is a Korean-American novelist and a professor of creative writing at Stanford University. He was previously Professor of Creative Writing at Princeton and director of Princeton's Program in Creative Writing. E ...

:1996: ''What Falls Away'' by

Tracy Daugherty Tracy Daugherty is an American author. He is Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at Oregon State University. He has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Daugherty has writte ...

:1997: ''

Fight Club ''Fight Club'' is a 1999 American film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter. It is based on the Fight Club (novel), 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. Norton plays the unnamed T ...

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Chuck Palahniuk Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (; born February 21, 1962) is an American freelance journalist and novelist who describes his work as transgressional fiction. He has published 19 novels, three nonfiction books, two graphic novels, and two adu ...

:1998: ''The Ugliest House in the World'' by Peter Ho Davies :1999: ''Like Never Before'' by Ehud Havazelet :2000: ''Storm Riders'' by

Craig Lesley Craig Lesley is a memoirist and novelist of the modern American west. He has been nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize, first for his novel ''The Sky Fisherman'' in 1996, and again for ''Storm Riders'' in 2001. He has received three Pacific Nor ...

:2001: ''Throwing Knives'' by Molly Best Tinsley :2002: ''The Necessary Grace to Fall: Stories'' by

Gina Ochsner Gina Ochsner (born 1970) is an American author best known for her story collection ''The Necessary Grace to Fall'', which won the Flannery O'Connor Award in 2001, and her novel ''The Russian Dream Book of Colour and Flight'' (2009). She is a gradu ...

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Ken Kesey Ken Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Kesey was born ...
Award for the Novel

= :2003: ''His Mother's Son'' by Cai Emmons :2004: ''Axeman's Jazz'' by

:2005: '' How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater'' by

Marc Acito Marc Acito (born January 11, 1966) is an American playwright, novelist, and humorist. Early life Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, Acito was raised in Westfield, New Jersey, and is a 1984 graduate of Westfield High School. He studied in the BFA mu ...

:2006: ''The Best People in the World: A Novel'' by

Justin Tussing Justin Tussing is an American writer. Tussing was a graduate of the University of Iowa's Writer's Workshop, where he held a Teaching/Writing Fellowship. He later became a Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. His firs ...

:2007: ''Twenty Questions'' by Alison Clement

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H. L. Davis Harold Lenoir Davis (October 18, 1894 – October 31, 1960), also known as H. L. Davis, was an American novelist and poet. A native of Oregon, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel ''Honey in the Horn'', the only Pulitzer Prize for Lit ...
Award for Short Fiction

= :1998: ''The Ugliest House in the World'' by Peter Ho Davies :1999: ''Like Never Before'' by Ehud Havazelet :2000: ''Storm Riders'' by Craig Lesley :2001: ''Throwing Knives'' by Molly Best Tinsley :2002: ''The Necessary Grace to Fall'' by

:2003: ''It Takes a Worried Man'' by

:2004: ''Saving Stanley'' by Scott Nadelson :2005: ''Resistance'' by

Barry Lopez Barry Holstun Lopez (January 6, 1945 – December 25, 2020) was an American author, essayist, nature writer, and fiction writer whose work is known for its humanitarian and environmental concerns. In a career spanning over 50 years, h ...

:2006: ''People I Wanted to Be'' by

:2007: ''The Dead Fish Museum'' by

Charles D'Ambrosio Charles Anthony D'Ambrosio, Jr (born 1958) is an American short story writer and essayist. Life The son of Charles D'Ambrosio, Sr (1932-2011), a professor of finance at the University of Washington, D'Ambrosio grew up with two brothers and four ...

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Ken Kesey Ken Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Kesey was born ...
Award for Fiction

= :2008: ''Bearing the Body'' by Ehud Havazelet :2009/2010: ''Livability: Stories'' by

Jon Raymond Jonathan Raymond is an American writer living in Portland, Oregon. He is best known for writing the novels ''The Half-Life'' and ''Rain Dragon'', and for writing the short stories and novels adapted for the films ''Old Joy'', ''Wendy and Lucy'', ...

:2011: ''

Lean on Pete ''Lean on Pete'' is a 2017 British coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Andrew Haigh, based on the novel of the same name by Willy Vlautin. It stars Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny, Travis Fimmel and Steve Buscemi, and follows a 15 ...

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Willy Vlautin Willy Vlautin (born 1967) is an American author, musician and songwriter. He was the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of Portland, Oregon rock band Richmond Fontaine (1994–2016) and is currently a member of The Delines. Born and raised i ...

:2012: ''

The Sisters Brothers ''The Sisters Brothers'' is a 2011 Western novel by Canadian-born author Patrick deWitt. The darkly comic story takes place in Oregon and California in 1851. The narrator, Eli Sisters, and his brother Charlie are assassins tasked with killing H ...

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Patrick deWitt Patrick deWitt (born 1975) is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter. Born on Vancouver Island, deWitt lives in Portland, Oregon and has acquired American citizenship. As of 2023, he has written five novels: ''Ablutions'' (2009), '' The Sisters Bro ...

:2013: ''Shards'' by Ismet Prcic :2014: ''The Unreal and The Real: Collected Stories, Vols. 1 and 2'' by

:2015: ''The Revolution of Every Day'' by Cari Luna :2016: ''The Small Backs of Children'' by

Lidia Yuknavitch Lidia Yuknavitch ( ; born June 18, 1963) is an American writer, teacher and editor based in Oregon. She is the author of the memoir ''The Chronology of Water'', and the novels ''The Small Backs of Children,'' '' Dora: A Headcase,'' and ''The Bo ...

:2017: ''A Great Length of Time'' by Joyce Cherry Cresswell :2018: '' American War'' by

Omar El Akkad Omar El Akkad (born 1982) is an Egyptian-Canadian novelist and journalist, whose novel '' What Strange Paradise'' was the winner of the 2021 Giller Prize. Early life and education Omar El Akkad was born in Cairo, Egypt, and grew up in Doha, Qa ...

:2019: ''Red Clocks'' by

Leni Zumas Leni Zumas is an American writer from Washington, D.C., who lives in Oregon. She is the author of ''Red Clocks,'' ''The Listeners,'' and the story collection ''Farewell Navigator.'' Her short fiction, essays, and interviews have appeared in ''B ...

:2020: ''No God like the Mother'' by Kesha Ajọsẹ Fisher :2021: ''

The Great Offshore Grounds ''The Great Offshore Grounds'' is an American novel, by Vanessa Veselka. It won the Oregon Book Award and was longlisted for the U.S. National Book Award. On the novel The novel is post-capitalist Post-capitalism is a state in which the ...

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Award for Literary Nonfiction

:1987: ''Arctic Dreams'' by

:1988: ''Faces of a Reservation'' by Cynthia Stowell :1989: ''A Golden Journey'' by

Luther Cressman Luther Sheeleigh Cressman (October 24, 1897 – April 4, 1994) was an American field archaeologist, most widely known for his discoveries at Paleo-Indian sites such as Fort Rock Cave and Paisley Caves, sites related to the early settlement ...

:1990: ''Baja Journey'' by Robin Carey :1991: ''

Wings for My Flight ''Wings for My Flight: The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock'' is a 1991 book by American wildlife biologist Marcy Cottrell Houle. ''Wings for My Flight'' documents Houle's observations of a pair of the then- endangered peregrine falcons at C ...

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Marcy Cottrell Houle Marcy Cottrell Houle (born August 1, 1953) is an American writer and wildlife biologist. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Life and career Marcy Houle is a fifth-generation Oregonian, the daughter of George (a prominent orthopedic surgeon) and Marg ...

/ ''My Country, My Right to Serve'' by Mary Ann Humphrey (tie) :1992: ''No Duty to Retreat'' by Richard M. Brown :1993: ''The Trail Home'' by John Daniel :1994: ''Stubborn Twig'' by Lauren Kessler :1995: ''Voyage of a Summer Sun'' by

Robin Cody Robin Duncan Cody is an American writer from Oregon. His works include fiction and non-fiction books about nature. Biography Robin Cody was born in St. Helens, Oregon. When he was five, his family moved to Estacada, Oregon when his father, Ro ...

:1996: ''Volcano'' by

Garrett Hongo Garrett Kaoru Hongo (born May 30, 1951) is a Yonsei, fourth-generation Japanese American academic and poet. His work draws on Japanese American history and his own experiences.Arakawa, Suzanne K. (2005). "Hongo, Garrett (Kaoru)", in He was a ...

:1997: ''Looking After'' by John Daniel :1998: ''Making It Home'' by Lars Nordström :1999: ''The Left Hand of Eden'' by William Ashworth :2000: ''The Night Gardener'' by Marjorie Sandor :2001: ''When Broken Glass Floats'' by Chanrithy Him :2002: ''My Wars Are Laid Away in Books'' by Alfred Habegger

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Frances Fuller Victor Frances Auretta Fuller (Barritt) Victor ( pen names: Florence Fane, Dorothy D.) (May 23, 1826 – November 14, 1902) was an American historian and historical novelist. She has been described as "the first Oregon historian to gain regional and nat ...
Award for General Nonfiction

= :2003: ''Dispatches and Dictators: Ralph Barnes for the Herald Tribune'' by Barbara S. Mahoney :2004: ''In Search of Ancient Oregon'' by Ellen Morris Bishop :2005: ''Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown'' by James C. Mohr :2006: ''Modern Passings: Death Rites, Politics, and Social Change in Imperial Japan'' by Andrew Bernstein :2007: ''Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America'' by

Garrett Epps Garrett Epps (born 1950 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American legal scholar, novelist, and journalist. He was professor of law at the University of Baltimore until his retirement in June 2020; previously he was the Orlando J. and Marian H. Hollis P ...

:2008: ''One Night in America: Robert Kennedy, Cesar Chavez, and the Dream of Dignity'' by Steven W. Bender :2009/2010: ''Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme'' by

:2011: ''Savages and Scoundrels'' by Paul VanDevelder :2012: ''Imperial Japan At Its Zenith: The Wartime Celebration Of The Empire's 2600th Anniversary'' by Kenneth J. Ruoff :2013: '' The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret'' by Kent Hartman :2014: ''Duel with the Devil'' by Paul Collins :2015: ''Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self'' by

Alex Tizon Tomas Alexander Asuncion Tizon (October 30, 1959 – March 23, 2017) was a Filipino-American author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. His book ''Big Little Man'', a memoir and cultural history, explores themes related to race, masculinity ...

:2016: ''A Long High Whistle'' by

:2017: ''The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion'' by

:2018: ''Fish Market'' by Lee van der Voo :2019: ''Dangerous Subjects: James D. Saules and the Rise of Black Exclusion in Oregon'' by Kenneth R. Coleman :2020: ''Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World’s Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West'' by David Wolman and Julian Smith :2021: ''The Fire Is upon Us:

James Baldwin James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer. He garnered acclaim across various media, including essays, novels, plays, and poems. His first novel, '' Go Tell It on the Mountain'', was published in 1953; ...

William F. Buckley Jr. William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American public intellectual, conservative author and political commentator. In 1955, he founded ''National Review'', the magazine that stim ...

, and the Debate over Race in America'' by Nicholas Buccola

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Sarah Winnemucca Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins ( – October 17, 1891) was a Northern Paiute author, activist (lecturer) and educator (school organizer). Her maiden name is Winnemucca. Her Northern Paiute name was Thocmentony, also spelled Tocmetone, which translates ...
Award for Creative Nonfiction

= :2003: ''Providence of a Sparrow'' by Chris Chester / ''In The Shadow Of Memory'' by

(tie) :2004: ''The Stuff of Life'' by

Karen Karbo Karen Karbo is an American novelist, non-fiction writer and journalist.Freeman, Judith''Los Angeles Times'', June 21, 1991. Retrieved January 18, 2021.Burroway, Janet''The New York Times'', November 2, 2003. Retrieved January 19, 2021.Baker, Jef ...

:2005: ''The Pine Island Paradox'' by

Kathleen Dean Moore Kathleen Dean Moore (born 1947, Berea, Ohio) is a philosopher, writer, and environmental activist from Oregon State University. Her early creative nonfiction writing focused on the cultural and spiritual values of the natural world, especially sh ...

:2006: ''When the River Ran Wild! Indian Traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs Reservation'' by

George W. Aguilar George W. Aguilar, Sr. (born 1930) is a Wasco resident of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation who won the 2006 Oregon Book Award The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by Literary Arts to honor the "state’s finest accomplishments by Oreg ...

:2007: ''The Things Between Us'' by Lee Montgomery :2008: ''Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's'' by Lauren Kessler :2009/2010: ''Convictions: A Prosecutor’s Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves'' by

John Kroger John Richard Kroger (born 1966) is an American lawyer who served as the president of Reed College. He served as Oregon Attorney General, Attorney General for the U.S. state of Oregon from 2009 to 2012. Prior to being elected in 2008, he had earl ...

:2011: ''The Far Corner'' by John Daniel :2012: ''The Shape Of The Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, And The Stories We Inherit'' by George Estreich :2013: ''Crazy Enough'' by

Storm Large Storm Large (born Susan Storm Large, June 25, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and author. She attracted national attention as a contestant on the CBS reality television show '' Rock Star: Supernova''. For many years solely a roc ...

:2014: ''Wedlocked'' by Jay Ponteri :2015: ''The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld'' by Justin Hocking :2016: ''Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear'' by Kate Carroll de Gutes :2017: ''

Angels With Dirty Faces ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Brothers. It stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was ...

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Walidah Imarisha Walidah Imarisha ( am, ወሊዳ ኢማሪሻ) is an American writer, activist, educator and spoken word artist. Career Writing Imarisha is co-editor, with adrienne maree brown, of ''Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories From Social Justice ...

:2018: ''Animals Strike Curious Poses'' by Elena Passarello :2019: ''The Gospel of Trees'' by Apricot Irving :2020: ''Anxious Attachments'' by Beth Alvarado :2021: ''Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country'' by Sierra Crane Murdoch

Angus L. Bowmer Angus L. Bowmer (September 25, 1904 – May 26, 1979) was the founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, United States. During his tenure as artistic director, he produced all 37 of William Shakespeare's plays and performed 32 ...
Award for Drama

:1988: ''The Second Coming of Joan of Arc'' by Carolyn Gage :1989: ''Holding Patterns'' by Dan Duling :1990: ''Five Minute Wars'' by Sharon Whitney :1992: ''The Disappearance and Death of Amelia Earhart'' by E. J. Westlake :1994: ''A Pirate's Lullaby'' by Jessica Litwak :1996: ''Picasso in the Backseat'' by

Dmae Roberts Dmae Roberts, aka D. Roberts, is a Taiwanese-American independent public radio producer, writer, actress and playwright. Much of her work focuses on cross-cultural issues or personal storytelling. Roberts was born in Taipei, Taiwan and grew up in ...

:1997: ''Drawing Down Clio'' by Doug Baldwin :1998: ''Freud's Girls'' by Dori Appel :1999: ''The Lunatic Within'' by Dori Appel :2000: ''Wonderbroads'' by Melinda Pittman :2001: ''Lost and Found'' by Dori Appel :2004: ''Vitriol and Violets'' by Shelly Lipkin, Louanne Moldovan, and Sherry Lamoreaux :2006: ''Arthur's Dreams'' by Richard Moeschl :2008: ''Lost Wavelengths'' by Steve Patterson :2011: ''The Lost Boy'' by Susan Mach :2013: ''Antarktikos'' by

Andrea Stolowitz Andrea Stolowitz is an American playwright and university professor based in Portland, Oregon. She serves as the Ronni Lacroute Playwright in Residence at Artists Repertory Theatre, a five-year post begun in 2017. Her work has been produced nati ...

:2015: ''Ithaka'' by

:2017: ''Words That Burn'' by Cindy Williams Gutiérrez :2019: ''Successful Strategies'' by

:2021: ''You Cannot Undo This Action'' by Conor Eifler

Award for Young Readers Literature

:1990: ''Dragon's Milk'' by Susan Fletcher :1991: ''Four Dollars and Fifty Cents'' by

Eric Kimmel Eric A. Kimmel (born 1946) is an American author of more than 50 children's books. His works include Caldecott Honor Book '' Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins'' (illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman), Sydney Taylor Book Award winners ''The Chanukkah ...

:1992: ''The Striped Ships'' by

Eloise McGraw Eloise Jarvis McGraw (December 9, 1915 – November 30, 2000) was an American author of children's books and young adult novels. Career McGraw also contributed to the Oz series started by L. Frank Baum; working with her daughter, graphic artist ...

:1993: ''Blue Skin of the Sea'' by

Graham Salisbury Graham Salisbury (born April 11, 1944) is an American children's writer. His best known work is ''Under the Blood Red Sun'', a historical novel that features a Japanese-American boy and his family during World War II. Under the name Sandy Salis ...

:1994: ''

Make Lemonade ''Make Lemonade'' is a verse novel for young adults, written by Virginia Euwer Wolff and originally published in 1993 by Henry Holt and Company. It is the first book in a trilogy series consisting of ''Make Lemonade'', '' True Believer'' (the seco ...

'' by

Virginia Euwer Wolff Virginia Euwer Wolff (born August 25, 1937) is an American author of children's literature. Her award-winning series ''Make Lemonade'' features a 14-year-old girl named LaVaughn, who babysits for the children of a 17-year-old single mother. There ...

:1995: ''

Under the Blood Red Sun ''Under the Blood Red Sun'' is a historical novel by Graham Salisbury, published in 1995. An award-winning feature film by Japanese-American director Tim Savage and produced by Dana Satler Hankins, from a screenplay by Salisbury, was released in ...

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:1996: ''Journey of the Red Wolf'' by

Roland Smith Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as th ...

:1997: ''

The Moorchild ''The Moorchild'' is a 1996 children's novel by Eloise McGraw that centers on the life of a changeling girl. The novel draws heavily on Irish and European folklore about changelings, leprechauns, and fairies. Characters Moql/Saaski: the protagon ...

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:1998: ''Shark Bait'' by

:1999: ''A Voice from the Border'' by Pamela Smith Hill :2000: ''The Gate in the Wall'' by Ellen Howard :2001: ''True Believer'' by

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Eloise Jarvis McGraw Eloise Jarvis McGraw (December 9, 1915 – November 30, 2000) was an American author of children's books and young adult novels. Career McGraw also contributed to the Oz series started by L. Frank Baum; working with her daughter, graphic artist ...
Award for Children's Literature

= :2003: ''Three Samurai Cats'' by

:2004: ''Luba'' by Michelle McCann :2005: ''Cave Paintings to Picasso'' by Henry Sayre :2006: ''Tour America'' by Diane Siebert :2007: ''Not in Room 204'' by Shannon Riggs :2008: ''A Day With No Crayons'' by Elizabeth Rusch :2009/2010: ''Keep On! The Story of Matthew Henson, Co-discoverer of the North Pole'' by

Deborah Hopkinson Deborah Hopkinson is an American writer of children's books, primarily historical fiction, nonfiction and picture books. She was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. Selected books *''Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt'' (1993) *''Maria's Comet'' (1999) ...

:2011: ''Calvin Coconut: The Zippy Fix'' by

:2012: ''Calvin Coconut: Hero Of Hawaii'' by

:2013: ''Drawing From Memory'' by

Allen Say Allen Say (born James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii in 1937; surname written in Japanese) is a Japanese-American writer and illustrator. He is best known for '' Grandfather's Journey'', a children's picture book detailing his grandfather's voyage f ...

:2014: ''Calvin Coconut: Extra Famous'' by

:2015: ''Whistle in the Dark'' by Susan Hill Long :2016: ''With a Friend by Your Side'' by Barbara Kerley :2017: ''Hannah and Sugar'' by Kate Berube :2018: ''The Tragically True Adventures of Kit Donovan'' by Patricia Bailey :2019: ''The Turning'' by Emily Whitman :2020: ''Lowriders: Blast from the Past'' by

Cathy Camper Cathy Camper (born in 1956, in Madison, Wisconsin) is an Arab-American artist, librarian and author of books for children and teens. She wrote ''Bugs Before Time'', illustrated by Steve Kirk, and the graphic novel series ''Lowriders in Space'', il ...

:2021: ''A Game of Fox and Squirrels'' by Jenn Reese

=
Leslie Bradshaw Leslie Ann Bradshaw, an Americans, American businesswoman, is the former chief operating officer, president and co-founder of JESS3. She received recognition for her work at JESS3, including being named by ''Fast Company'' as one of the top fem ...
Award for Young Adult Literature

= :2002: ''

Empress of the World ''Empress of the World'' is a young adult novel by Sara Ryan. It was published in 2001. Its sequel, '' The Rules for Hearts'', was published in April 2007. It won the 2002 Oregon Book Award for Young Readers Literature. Ryan summarizes the boo ...

'' by

Sara Ryan Sara Ryan (born 1971) is an American writer and librarian living in Portland, Oregon. Biography Ryan was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she graduated from Pioneer High School in 1989. Her first novel, ''Empress of the World'', was publi ...

:2003: ''The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed'' by Heather Vogel Frederick :2004: ''Deep'' by Susanna Vance :2005: ''A Heart for Any Fate'' by

Linda Crew Linda Crew (born 1951) is an American author based in Oregon. She is best known for '' Children of the River'', first published in 1989, about a thirteen year old girl who flees Cambodia with her aunt's family, leaving her family behind for a bett ...

:2006: '' Eyes of the Emperor'' by

:2007: '' Alphabet of Dreams'' by Susan Fletcher :2008: ''

The Rules for Hearts Sara Ryan (born 1971) is an American writer and librarian living in Portland, Oregon. Biography Ryan was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she graduated from Pioneer High School in 1989. Her first novel, ''Empress of the World'', was publi ...

'' by

/ ''A Taste for Rabbit'' by Linda Zuckerman (tie) :2009/2010: ''I.Q. Book One: Independence Hall'' by

:2011: ''The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys'' by

Scott William Carter Scott William Carter is an American fiction writer. He writes in multiple genres, including fantasy, mystery, and young adult. Biography Carter was born in Minnesota and raised in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Before becoming a professional writ ...

:2012: ''Wildwing'' by Emily Whitman :2013: ''Blue Thread'' by Ruth Tenzer Feldman :2014: ''The Theory of Everything'' by Kari Luna :2015: ''The Body In the Woods'' by April Henry :2016: ''Martin Marten'' by Brian Doyle :2017: ''Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark'' by West Linn :2018: ''

Strange the Dreamer ''Strange the Dreamer'' is a 2017 young adult fantasy novel written by American author Laini Taylor and the first in the ''Strange the Dreamer'' duology, followed by '' Muse of Nightmares''. The story follows Lazlo Strange, a war orphan and lib ...

'' by Laini Taylor :2019: ''

The Wicked Deep ''The Wicked Deep'' is the debut novel from American Young adult fiction, young adult author Shea Ernshaw. The screen rights were acquired by Netflix in 2018. ''The Wicked Deep'' was published in 2018 by Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster ...

'' by Shea Ernshaw :2020: ''How I Became A Spy: A Mystery of WWII London'' by

:2021: ''The Sullivan Sisters'' by Kathryn Ormsbee

Pacific Northwest College of Art The Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is an art school of Willamette University and is located in Portland, Oregon. Established in 1909, the art school grants Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees and graduate degrees including the Master of Fine ...
Graphic Literature Award

:2012: ''

Footnotes in Gaza ''Footnotes in Gaza'' is a journalistic graphic narrative by Joe Sacco about bloody incidents between Israelis and Paletinians in Gaza during the Suez Crisis. It was published in 2009 by Henry Holt and Company in the U.S. and Jonathan Cape in ...

'' by

Joe Sacco Joe Sacco (; born October 2, 1960) is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist. He is best known for his comics journalism, in particular in the books '' Palestine'' (1996) and '' Footnotes in Gaza'' (2009), on Israeli–Palestinian rela ...

:2014: ''Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite'' by Barry Deutsch :2016: ''The Zoo Box'' by Ariel Cohn and Aron Nels Steinke :2018: ''Fetch: How A Bad Dog Brought Me Home'' by

Nicole J. Georges Nicole J. Georges (born 10 December 1981 in Kansas) is an American illustrator, writer, zinester, podcaster, and educator. She is well known for authoring the autobiographical comic zine ''Invincible Summer'', whose individual issues have been ...

:2020: ''Penny Nichols'' by Greg Means and M. K. Reed

Readers Choice Award

:2011: ''

'' by

:2012: ''The Chronology Of Water'' by

:2013: '' Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail'' by

Cheryl Strayed Cheryl Strayed (; née Nyland; born September 17, 1968) is an American writer and podcast host. She has written four books: the novel ''Torch'' (2006) and the nonfiction books '' Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail'' (2012), '' Ti ...

:2014: ''

The Orchardist ''The Orchardist'' (2012) is a novel by American author Amanda Coplin set in the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the 20th century. Synopsis Haunted by the disappearance of his younger sister forty years earlier, William Talmadge has taken re ...

'' by

Amanda Coplin Amanda Coplin is an American novelist. She was born in Wenatchee, Washington and went on to study at and graduate from the University of Oregon and University of Minnesota. In 2013 Coplin won a Whiting Writer's Award and was named to the Nationa ...

:2015: ''

The Free The Free were a German eurodance Euro-Dance (sometimes referred to as Euro-NRG, Euro-electronica or Euro) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe. It combines many elements of hip hop, techno, Hi-NR ...

'' by

:2016: ''The Small Backs of Children: A Novel'' by

:2017: ''A Series of Small Maneuvers'' by Eliot Treichel :2018: ''Fetch: How A Bad Dog Brought Me Home'' by

:2019: ''Ladder to the Light'' by Beth Wood

Special Awards

:1988: William Everson :1989: George Venn :1990:

Mary Barnard Mary Ethel Barnard (December 6, 1909 – August 25, 2001) was an American poet, biographer and Greek-to- English translator. She is known for her elegant rendering of the works of Sappho, a translation which has never gone out of print. ''P ...

:1991: Don James :1992: Paul Pintarich :1994:

Ralph Friedman Ralph Friedman (June 3, 1916 – June 3, 1995) was an American author best known for his books about Oregon. Ralph Friedman was born and raised in Chicago. He hitchhiked to Oregon in 1933 at the age of 16. He wrote 10 books, and contributed to ...

:1995: Wilma Erwin

Charles Erskine Scott Wood Charles Erskine Scott Wood or C.E.S. Wood (February 20, 1852January 22, 1944) was an American author, civil liberties advocate, artist, soldier, attorney, and Georgist. He is best known as the author of the 1927 satirical bestseller, '' Heavenly ...
Distinguished Writer Award

:1987: George Belknap :1988:

Dorothy Johansen Dorothy Olga Johansen (19 May 1904 – 13 December 1999) was an American historian of the Pacific Northwest. Life and work Dorothy Johansen was born in Seaside, Oregon on 19 May 1904. She taught school in Oregon from 1922 to 1927 and then in Ya ...

:1989: Vi Gale :1990:

Janet Stevenson Janet Marshall Stevenson (February 4, 1913 – June 9, 2009) was an American writer, teacher and social activist from Oregon who wrote in the areas of civil rights, the women's movement, the peace movement, the environment and the arts. She publi ...

:1991:

Walt Morey Walter Morey (February 3, 1907 – January 12, 1992), was a writer of numerous works of children's fiction, set in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Alaska, the places where Morey lived for all of his life. His book '' Gentle Ben'' was the basis ...

:1992:

Terence O'Donnell Terence O'Donnell (1924 - 2001) was an American writer. He was born in Portland, Oregon and graduated from the University of Chicago. He resided in Portland most of his life and worked at the Oregon Historical Society. During the latter part of ...

:1993: Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. :1994: Early Pomeroy :1995:

Damon Knight Damon Francis Knight (September 19, 1922 – April 15, 2002) was an American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He is the author of "To Serve Man", a 1950 short story adapted for ''The Twilight Zone''.Stanyard, ''Dimensions Behind t ...

:1996:

:1998: Priscilla Knuth :1999:

Ken Kesey Ken Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Kesey was born ...

:2003: George Hitchcock :2006:

:2008:

:2014:

:2015:

Ralph Salisbury Ralph James Salisbury (January 24, 1926 - October 9, 2017) was an American poet. His poem "In the Children's Museum in Nashville" was published in ''The New Yorker'' in 1960, making him one of the first self-identified Native American poets to ...

:2017: Jarold Ramsey :2020:

:2021:

Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award

:1987: ''

Northwest Review The University of Oregon has a diverse array of student-run and non-student-run media outlets. Newspapers ''Daily Emerald'' The ''Daily Emerald'', published Monday through Friday, primarily features news items and commentary pertaining to the U ...

'' :1988: '' Calyx, A Journal of Art & Literature'' :1989: Katharine McCanna :1990: Sandra Williams :1991:

Walt Curtis Walt is a masculine given name, generally a short form of Walter, and occasionally a surname. Notable people with the name include: People Given name * Walt Arfons (1916-2013), American drag racer and competition land speed record racer * Walt Be ...

:1992: Clyde Rice :1993: Penny Avila :1994: George Venn :1995: Tom Ferte :1996: Brian Booth :1997: Ruth Gundle & Judith Barrington :1998: Dennis & Linny Stovall :1999: Peter Sears :2000: Rich Wandschneider :2001: Erik Muller :2002: Carla Perry :2003: David Hedges :2004: David Milholland :2005: Barbara LaMorticella :2006:

Paulann Petersen Paulann Petersen (born 1942) an American poet from the state of Oregon. A native of Portland, she was Oregon's sixth poet laureate. Biography Petersen was born in 1942 in Portland, Oregon, where she graduated from Franklin High School in Southea ...

:2007:

Kim Stafford Kim Robert Stafford (born October 15, 1949) is an American poet and essayist who lives in Portland, Oregon. Early life and education Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Stafford is the son of poet William Stafford. He earned a Bachelor of Arts ...

:2008: Marlene Howard :2009: Matt Love :2011: John Laursen :2013:

Larry Colton Lawrence Robert Colton (born June 8, 1942), a one-time professional baseball player, is a writer and educator in Portland, Oregon, United States. He played as a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1968; a shoulder separation ended his career. ...

:2014: Vince & Patty Wixon :2015:

Tom Spanbauer Tom Spanbauer (born 1946) is an United States, American writer whose work often explores issues of sexuality, race, and the ties that bind disparate people together. Raised in Idaho, Spanbauer has lived in Kenya and across the United States. He l ...

:2016: Douglas Spangle :2017: Th
Independent Publishing Resource Center
:2018: Tracey Daugherty and Marjorie Sandor :2019: José González :2020: Write Around Portland :2021: Elizabeth Lyon

Walt Morey Walter Morey (February 3, 1907 – January 12, 1992), was a writer of numerous works of children's fiction, set in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Alaska, the places where Morey lived for all of his life. His book '' Gentle Ben'' was the basis ...
Young Readers Literary Legacy Award

:1998: Barbara J. McKillip :1999: Claudia Jones :2000:

Cathy Schneider Cathy Lisa Schneider is an American author and professor of democracy and dictatorship; comparative social movements; political violence; and policing. She is a professor at the American University School of International Service. Education Schn ...

:2001: Oregon advisory boards of

First Book First Book is a national, nonprofit social enterprise focusing on educational equity as a path out of poverty. The organization addresses barriers to education faced by children in low-income and historically excluded communities by providing brand ...

:2002: Ready to Learn :2003: Jerry Isom :2004: Patricia R. Gallagher :2005: Carol Brown :2006: John Monteverde :2007: Mark Mizell :2008: Young Writers Association :2009: Th
Dove Lewis Read to the Dogs
Program :2011: The Children's Book Bank :2012: Ulrich Hardt :2013: Oregon Battle of the Books :2014: Ellen Fader :2015: Jann Tankersley :2016: Curtis Kiefer :2017: Th
SMART (Start Making A Reader Today)
Program :2018: Carmen T. Bernier-Grand :2020: Reading Results :2021: PlayWrite, Inc.

Literary Fellowships

C. Hamilton Bailey Fellowship in Poetry

:2018:

:2019: Pamela K. Santos :2020:

Alicia Jo Rabins Alicia Jo Rabins is a performer, musician, singer, composer, poet, writer, and Jewish scholar. She lives in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Her use of language and words is central to her work: "Words may be the closest we get to immortal ...

:2021: Amy Miller

Edna L. Homes Fellowship in Young Readers

:2018: Erica A. Briggs :2019: Amy Baskin :2020: Kelly Garrett :2021: Shana Targosz

Fellowship in Fiction

:2018:

and Adair V

Fellowship in Poetry

:2018: manuel arturo abreu,

Danielle Cadena Deulen Danielle Cadena Deulen (born 1979) is an American poet, essayist, and academic. She is also the host of the Literary radio program and podcast '' Lit from the Basement''. Biography Danielle Cadena Deulen was born and raised in Portland, Oregon ...

, and Milo R. Muise

Fellowship in Publishing

:2018: '' Clackamas Literary Review'' and ''Pacifica: Poetry International'' :2019: ''Atelier 26 Books'' and ''Opossum: A Literary Marsupial'' :2020: ''Fonograf Editions'' and ''Octopus Books'' :2021: ''Forest Avenue Press'' and "Northwest Review''

Fellowship in Nonfiction

:2018: Elizabeth Enslin, Susan Shepard, and Brian Trapp :2019: Sterling Cunio and Justin Taylor :2020: Garet Lahvis

Laurell Swails and
Donald Monroe Donald Keith was a pseudonym for authors Donald (1888–1972) and Keith Monroe (1915–2003). They are best known for their series of stories in the Time Machine series, which were originally published in ''Boys' Life'' magazine between 1959 a ...
Memorial Fellowship in Fiction

:2018: Takashi L. Kendrick and Mika Tanner :2019:

Ana-Maurine Lara Ana-Maurine Lara (born 1975) is a Dominican American lesbian poet, novelist and Black feminist scholar. Lara is a long-time LGBT human rights activist and supporter, having served on the board of directors for the OutRight Action International, I ...

and Chris Stuck :2020: Cynthia L. Brown and Taylor Koekkoek :2021: Pedro Hoffmeister and Emily Woodworth

Leslie Bradshaw Fellowship

:2018: Alberto Yáñez (for nonfiction) :2019: Chelsea Biondolillo (for nonfiction) :2020: Rachael Carnes (for drama) :2021: Sara Jean Accuardi (for drama)

Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship

:2018: Jacob Aiello and Jake Vermaas :2019: Karen Luper and Marcus Lund :2020:

Marjorie Celona Marjorie Celona (born January 7, 1981) is an American-Canadian writer. Their debut novel, '' Y'', published in 2012, won the Waterstones 11 literary prize and was a shortlisted nominee for the Center for Fiction's Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Priz ...

and Gabriel Urza

Oregon Literary Career Fellowship

:2020: Beth Alvarado and Dao Strom :2021: Annie Sheppard and Sandy Tanaka

Oregon Poetry Community Fellowship

:2019: Jennifer Perrine :2021: Alyssa Ogi

Walt Morey Fellowship

:2018: Cindy Baldwin (for drama) :2019: Stacy Brewster (for drama) :2020: Jamie Cooper (for poetry) :2021: Scott Korb (for nonfiction)

Women Writers Fellowship

:2018: Naomi Ulsted :2019: Natalie Hirt :2020: Eliza Rotterman :2021: A. M. Rosales

Writers of Color Fellowship

:2018: Reema Zaman :2019: Christopher Rose :2020: Olufunke Grace Bankole :2021: Kesha Ajose-Fisher

External links

Complete list of literary award finalists and winners for all yearsComplete list of literary fellowship winners for all years

References

{{reflist Awards established in 1987 American fiction awards American poetry awards Oregon culture Culture of Portland, Oregon

Recipients

Book Awards

Award for Fiction

=Ken Kesey Ken Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Kesey was born ... Award for the Novel

=H. L. Davis Harold Lenoir Davis (October 18, 1894 – October 31, 1960), also known as H. L. Davis, was an American novelist and poet. A native of Oregon, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel ''Honey in the Horn'', the only Pulitzer Prize for Lit ... Award for Short Fiction

=Ken Kesey Ken Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Kesey was born ... Award for Fiction

Award for Literary Nonfiction

=Sarah Winnemucca Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins ( – October 17, 1891) was a Northern Paiute author, activist (lecturer) and educator (school organizer). Her maiden name is Winnemucca. Her Northern Paiute name was Thocmentony, also spelled Tocmetone, which translates ... Award for Creative Nonfiction

Angus L. Bowmer Angus L. Bowmer (September 25, 1904 – May 26, 1979) was the founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, United States. During his tenure as artistic director, he produced all 37 of William Shakespeare's plays and performed 32 ... Award for Drama

Award for Young Readers Literature

=Leslie Bradshaw Leslie Ann Bradshaw, an Americans, American businesswoman, is the former chief operating officer, president and co-founder of JESS3. She received recognition for her work at JESS3, including being named by ''Fast Company'' as one of the top fem ... Award for Young Adult Literature

Readers Choice Award

Special Awards

Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award

Walt Morey Walter Morey (February 3, 1907 – January 12, 1992), was a writer of numerous works of children's fiction, set in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Alaska, the places where Morey lived for all of his life. His book '' Gentle Ben'' was the basis ... Young Readers Literary Legacy Award

Literary Fellowships

C. Hamilton Bailey Fellowship in Poetry

Edna L. Homes Fellowship in Young Readers

Fellowship in Fiction

Fellowship in Poetry

Fellowship in Publishing

Fellowship in Nonfiction

Leslie Bradshaw Fellowship

Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship

Oregon Literary Career Fellowship

Oregon Poetry Community Fellowship

Walt Morey Fellowship

Women Writers Fellowship

Writers of Color Fellowship

External links

References

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Ken Kesey Ken Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Kesey was born ...
Award for the Novel

=
H. L. Davis Harold Lenoir Davis (October 18, 1894 – October 31, 1960), also known as H. L. Davis, was an American novelist and poet. A native of Oregon, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel ''Honey in the Horn'', the only Pulitzer Prize for Lit ...
Award for Short Fiction

=
Ken Kesey Ken Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Kesey was born ...
Award for Fiction

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Sarah Winnemucca Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins ( – October 17, 1891) was a Northern Paiute author, activist (lecturer) and educator (school organizer). Her maiden name is Winnemucca. Her Northern Paiute name was Thocmentony, also spelled Tocmetone, which translates ...
Award for Creative Nonfiction

Angus L. Bowmer Angus L. Bowmer (September 25, 1904 – May 26, 1979) was the founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, United States. During his tenure as artistic director, he produced all 37 of William Shakespeare's plays and performed 32 ...
Award for Drama

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Leslie Bradshaw Leslie Ann Bradshaw, an Americans, American businesswoman, is the former chief operating officer, president and co-founder of JESS3. She received recognition for her work at JESS3, including being named by ''Fast Company'' as one of the top fem ...
Award for Young Adult Literature

Walt Morey Walter Morey (February 3, 1907 – January 12, 1992), was a writer of numerous works of children's fiction, set in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Alaska, the places where Morey lived for all of his life. His book '' Gentle Ben'' was the basis ...
Young Readers Literary Legacy Award