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The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by Literary Arts, Inc. for "the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama and young readers literature."
Contents
- Award for fiction
- Ken Kesey Award for the Novel
- H L Davis Award for Short Fiction
- Ken Kesey Award for Fiction
- Award for Literary Nonfiction
- Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction
- Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction
- StaffordHall Award for Poetry
- Angus L Bowmer Award for Drama
- Award for Young Readers Literature
- Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Childrens Literature
- Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature
- Special Award Winners
- Charles Erskine Scott Wood Distinguished Writer Award
- Stewart H Holbrook Literary Legacy Award
- Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award
- Readers Choice Award
- Pacific Northwest College of Art Graphic Literature Award
- References
Oregon Book Award was founded in 1987 by Brian Booth and Oregon Institute for Literary Arts. In 1993, Literary Arts, a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of Oregonians through language and literature, joined with the Oregon Institute for Literary Arts 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.
Award for fiction
2002: The Necessary Grace to Fall: Stories by Gina Ochsner2001: Throwing Knives by Molly Best Tinsley2000: Storm Riders by Craig Lesley1999: Like Never Before by Ehud Havazelet1998: The Ugliest House in the World by Peter Ho Davies1997: Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk1996: What Falls Away by Tracy Daugherty1995: Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee1994: Arabian Jazz by Diana Abu-Jaber1993: Dreams Like Thunder by Diane Simmons1992: Searoad by Ursula K. Le Guin1991: (no award given)1990: The Jump-off Creek by Molly Gloss1989: Cardinal Numbers by Hob Broun1988: Within Normal Limits by Todd Grimson1987: Resurrectionists by Russell WorkingKen Kesey Award for the Novel
2007: Twenty Questions by Alison Clement2006: The Best People in the World: A Novel by Justin Tussing2005: How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater by Marc Acito2004: Axeman's Jazz by Tracy Daugherty2003: His Mother's Son by Cai EmmonsH. L. Davis Award for Short Fiction
2007: The Dead Fish Museum by Charles D'Ambrosio2006: People I Wanted to Be by Gina Ochsner2005: Resistance by Barry Lopez2004: Saving Stanley by Scott Nadelson2003: It Takes a Worried Man by Tracy DaughertyKen Kesey Award for Fiction
2015: The Revolution of Every Day by Cari Luna2014: The Unreal and The Real: Collected Stories: Volume 1 and 2 by Ursula K. Le Guin2013: Shards by Ismet Prcic2012: The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt2011: Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin2009/2010: Livability: Stories by Jon Raymond2008: Bearing the Body by Ehud HavazeletAward for Literary Nonfiction
2002: My Wars Are Laid Away in Books by Alfred Habegger2001: When Broken Glass Floats by Chanrithy Him2000: The Night Gardener by Marjorie Sandor1999: The Left Hand of Eden by William Ashworth1998: Making It Home by Lars Nordström1997: Looking After by John Daniel1996: Volcano by Garrett Hongo1995: Voyage of a Summer Sun by Robin Cody1994: Stubborn Twig by Lauren Kessler1993: The Trail Home by John Daniel1992: No Duty to Retreat by Richard M. Brown1991: Wings for My Flight by Marcy Cottrell Houle (co-winner)1991: My Country, My Right to Serve by Mary Ann Humphrey (co-winner)1990: Baja Journey by Robin Carey1989: A Golden Journey by Luther Cressman1988: Faces of a Reservation by Cynthia Stowell1987: Arctic Dreams by Barry LopezFrances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction
2015: Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self by Alex Tizon2014: Duel with the Devil by Paul Collins2013: The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret by Kent Hartman2012: Imperial Japan At Its Zenith: The Wartime Celebration Of The Empire's 2600th Anniversary by Kenneth J. Ruoff2011: Savages and Scoundrels by Paul VanDevelder2009/2010: Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme by Tracy Daugherty2008: One Night in America: Robert Kennedy, Cesar Chavez, and the Dream of Dignity by Steven W. Bender2007: Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America by Garrett Epps2006: Modern Passings: Death Rites, Politics, and Social Change in Imperial Japan by Andrew Bernstein2005: Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown by James C. Mohr2004: In Search of Ancient Oregon by Ellen Morris Bishop2003: Dispatches and Dictators: Ralph Barnes for the Herald Tribune Dispatches and Dictators: Ralph Barnes for the Herald Tribune by Barbara S. MahoneySarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction
2015: The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld by Justin Hocking2014: Wedlocked by Jay Ponteri2013: Crazy Enough by Storm Large2012: The Shape Of The Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, And The Stories We Inherit by George Estreich2011: The Far Corner by John Daniel2009/2010: Convictions: A Prosecutor’s Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves by John Kroger2008: Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's by Lauren Kessler2007: The Things Between Us by Lee Montgomery2006: When the River Ran Wild! Indian Traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs Reservation by George Aguilar2005: The Pine Island Paradox by Kathleen Dean Moore2004: The Stuff of Life by Karen Karbo2003: Providence of a Sparrow by Chris Chester (co-winner)2003: In The Shadow Of Memory by Floyd Skloot (co-winner)Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry
2015: Sorrow Arrow by Emily Kendal Frey2014: Incarnadine by Mary Szybist2013: Fjords Vol 1 by Zachary Schomburg2012: Curses And Wishes by Carl Adamshick2011: The Book of Men and Women by David Biespiel2009/2010: All-American Poem by Matthew Dickman2008: A is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth by Penelope Scambly Schott2007: The Sky Position by Tom Blood2006: Facts About the Moon by Dorianne Laux2005: Leaving by Laton Carter2004: Men Holding Eggs by Henry Hughes2003: The Play of Dark and Light by Rita Ott Ramstad2002: In The Margins Of The World by Willa Schneberg2001: The Evening Light by Floyd Skloot2000: Passion by Judith Montgomery1999: Ruining the Picture by Pimone Triplett1998: Cocktails with Brueghel at the Museum Café by Sandra Stone1997: Drawing the Line by Lawson Fusao Inada1996: Journeyman's Wages by Clemens Starck1995: Poem Rising Out of the Earth and Standing Up in Someone by James Grabill1994: Lauds by Tom Crawford1993: A Book of Other Days by Lisa M. Steinman1992: Selected Poems by Vern Rutsala1991: Psyche Drives the Coast by Sharon Doubiago1990: Toluca Street by Maxine Scates1990: Dreamer by Primus St. John1989: The Admiration's by Lex Runciman1988: Singing the Mozart Requiem by Ingrid Wendt1987: Seal Rock by John HaislipAngus L. Bowmer Award for Drama
2015: Ithaka by Andrea Stolowitz2013: Antarktikos by Andrea Stolowitz2011: The Lost Boy by Susan Mach2008: Lost Wavelengths by Steve Patterson2006: Arthur's Dreams by Richard Moeschl2004: Vitriol and Violets by Shelly Lipkin, Louanne Moldovan and Sherry Lamoreaux2001: Lost and Found by Dori Appel2000: Wonderbroads by Melinda Pittman1999: The Lunatic Within by Dori Appel1998: Freud's Girls by Dori Appel1997: Drawing Down Clio by Doug Baldwin1996: Picasso in the Backseat by Dmae Roberts1994: A Pirate's Lullaby by Jessica Litwak1992: The Disappearance and Death of Amelia Earhart by E. J. Westlake1990: Five Minute Wars by Sharon Whitney1989: Holding Patterns by Dan Duling1988: The Second Coming of Joan of Arc by Carolyn GageAward for Young Readers Literature
2001: True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff2000: The Gate in the Wall by Ellen Howard1999: A Voice from the Border by Pamela Smith Hill1998: Shark Bait by Graham Salisbury1997: The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw1996: Journey of the Red Wolf by Roland Smith1995: Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury1994: Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff1993: Blue Skin of the Sea by Graham Salisbury1992: The Striped Ships by Eloise McGraw1991: Four Dollars and Fifty Cents by Eric Kimmel1990: Dragon's Milk by Susan FletcherEloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children's Literature
2015: Whistle in the Dark by Susan Hill Long2014: Calvin Coconut: Extra Famous by Graham Salisbury2013: Drawing From Memory by Allen Say2012: Calvin Coconut: Hero Of Hawaii by Graham Salisbury2011: Calvin Coconut: The Zippy Fix by Graham Salisbury2009/2010: Keep On! The Story of Matthew Henson, Co-discoverer of the North Pole by Deborah Hopkinson2008: A Day With No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch2007: Not in Room 204 by Shannon Riggs2006: Tour America by Diane Siebert2005: Cave Paintings to Picasso by Henry Sayre2004: Luba by Michelle McCann2003: Three Samurai Cats by Eric KimmelLeslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature
2015: The Body In the Woods by April Henry2014: The Theory of Everything by Kari Luna2013: Blue Thread by Ruth Tenzer Feldman2012: Wildwing by Emily Whitman2011: The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys by Scott William Carter2009/2010: I.Q. Book One: Independence Hall by Roland Smith2008: The Rules for Hearts by Sara Ryan / A Taste for Rabbit by Linda Zuckerman (tie)2007: Alphabet of Dreams by Susan Fletcher2006: Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury2005: A Heart for Any Fate by Linda Crew2004: Deep by Susanna Vance2003: The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed by Heather Vogel Frederick2002: Empress of the World by Sara RyanSpecial Award Winners
1995: Wilma Erwin1994: Ralph Friedman1992: Paul Pintarich1991: Don James1990: Mary Barnard1989: George Venn1988: William EversonCharles Erskine Scott Wood Distinguished Writer Award
2014: Vern Rutsala2008: Barry Lopez2006: Ursula K. Le Guin2003: George Hitchcock1999: Ken Kesey1998: Priscilla Knuth1996: Eloise McGraw1995: Damon Knight1994: Early Pomeroy1993: Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.1992: Terence O'Donnell1991: Walt Morey1990: Janet Stevenson1989: Vi Gale1988: Dorothy Johansen1987: George BelknapStewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award
2015: Tom Spanbauer2014: Vince & Patty Wixon2013: Larry Colton2011: John Laursen2009: Matt Love2008: Marlene Howard2007: Kim Stafford2006: Paulann Petersen2005: Barbara LaMorticella2004: David Milholland2003: David Hedges2002: Carla Perry2001: Erik Muller2000: Rich Wandschneider1999: Peter Sears1998: Dennis & Linny Stovall1997: Ruth Gundle & Judith Barrington1996: Brian Booth1995: Tom Ferte1994: George Venn1993: Penny Avila1992: Clyde Rice1991: Walt Curtis1990: Sandra Williams1989: Katharine McCanna1988: Calyx, A Journal of Art & Literature1987: Northwest ReviewWalt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award
2015: Jann Tankersley2014: Ellen Fader2013: Oregon Battle of the Books2012: Ulrich Hardt2011: The Children's Book Bank2009: The Dove Lewis Animal Assisted Therapy Program: Read to the Dogs Program2008: Young Writers Association2007: Mark Mizell2006: John Monteverde2005: Carol Brown2004: Patricia R. Gallagher2003: Jerry Isom2002: Ready to Learn2001: Oregon advisory boards of First Book2000: Cathy Schneider1999: Claudia Jones1998: Barbara J. McKillipReaders Choice Award
2015: The Free by Willy Vlautin2014: The Orchardist Amanda Coplin2013: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed2012: The Chronology Of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch2011: Lean on Pete by Willy VlautinPacific Northwest College of Art Graphic Literature Award
2014: Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite by Barry Deutsch2012: Footnotes in Gaza by Joe SaccoReferences
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