| Oregon Book Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Literary excellence |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Literary Arts and Oregon |
| First awarded | 1987 |
| Website | Literary-arts.org |
The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by the Portland, Oregon, United States-based organization Literary Arts, Inc. to honor the "state’s finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, graphic literature, drama, literary nonfiction, and literature for young readers."[1]
Oregon Book Award was founded in 1987 by Brian Booth and Oregon Institute for Literary Arts (OILA).[2][3] In 1993, Literary Arts, Inc., 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 Portland's Scottish Rite Center to the Wonder Ballroom, in an effort to make it more lively and fun.[4] Since 2009, the awards ceremony has been held at the Gerding Theatre at the Armory, the home of Portland Center Stage.[5]
Recipients
Book Awards
Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry
| Year | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Seal Rock | John Haislip |
| 1988 | Singing the Mozart Requiem | Ingrid Wendt |
| 1989 | The Admiration's | Lex Runciman |
| 1990 | Dreamer | Primus St. John |
| 1990 | Toluca Street | Maxine Scates |
| 1991 | Psyche Drives the Coast | Sharon Doubiago |
| 1992 | Selected Poems | Vern Rutsala |
| 1993 | A Book of Other Days | Lisa M. Steinman |
| 1994 | Lauds | Tom Crawford |
| 1995 | Poem Rising Out of the Earth and Standing Up in Someone | James Grabill |
| 1996 | Journeyman's Wages | Clemens Starck |
| 1997 | Drawing the Line | Lawson Fusao Inada |
| 1998 | Cocktails with Brueghel at the Museum Café | Sandra Stone |
| 1999 | Ruining the Picture | Pimone Triplett |
| 2000 | Passion | Judith Montgomery |
| 2001 | The Evening Light | Floyd Skloot |
| 2002 | In The Margins Of The World | Willa Schneberg |
| 2003 | The Play of Dark and Light | Rita Ott Ramstad |
| 2004 | Men Holding Eggs | Henry Hughes |
| 2005 | Leaving | Laton Carter |
| 2006 | Facts About the Moon | Dorianne Laux |
| 2007 | The Sky Position | Tom Blood |
| 2008 | A is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth | Penelope Scambly Schott |
| 2009/2010 | All-American Poem | Matthew Dickman |
| 2011 | The Book of Men and Women | David Biespiel |
| 2012 | Curses And Wishes | Carl Adamshick |
| 2013 | Fjords Vol. 1 | Zachary Schomburg |
| 2014 | Incarnadine | Mary Szybist |
| 2015 | Sorrow Arrow | Emily Kendal Frey |
| 2016 | Saint Friend | Carl Adamshick |
| 2017 | When We Were Birds | Joe Wilkins |
| 2018 | Field Theories | Samiya Bashir |
| 2019 | Small Gods | Matthew Minicucci |
| 2020 | Spectra | Ashley Toliver |
| 2021 | Hope of Stones | Anna Elkins |
Award for Fiction
| Year | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Resurrectionists | Russell Working |
| 1988 | Within Normal Limits | Todd Grimson |
| 1989 | Cardinal Numbers | Hob Broun |
| 1990 | The Jump-off Creek | Molly Gloss |
| 1991 | (no award given) | |
| 1992 | Searoad | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 1993 | Dreams Like Thunder | Diane Simmons |
| 1994 | Arabian Jazz | Diana Abu-Jaber |
| 1995 | Native Speaker | Chang-Rae Lee |
| 1996 | What Falls Away | Tracy Daugherty |
| 1997 | Fight Club | Chuck Palahniuk |
| 1998 | The Ugliest House in the World | Peter Ho Davies |
| 1999 | Like Never Before | Ehud Havazelet |
| 2000 | Storm Riders | Craig Lesley |
| 2001 | Throwing Knives | Molly Best Tinsley |
| 2002 | The Necessary Grace to Fall: Stories | Gina Ochsner |
Ken Kesey Award for the Novel
| Year | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | His Mother's Son | Cai Emmons |
| 2004 | Axeman's Jazz | Tracy Daugherty |
| 2005 | How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater | Marc Acito |
| 2006 | The Best People in the World: A Novel | Justin Tussing |
| 2007 | Twenty Questions | Alison Clement |
H. L. Davis Award for Short Fiction
| Year | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Ugliest House in the World | Peter Ho Davies |
| 1999 | Like Never Before | Ehud Havazelet |
| 2000 | Storm Riders | Craig Lesley |
| 2001 | Throwing Knives | Molly Best Tinsley |
| 2002 | The Necessary Grace to Fall | Gina Ochsner |
| 2003 | It Takes a Worried Man | Tracy Daugherty |
| 2004 | Saving Stanley | Scott Nadelson |
| 2005 | Resistance | Barry Lopez |
| 2006 | People I Wanted to Be | Gina Ochsner |
| 2007 | The Dead Fish Museum | Charles D'Ambrosio |
Ken Kesey Award for Fiction
| Year | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Bearing the Body | Ehud Havazelet |
| 2009/2010 | Livability: Stories | Jon Raymond |
| 2011 | Lean on Pete | Willy Vlautin |
| 2012 | The Sisters Brothers | Patrick deWitt |
| 2013 | Shards | Ismet Prcic |
| 2014 | The Unreal and The Real: Collected Stories, Vols. 1 and 2 | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 2015 | The Revolution of Every Day | Cari Luna |
| 2016 | The Small Backs of Children | Lidia Yuknavitch |
| 2017 | A Great Length of Time | Joyce Cherry Cresswell |
| 2018 | American War | Omar El Akkad |
| 2019 | Red Clocks | Leni Zumas |
| 2020 | No God like the Mother | Kesha Ajọsẹ Fisher |
| 2021 | The Great Offshore Grounds | Vanessa Veselka |
| 2022 | What Strange Paradise | Omar El Akkad |
| 2023 | Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories | Sindya Bhanoo |
Award for Literary Nonfiction
| Year | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Arctic Dreams | Barry Lopez |
| 1988 | Faces of a Reservation | Cynthia Stowell |
| 1989 | A Golden Journey | Luther Cressman |
| 1990 | Baja Journey | Robin Carey |
| 1991 | Wings for My Flight / My Country, My Right to Serve | Marcy Cottrell Houle / Mary Ann Humphrey (tie) |
| 1992 | No Duty to Retreat | Richard M. Brown |
| 1993 | The Trail Home | John Daniel |
| 1994 | Stubborn Twig | Lauren Kessler |
| 1995 | Voyage of a Summer Sun | Robin Cody |
| 1996 | Volcano | Garrett Hongo |
| 1997 | Looking After | John Daniel |
| 1998 | Making It Home | Lars Nordström |
| 1999 | The Left Hand of Eden | William Ashworth |
| 2000 | The Night Gardener | Marjorie Sandor |
| 2001 | When Broken Glass Floats | Chanrithy Him |
| 2002 | My Wars Are Laid Away in Books | Alfred Habegger |
Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction
| Year | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Dispatches and Dictators: Ralph Barnes for the Herald Tribune | Barbara S. Mahoney |
| 2004 | In Search of Ancient Oregon | Ellen Morris Bishop |
| 2005 | Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown | James C. Mohr |
| 2006 | Modern Passings: Death Rites, Politics, and Social Change in Imperial Japan | Andrew Bernstein |
| 2007 | Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America | Garrett Epps |
| 2008 | One Night in America: Robert Kennedy, Cesar Chavez, and the Dream of Dignity | Steven W. Bender |
| 2009/2010 | Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme | Tracy Daugherty |
| 2011 | Savages and Scoundrels | Paul VanDevelder |
| 2012 | Imperial Japan At Its Zenith: The Wartime Celebration Of The Empire's 2600th Anniversary | Kenneth J. Ruoff |
| 2013 | The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret | Kent Hartman |
| 2014 | Duel with the Devil | Paul Collins |
| 2015 | Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self | Alex Tizon |
| 2016 | A Long High Whistle | David Biespiel |
| 2017 | The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion | Tracy Daugherty |
| 2018 | Fish Market | Lee van der Voo |
| 2019 | Dangerous Subjects: James D. Saules and the Rise of Black Exclusion in Oregon | Kenneth R. Coleman |
| 2020 | Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World’s Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West | David Wolman and Julian Smith |
| 2021 | The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America | Nicholas Buccola |
| 2022 | The Wretched Atom: America’s Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology | Jacob Darwin Hamblin |
| 2023 | Free: Two Years, Six Lives, and the Long Journey Home | Lauren Kessler |
Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction
| Year | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Providence of a Sparrow | Chris Chester |
| 2003 | In The Shadow Of Memory | Floyd Skloot |
| 2004 | The Stuff of Life | Karen Karbo |
| 2005 | The Pine Island Paradox | Kathleen Dean Moore |
| 2006 | When the River Ran Wild! Indian Traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs Reservation | George W. Aguilar |
| 2007 | The Things Between Us | Lee Montgomery |
| 2008 | Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's | Lauren Kessler |
| 2009/2010 | Convictions: A Prosecutor’s Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves | John Kroger |
| 2011 | The Far Corner | John Daniel |
| 2012 | The Shape Of The Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, And The Stories We Inherit | George Estreich |
| 2013 | Crazy Enough | Storm Large |
| 2014 | Wedlocked | Jay Ponteri |
| 2015 | The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld | Justin Hocking |
| 2016 | Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear | Kate Carroll de Gutes |
| 2017 | Angels With Dirty Faces | Walidah Imarisha |
| 2018 | Animals Strike Curious Poses | Elena Passarello |
| 2019 | The Gospel of Trees | Apricot Irving |
| 2020 | Anxious Attachments | Beth Alvarado |
| 2021 | Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country | Sierra Crane Murdoch |
| 2022 | Plastic: An Autobiography | Allison Cobb |
| 2023 | Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery | Casey Parks |
Angus L. Bowmer Award for Drama
| Year | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Second Coming of Joan of Arc | Carolyn Gage |
| 1989 | Holding Patterns | Dan Duling |
| 1990 | Five Minute Wars | Sharon Whitney |
| 1992 | The Disappearance and Death of Amelia Earhart | E. J. Westlake |
| 1994 | A Pirate's Lullaby | Jessica Litwak |
| 1996 | Picasso in the Backseat | Dmae Roberts |
| 1997 | Drawing Down Clio | Doug Baldwin |
| 1998 | Freud's Girls | Dori Appel |
| 1999 | The Lunatic Within | Dori Appel |
| 2000 | Wonderbroads | Melinda Pittman |
| 2001 | Lost and Found | Dori Appel |
| 2004 | Vitriol and Violets | Shelly Lipkin, Louanne Moldovan, and Sherry Lamoreaux |
| 2006 | Arthur's Dreams | Richard Moeschl |
| 2008 | Lost Wavelengths | Steve Patterson |
| 2011 | The Lost Boy | Susan Mach |
| 2013 | Antarktikos | Andrea Stolowitz |
| 2015 | Ithaka | Andrea Stolowitz |
| 2017 | Words That Burn | Cindy Williams Gutiérrez |
| 2019 | Successful Strategies | Andrea Stolowitz |
| 2021 | You Cannot Undo This Action | Conor Eifler |
| 2023 | The Storyteller | Sara Jean Accuardi |
Award for Young Readers Literature
| Year | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Dragon's Milk | Susan Fletcher |
| 1991 | Four Dollars and Fifty Cents | Eric Kimmel |
| 1992 | The Striped Ships | Eloise McGraw |
| 1993 | Blue Skin of the Sea | Graham Salisbury |
| 1994 | Make Lemonade | Virginia Euwer Wolff |
| 1995 | Under the Blood Red Sun | Graham Salisbury |
| 1996 | Journey of the Red Wolf | Roland Smith |
| 1997 | The Moorchild | Eloise McGraw |
| 1998 | Shark Bait | Graham Salisbury |
| 1999 | A Voice from the Border | Pamela Smith Hill |
| 2000 | The Gate in the Wall | Ellen Howard |
| 2001 | True Believer | Virginia Euwer Wolff |
Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children's Literature
| Year | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Three Samurai Cats | Eric Kimmel |
| 2004 | Luba | Michelle McCann |
| 2005 | Cave Paintings to Picasso | Henry Sayre |
| 2006 | Tour America | Diane Siebert |
| 2007 | Not in Room 204 | Shannon Riggs |
| 2008 | A Day With No Crayons | Elizabeth Rusch |
| 2009/2010 | Keep On! The Story of Matthew Henson, Co-discoverer of the North Pole | Deborah Hopkinson |
| 2011 | Calvin Coconut: The Zippy Fix | Graham Salisbury |
| 2012 | Calvin Coconut: Hero Of Hawaii | Graham Salisbury |
| 2013 | Drawing From Memory | Allen Say |
| 2014 | Calvin Coconut: Extra Famous | Graham Salisbury |
| 2015 | Whistle in the Dark | Susan Hill Long |
| 2016 | With a Friend by Your Side | Barbara Kerley |
| 2017 | Hannah and Sugar | Kate Berube |
| 2018 | The Tragically True Adventures of Kit Donovan | Patricia Bailey |
| 2019 | The Turning | Emily Whitman |
| 2020 | Lowriders: Blast from the Past | Cathy Camper |
| 2021 | A Game of Fox and Squirrels | Jenn Reese |
| 2022 | Taylor Before and After | Jennie Englund |
| 2023 | Friends Are Friends, Forever | Dane Liu |
Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature
| Year | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Empress of the World | Sara Ryan |
| 2003 | The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed | Heather Vogel Frederick |
| 2004 | Deep | Susanna Vance |
| 2005 | A Heart for Any Fate | Linda Crew |
| 2006 | Eyes of the Emperor | Graham Salisbury |
| 2007 | Alphabet of Dreams | Susan Fletcher |
| 2008 | The Rules for Hearts | Sara Ryan |
| 2008 | A Taste for Rabbit | Linda Zuckerman |
| 2009/2010 | I.Q. Book One: Independence Hall | Roland Smith |
| 2011 | The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys | Scott William Carter |
| 2012 | Wildwing | Emily Whitman |
| 2013 | Blue Thread | Ruth Tenzer Feldman |
| 2014 | The Theory of Everything | Kari Luna |
| 2015 | The Body In the Woods | April Henry |
| 2016 | Martin Marten | Brian Doyle |
| 2017 | Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark | West Linn |
| 2018 | Strange the Dreamer | Laini Taylor |
| 2019 | The Wicked Deep | Shea Ernshaw |
| 2020 | How I Became A Spy: A Mystery of WWII London | Deborah Hopkinson |
| 2021 | The Sullivan Sisters | Kathryn Ormsbee |
| 2022 | The Dead and the Dark | Courtney Gould |
| 2023 | Dream, Annie, Dream | Waka T. Brown |
Pacific Northwest College of Art Graphic Literature Award
| Year | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Footnotes in Gaza | Joe Sacco |
| 2014 | Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite | Barry Deutsch |
| 2016 | The Zoo Box | Ariel Cohn and Aron Nels Steinke |
| 2018 | Fetch: How A Bad Dog Brought Me Home | Nicole J. Georges |
| 2020 | Penny Nichols | Greg Means and M. K. Reed |
Readers Choice Award
| Year | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Lean on Pete | Willy Vlautin |
| 2012 | The Chronology Of Water | Lidia Yuknavitch |
| 2013 | Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail | Cheryl Strayed |
| 2014 | The Orchardist | Amanda Coplin |
| 2015 | The Free | Willy Vlautin |
| 2016 | The Small Backs of Children: A Novel | Lidia Yuknavitch |
| 2017 | A Series of Small Maneuvers | Eliot Treichel |
| 2018 | Fetch: How A Bad Dog Brought Me Home | Nicole J. Georges |
| 2019 | Ladder to the Light | Beth Wood |
Special Awards
- 1988: William Everson
- 1989: George Venn
- 1990: Mary Barnard
- 1991: Don James
- 1992: Paul Pintarich
- 1994: Ralph Friedman
- 1995: Wilma Erwin
Charles Erskine Scott Wood Distinguished Writer Award
- 1987: George Belknap
- 1988: Dorothy Johansen
- 1989: Vi Gale
- 1990: Janet Stevenson
- 1991: Walt Morey
- 1992: Terence O'Donnell
- 1993: Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
- 1994: Earl Pomeroy
- 1995: Damon Knight
- 1996: Eloise McGraw
- 1998: Priscilla Knuth
- 1999: Ken Kesey
- 2003: George Hitchcock
- 2006: Ursula K. Le Guin
- 2008: Barry Lopez
- 2014: Vern Rutsala
- 2015: Ralph Salisbury
- 2017: Jarold Ramsey
- 2020: Lawson Fusao Inada
- 2021: Molly Gloss
Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award
- 1987: Northwest Review
- 1988: Calyx, A Journal of Art & Literature
- 1989: Katharine McCanna
- 1990: Sandra Williams
- 1991: Walt Curtis
- 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
- 2007: Kim Stafford
- 2008: Marlene Howard
- 2009: Matt Love
- 2011: John Laursen
- 2013: Larry Colton
- 2014: Vince & Patty Wixon
- 2015: Tom Spanbauer
- 2016: Douglas Spangle
- 2017: The Independent Publishing Resource Center
- 2018: Tracey Daugherty and Marjorie Sandor
- 2019: José González
- 2020: Write Around Portland
- 2021: Elizabeth Lyon
Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award
- 1998: Barbara J. McKillip
- 1999: Claudia Jones
- 2000: Cathy Schneider
- 2001: Oregon advisory boards of First Book
- 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: The 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: The 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: Matthew Minicucci
- 2019: Pamela K. Santos
- 2020: Alicia Jo Rabins
- 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: Omar El Akkad and Adair V
Fellowship in Poetry
- 2018: manuel arturo abreu, Danielle Cadena Deulen, 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 Memorial Fellowship in Fiction
- 2018: Takashi L. Kendrick and Mika Tanner
- 2019: Ana-Maurine Lara 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 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
References
- ↑ "Oregon Book Awards and Fellowships". Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ↑ Pintarich, Paul (October 3, 1987). "Book awards event at arts center honors Oregon writers". The Oregonian.
- ↑ Pintarich, Paul (September 27, 1987). "Goldschmidt, Clark proclaim writers' week". The Oregonian.
- ↑ Baker, Jeff (November 11, 2005). "Book awards get a new cover". The Oregonian.
- ↑ Baker, Jeff (October 27, 2009). "Oregon Book Awards honor new writers, veteran winners". The Oregonian.
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