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 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] Portland Center Stage .[5]
Award for Literary Nonfiction edit 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
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 2024 Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest Josephine Woolington
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 2024 Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear Erica Berry
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 edit 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 2024 Too Early Nora Ericson
Readers Choice Award edit
1988: William Everson 1989: George Venn 1990: Mary Barnard 1991: Don James 1992: Paul Pintarich 1994: Ralph Friedman 1995: Wilma Erwin 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 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 2023: Gary Miranda 2024: Ellen Waterston 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. 2023: Dawn Babb Prochovnic Literary Fellowships edit C. Hamilton Bailey Fellowship in Poetry edit 2018: Matthew Minicucci 2019: Pamela K. Santos 2020: Alicia Jo Rabins 2021: Amy Miller Edna L. Homes Fellowship in Young Readers edit 2018: Erica A. Briggs 2019: Amy Baskin 2020: Kelly Garrett 2021: Shana Targosz Fellowship in Fiction edit 2018: Omar El Akkad and Adair V Fellowship in Poetry edit 2018: manuel arturo abreu, Danielle Cadena Deulen , and Milo R. Muise Fellowship in Publishing edit 2018: Clackamas Literary Review 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 edit 2018: Elizabeth Enslin, Susan Shepard, and Brian Trapp 2019: Sterling Cunio and Justin Taylor 2020: Garet Lahvis 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 edit 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 edit 2018: Jacob Aiello and Jake Vermaas 2019: Karen Luper and Marcus Lund 2020: Marjorie Celona and Gabriel Urza Oregon Literary Career Fellowship edit 2020: Beth Alvarado and Dao Strom 2021: Annie Sheppard and Sandy Tanaka 2019: Jennifer Perrine 2021: Alyssa Ogi Walt Morey Fellowship edit 2018: Cindy Baldwin (for drama) 2019: Stacy Brewster (for drama) 2020: Jamie Cooper (for poetry) 2021: Scott Korb (for nonfiction) Women Writers Fellowship edit 2018: Naomi Ulsted 2019: Natalie Hirt 2020: Eliza Rotterman 2021: A. M. Rosales Writers of Color Fellowship edit 2018: Reema Zaman 2019: Christopher Rose 2020: Olufunke Grace Bankole 2021: Kesha Ajose-Fisher
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