Oregon Book Award
Awarded forLiterary excellence
CountryUnited States
Presented byLiterary Arts and Oregon
First awarded1987
WebsiteLiterary-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

YearBookAuthor
1987Seal RockJohn Haislip
1988Singing the Mozart RequiemIngrid Wendt
1989The Admiration'sLex Runciman
1990DreamerPrimus St. John
1990Toluca StreetMaxine Scates
1991Psyche Drives the CoastSharon Doubiago
1992Selected PoemsVern Rutsala
1993A Book of Other DaysLisa M. Steinman
1994LaudsTom Crawford
1995Poem Rising Out of the Earth and Standing Up in SomeoneJames Grabill
1996Journeyman's WagesClemens Starck
1997Drawing the LineLawson Fusao Inada
1998Cocktails with Brueghel at the Museum CaféSandra Stone
1999Ruining the PicturePimone Triplett
2000Passion Judith Montgomery
2001The Evening LightFloyd Skloot
2002In The Margins Of The WorldWilla Schneberg
2003The Play of Dark and LightRita Ott Ramstad
2004Men Holding EggsHenry Hughes
2005LeavingLaton Carter
2006Facts About the MoonDorianne Laux
2007The Sky PositionTom Blood
2008A is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the CommonwealthPenelope Scambly Schott
2009/2010All-American PoemMatthew Dickman
2011The Book of Men and WomenDavid Biespiel
2012Curses And WishesCarl Adamshick
2013Fjords Vol. 1Zachary Schomburg
2014IncarnadineMary Szybist
2015Sorrow ArrowEmily Kendal Frey
2016Saint FriendCarl Adamshick
2017When We Were BirdsJoe Wilkins
2018Field TheoriesSamiya Bashir
2019Small GodsMatthew Minicucci
2020SpectraAshley Toliver
2021Hope of StonesAnna Elkins

Award for Fiction

YearBookAuthor
1987Resurrectionists Russell Working
1988Within Normal LimitsTodd Grimson
1989Cardinal NumbersHob Broun
1990The Jump-off CreekMolly Gloss
1991(no award given)
1992SearoadUrsula K. Le Guin
1993Dreams Like ThunderDiane Simmons
1994Arabian JazzDiana Abu-Jaber
1995Native SpeakerChang-Rae Lee
1996What Falls AwayTracy Daugherty
1997Fight ClubChuck Palahniuk
1998The Ugliest House in the WorldPeter Ho Davies
1999Like Never BeforeEhud Havazelet
2000Storm RidersCraig Lesley
2001Throwing KnivesMolly Best Tinsley
2002The Necessary Grace to Fall: StoriesGina Ochsner
Ken Kesey Award for the Novel
YearBookAuthor
2003His Mother's SonCai Emmons
2004Axeman's JazzTracy Daugherty
2005How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical TheaterMarc Acito
2006The Best People in the World: A NovelJustin Tussing
2007Twenty QuestionsAlison Clement
H. L. Davis Award for Short Fiction
YearBookAuthor
1998The Ugliest House in the WorldPeter Ho Davies
1999Like Never BeforeEhud Havazelet
2000Storm RidersCraig Lesley
2001Throwing KnivesMolly Best Tinsley
2002The Necessary Grace to FallGina Ochsner
2003It Takes a Worried ManTracy Daugherty
2004Saving StanleyScott Nadelson
2005ResistanceBarry Lopez
2006People I Wanted to BeGina Ochsner
2007The Dead Fish MuseumCharles D'Ambrosio
Ken Kesey Award for Fiction
YearBookAuthor
2008Bearing the BodyEhud Havazelet
2009/2010Livability: StoriesJon Raymond
2011Lean on PeteWilly Vlautin
2012The Sisters BrothersPatrick deWitt
2013ShardsIsmet Prcic
2014The Unreal and The Real: Collected Stories, Vols. 1 and 2Ursula K. Le Guin
2015The Revolution of Every DayCari Luna
2016The Small Backs of ChildrenLidia Yuknavitch
2017A Great Length of TimeJoyce Cherry Cresswell
2018American WarOmar El Akkad
2019Red ClocksLeni Zumas
2020No God like the MotherKesha Ajọsẹ Fisher
2021The Great Offshore GroundsVanessa Veselka
2022 What Strange Paradise Omar El Akkad
2023 Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories Sindya Bhanoo

Award for Literary Nonfiction

YearBookAuthor
1987Arctic DreamsBarry Lopez
1988Faces of a ReservationCynthia Stowell
1989A Golden JourneyLuther Cressman
1990Baja JourneyRobin Carey
1991Wings for My Flight / My Country, My Right to ServeMarcy Cottrell Houle / Mary Ann Humphrey (tie)
1992No Duty to RetreatRichard M. Brown
1993The Trail HomeJohn Daniel
1994Stubborn TwigLauren Kessler
1995Voyage of a Summer SunRobin Cody
1996VolcanoGarrett Hongo
1997Looking AfterJohn Daniel
1998Making It HomeLars Nordström
1999The Left Hand of EdenWilliam Ashworth
2000The Night GardenerMarjorie Sandor
2001When Broken Glass FloatsChanrithy Him
2002My Wars Are Laid Away in BooksAlfred Habegger
Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction
YearBookAuthor
2003Dispatches and Dictators: Ralph Barnes for the Herald TribuneBarbara S. Mahoney
2004In Search of Ancient OregonEllen Morris Bishop
2005Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's ChinatownJames C. Mohr
2006Modern Passings: Death Rites, Politics, and Social Change in Imperial JapanAndrew Bernstein
2007Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War AmericaGarrett Epps
2008One Night in America: Robert Kennedy, Cesar Chavez, and the Dream of DignitySteven W. Bender
2009/2010Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald BarthelmeTracy Daugherty
2011Savages and ScoundrelsPaul VanDevelder
2012Imperial Japan At Its Zenith: The Wartime Celebration Of The Empire's 2600th AnniversaryKenneth J. Ruoff
2013The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept SecretKent Hartman
2014Duel with the DevilPaul Collins
2015Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian SelfAlex Tizon
2016A Long High WhistleDavid Biespiel
2017The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan DidionTracy Daugherty
2018Fish MarketLee van der Voo
2019Dangerous Subjects: James D. Saules and the Rise of Black Exclusion in OregonKenneth R. Coleman
2020Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World’s Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American WestDavid Wolman and Julian Smith
2021The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in AmericaNicholas 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
YearBookAuthor
2003Providence of a SparrowChris Chester
2003In The Shadow Of MemoryFloyd Skloot
2004The Stuff of LifeKaren Karbo
2005The Pine Island ParadoxKathleen Dean Moore
2006When the River Ran Wild! Indian Traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs ReservationGeorge W. Aguilar
2007The Things Between UsLee Montgomery
2008Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer'sLauren Kessler
2009/2010Convictions: A Prosecutor’s Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron ThievesJohn Kroger
2011The Far CornerJohn Daniel
2012The Shape Of The Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, And The Stories We InheritGeorge Estreich
2013Crazy EnoughStorm Large
2014WedlockedJay Ponteri
2015The Great Floodgates of the WonderworldJustin Hocking
2016Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They AppearKate Carroll de Gutes
2017Angels With Dirty FacesWalidah Imarisha
2018Animals Strike Curious PosesElena Passarello
2019The Gospel of TreesApricot Irving
2020Anxious AttachmentsBeth Alvarado
2021Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian CountrySierra 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

YearBookAuthor
1988The Second Coming of Joan of ArcCarolyn Gage
1989Holding PatternsDan Duling
1990Five Minute WarsSharon Whitney
1992The Disappearance and Death of Amelia EarhartE. J. Westlake
1994A Pirate's LullabyJessica Litwak
1996Picasso in the BackseatDmae Roberts
1997Drawing Down ClioDoug Baldwin
1998Freud's GirlsDori Appel
1999The Lunatic WithinDori Appel
2000WonderbroadsMelinda Pittman
2001Lost and FoundDori Appel
2004Vitriol and VioletsShelly Lipkin, Louanne Moldovan, and Sherry Lamoreaux
2006Arthur's DreamsRichard Moeschl
2008Lost WavelengthsSteve Patterson
2011The Lost BoySusan Mach
2013AntarktikosAndrea Stolowitz
2015IthakaAndrea Stolowitz
2017Words That BurnCindy Williams Gutiérrez
2019Successful StrategiesAndrea Stolowitz
2021You Cannot Undo This ActionConor Eifler
2023 The Storyteller Sara Jean Accuardi

Award for Young Readers Literature

YearBookAuthor
1990Dragon's MilkSusan Fletcher
1991Four Dollars and Fifty CentsEric Kimmel
1992The Striped ShipsEloise McGraw
1993Blue Skin of the SeaGraham Salisbury
1994Make LemonadeVirginia Euwer Wolff
1995Under the Blood Red SunGraham Salisbury
1996Journey of the Red WolfRoland Smith
1997The MoorchildEloise McGraw
1998Shark BaitGraham Salisbury
1999A Voice from the BorderPamela Smith Hill
2000The Gate in the WallEllen Howard
2001True BelieverVirginia Euwer Wolff
Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children's Literature
YearBookAuthor
2003Three Samurai CatsEric Kimmel
2004LubaMichelle McCann
2005Cave Paintings to PicassoHenry Sayre
2006Tour AmericaDiane Siebert
2007Not in Room 204Shannon Riggs
2008A Day With No CrayonsElizabeth Rusch
2009/2010Keep On! The Story of Matthew Henson, Co-discoverer of the North PoleDeborah Hopkinson
2011Calvin Coconut: The Zippy FixGraham Salisbury
2012Calvin Coconut: Hero Of HawaiiGraham Salisbury
2013Drawing From MemoryAllen Say
2014Calvin Coconut: Extra FamousGraham Salisbury
2015Whistle in the DarkSusan Hill Long
2016With a Friend by Your SideBarbara Kerley
2017Hannah and SugarKate Berube
2018The Tragically True Adventures of Kit DonovanPatricia Bailey
2019The TurningEmily Whitman
2020Lowriders: Blast from the PastCathy Camper
2021A Game of Fox and SquirrelsJenn Reese
2022 Taylor Before and After Jennie Englund
2023 Friends Are Friends, Forever Dane Liu
Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature
YearBookAuthor
2002Empress of the WorldSara Ryan
2003The Voyage of Patience GoodspeedHeather Vogel Frederick
2004DeepSusanna Vance
2005A Heart for Any FateLinda Crew
2006Eyes of the EmperorGraham Salisbury
2007Alphabet of DreamsSusan Fletcher
2008The Rules for HeartsSara Ryan
2008A Taste for RabbitLinda Zuckerman
2009/2010I.Q. Book One: Independence HallRoland Smith
2011The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon BoysScott William Carter
2012WildwingEmily Whitman
2013Blue ThreadRuth Tenzer Feldman
2014The Theory of EverythingKari Luna
2015The Body In the WoodsApril Henry
2016Martin MartenBrian Doyle
2017Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II DenmarkWest Linn
2018Strange the DreamerLaini Taylor
2019The Wicked DeepShea Ernshaw
2020How I Became A Spy: A Mystery of WWII LondonDeborah Hopkinson
2021The Sullivan SistersKathryn Ormsbee
2022 The Dead and the Dark Courtney Gould
2023 Dream, Annie, Dream Waka T. Brown

Pacific Northwest College of Art Graphic Literature Award

YearBookAuthor
2012Footnotes in GazaJoe Sacco
2014Hereville: How Mirka Met a MeteoriteBarry Deutsch
2016The Zoo BoxAriel Cohn and Aron Nels Steinke
2018Fetch: How A Bad Dog Brought Me HomeNicole J. Georges
2020Penny NicholsGreg Means and M. K. Reed

Readers Choice Award

YearBookAuthor
2011Lean on PeteWilly Vlautin
2012The Chronology Of WaterLidia Yuknavitch
2013Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest TrailCheryl Strayed
2014The OrchardistAmanda Coplin
2015The FreeWilly Vlautin
2016The Small Backs of Children: A NovelLidia Yuknavitch
2017A Series of Small ManeuversEliot Treichel
2018Fetch: How A Bad Dog Brought Me HomeNicole J. Georges
2019Ladder to the LightBeth 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

References

  1. "Oregon Book Awards and Fellowships". Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. Pintarich, Paul (October 3, 1987). "Book awards event at arts center honors Oregon writers". The Oregonian.
  3. Pintarich, Paul (September 27, 1987). "Goldschmidt, Clark proclaim writers' week". The Oregonian.
  4. Baker, Jeff (November 11, 2005). "Book awards get a new cover". The Oregonian.
  5. Baker, Jeff (October 27, 2009). "Oregon Book Awards honor new writers, veteran winners". The Oregonian.
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