Oregon Book Award
Encyclopedia
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."
Ken Kesey
H. L. Davis
Frances Fuller Victor
Sarah Winnemucca
Stafford/Hall
Angus L. Bowmer
Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Charles Erskine Scott Wood
Stewart H. Holbrook
Walt Morey
History
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 OchsnerGina OchsnerGina Ochsner 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 ....
- 2001: Throwing KnivesThrowing KnivesThrowing Knives is a collection of short stories by Molly Best Tinsley, first published on 1 February 2000. It was awarded the 2001 Oregon Book Award for fiction, as well as the 1999 Sandstone Prize in Short Fiction offered by the Ohio State University Press.-External links:*...
by Molly Best Tinsley - 2000: Storm Riders by Craig Lesley
- 1999: Like Never BeforeLike Never BeforeLike Never Before is an album by American blues artist Taj Mahal.-Track listing:# "Don't Call Us"# "River of Love"# "Scattered"# "Ev'ry Wind "# "Blues with a Feeling"# "Squat That Rabbit"# "Take All the Time You Need"# "Love Up"...
by Ehud HavazeletEhud HavazeletEhud Havazelet is an American novelist and short story writer.-Early life and education:Ehud Havazelet was born in Jerusalem, Israel. His father, Meir Havazelet, a rabbi and professor at Yeshiva University emigrated to the United States in 1957... - 1998: The Ugliest House in the World by Peter Ho DaviesPeter Ho DaviesPeter Ho Davies is a contemporary British writer of Welsh and Chinese descent.-Biography:Born and raised in Coventry, Davies studied physics at Manchester University then English at Cambridge University....
- 1997: Fight ClubFight Club (novel)Fight Club is a 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. It follows the experiences of an unnamed protagonist struggling with insomnia. Inspired by his doctor's exasperated remark that insomnia is not suffering, he finds relief by impersonating a seriously ill person in several support groups...
by Chuck PalahniukChuck PalahniukCharles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk is an American transgressional fiction novelist and freelance journalist. He is best known for the award-winning novel Fight Club, which was later made into a film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter... - 1996: What Falls Away by Tracy DaughertyTracy DaughertyTracy Daugherty is an American author. His is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at Oregon State University. He has previously held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts....
- 1995: Native SpeakerNative SpeakerNative Speaker is Chang-Rae Lee’s first novel. In Native Speaker, he creates a man named Henry Park who tries to assimilate into American society and become a “native speaker.”-Plot summary:...
by Chang-Rae LeeChang-Rae LeeChang-rae Lee is a Korean American novelist and a professor of creative writing at Princeton University, where he has served as the director of Princeton's Program in Creative Writing.-Early life:... - 1994: Arabian JazzArabian JazzArabian Jazz is a novel written by Diana Abu-Jaber and published in 1993.This fictional work traces the occurrences of an immigrant Jordanian family and their integration into American society...
by Diana Abu-JaberDiana Abu-JaberDiana Abu-Jaber is Jordanian American author and a professor at Portland State University. She was born in Syracuse, New York. Her father was Jordanian and her mother was American, descended from Irish and German roots. At the age of seven she moved with her family for two years to Jordan... - 1993: Dreams Like Thunder by Diane Simmons
- 1992: Searoad by Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le GuinUrsula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories, notably in fantasy and science fiction...
- 1991: (no award given)
- 1990: The Jump-off Creek by Molly GlossMolly GlossMolly Gloss is an American writer currently best known for historical fiction and science fiction.-Life:Molly Gloss grew up in rural Oregon and began writing seriously when she became a mother. She now lives in Portland, Oregon and is close friends with fellow science fiction writer Ursula K. Le...
- 1989: Cardinal Numbers by Hob Broun
- 1988: Within Normal Limits by Todd Grimson
- 1987: Resurrectionists by Russell Working
Ken KeseyKen KeseyKenneth Elton "Ken" Kesey was an American author, best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , and as a counter-cultural figure who considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. "I was too young to be a beatnik, and too old to be a...
Award for the Novel
- 2007: Twenty Questions by Alison Clement
- 2006: The Best People in the World: A Novel by Justin TussingJustin TussingJustin 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...
- 2005: How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical TheaterHow I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical TheaterHow I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater is a 2004 teen novel, the first by American author Marc Acito...
by Marc AcitoMarc AcitoMarc Acito is a United States novelist, humorist, and screenwriter. His comic novel How I Paid for College won the Oregon Book Awards' 2005 Ken Kesey Award for Best Novel, was voted a 2005 "Teens Top Ten for favorite young adult book" of the American Library Association.In April 2008, Acito... - 2004: Axeman's Jazz by Tracy DaughertyTracy DaughertyTracy Daugherty is an American author. His is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at Oregon State University. He has previously held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts....
- 2003: His Mother's Son by Cai Emmons
H. L. DavisH. L. DavisHarold Lenoir Davis , 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 given to a native Oregonian...
Award for Short Fiction
- 2007: The Dead Fish Museum by Charles D'AmbrosioCharles D'Ambrosio-Life:D'Ambrosio grew up in Seattle, Washington, and now lives in Portland, Oregon. He attended Oberlin College and graduated from the Iowa Writers Workshop, where he has been a visiting faculty member...
- 2006: People I Wanted to Be by Gina OchsnerGina OchsnerGina Ochsner 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 ....
- 2005: Resistance by Barry LopezBarry LopezBarry Holstun Lopez is an American author, essayist, and fiction writer whose work is known for its environmental and social concerns.-Biography:...
- 2004: Saving Stanley by Scott Nadelson
- 2003: It Takes a Worried Man by Tracy DaughertyTracy DaughertyTracy Daugherty is an American author. His is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at Oregon State University. He has previously held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts....
Ken Kesey Award for Fiction
- 2011: Lean on Pete by Willy VlautinWilly VlautinWilly Vlautin is a U.S. author and the lead singer and songwriter of Portland, Oregon band Richmond Fontaine. Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, he has released eight albums since the late nineties with his band while he has written three novels, The Motel Life, Northline and Lean on...
- 2009: Livability: Stories by Jon Raymond
- 2008: Bearing the Body by Ehud HavazeletEhud HavazeletEhud Havazelet is an American novelist and short story writer.-Early life and education:Ehud Havazelet was born in Jerusalem, Israel. His father, Meir Havazelet, a rabbi and professor at Yeshiva University emigrated to the United States in 1957...
Award for Literary Nonfiction
- 2001: When Broken Glass Floats by Chanrithy Him
- 2000: The Night Gardener by Marjorie Sandor
- 1999: The Left Hand of Eden by William Ashworth
- 1998: Making It Home by Lars Nordström
- 1997: Looking After by John Daniel
- 1996: Volcano by Garrett HongoGarrett HongoGarrett Hongo is a Yonsei, fourth-generation Japanese American academic, poet and academic. The work of this Pulitzer-nominated writer draws on Japanese American history and own experiences.-Educational background:...
- 1995: Voyage of a Summer Sun by Robin CodyRobin CodyRobin 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 was hired as the grade school principal there. The Codys remained...
- 1994: Stubborn Twig by Lauren KesslerLauren KesslerLauren Kessler is an American author, as well as Director of the Literary Nonfiction Program and Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon....
- 1993: The Trail Home by John Daniel
- 1992: No Duty to Retreat by Richard M. Brown
- 1991: 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 Carey
- 1989: A Golden Journey by Luther CressmanLuther CressmanLuther Sheeleigh Cressman was an American anthropologist. He is known as the father of Oregon anthropology....
- 1988: Faces of a Reservation by Cynthia Stowell
- 1987: Arctic Dreams by Barry LopezBarry LopezBarry Holstun Lopez is an American author, essayist, and fiction writer whose work is known for its environmental and social concerns.-Biography:...
Frances Fuller VictorFrances Fuller Victor- External links :...
Award for General Nonfiction
- 2011: Savages and Scoundrels by Paul VanDevelder
- 2009: Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme by Tracy DaughertyTracy DaughertyTracy Daugherty is an American author. His is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at Oregon State University. He has previously held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts....
- 2008: One Night in America: Robert Kennedy, Cesar Chavez, and the Dream of Dignity by Steven W. Bender
- 2007: Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America by Garrett EppsGarrett EppsGarrett Epps is an American legal scholar, novelist, and journalist. He is Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore; previously he was the Orlando J. and Marian H. Hollis Professor of Law at the University of Oregon....
- 2006: Modern Passings: Death Rites, Politics, and Social Change in Imperial Japan by Andrew Bernstein
- 2005: Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown by James C. Mohr
- 2004: In Search of Ancient Oregon by Ellen Morris Bishop
- 2003: Dispatches and Dictators: Ralph Barnes for the Herald Tribune Dispatches and Dictators: Ralph Barnes for the Herald Tribune by Barbara S. Mahoney
- 2002: My Wars Are Laid Away in Books by Alfred Habegger
Sarah WinnemuccaSarah WinnemuccaSarah Winnemucca was a prominent female Native American activist and educator, and an influential figure in the United States' nineteenth-century Indian policies...
Award for Creative Nonfiction
- 2011: The Far Corner by John Daniel
- 2009: Convictions: A Prosecutor’s Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves by John KrogerJohn KrogerJohn Richard Kroger is the Attorney General for the state of Oregon. Prior to being elected in 2008, he had earlier served in the Marine Corps, was an Assistant United States Attorney in New York, and most recently was a law professor at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland.In October 2011,...
- 2008: Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's by Lauren KesslerLauren KesslerLauren Kessler is an American author, as well as Director of the Literary Nonfiction Program and Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon....
- 2007: The Things Between Us by Lee Montgomery
- 2006: When the River Ran Wild! Indian Traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs Reservation by George Aguilar
- 2005: The Pine Island Paradox by Kathleen Dean Moore
- 2004: The Stuff of Life by Karen KarboKaren KarboKaren Karbo is an award-winning American author.Born in Detroit, she is the author of three adult novels: Trespassers Welcome Here, The Diamond Lane, and Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me, all of which were named New York Times Notable Books...
- 2003: Providence of a Sparrow by Chris Chester (co-winner)
- 2003: In The Shadow Of Memory by Floyd SklootFloyd SklootFloyd Skloot is an American poet, novelist, and memoirist who has often written about the search for meaning through personal loss and the struggle for coherence in a fragmented world...
(co-winner) - 2002: My Wars Are Laid Away in Books by Alfred Habegger
Stafford/HallHazel HallHazel Hall was an American poet based in Portland, Oregon.-Life:Hall was born on February 7, 1886 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. As a young girl, she moved to Portland, Oregon with her family. After surviving scarlet fever at the age of twelve, she used wheelchair for the rest of her life...
Award for Poetry
- 2011: The Book of Men and Women by David BiespielDavid BiespielDavid Biespiel is an American poet who was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, raised in Houston, Texas, and educated at Stanford University, University of Maryland, and Boston University...
- 2009: All-American Poem by Matthew DickmanMatthew DickmanMatthew Dickman is an American poet. He received a B.A. degree from the University of Oregon , and has been the recipient of fellowships from The Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin, The Vermont Studio Center, and The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown...
- 2008: A is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth by Penelope Scambly SchottPenelope SchottPenelope Scambly Schott is a feminist poet and former professor of English at Raritan Valley Community College and Rutgers University. She has published several books of poetry and has taught poetry writing for Thomas Edison State College. At Educational Testing Service in the 1980s she was part...
- 2007: The Sky Position by Tom Blood
- 2006: Facts About the Moon by Dorianne LauxDorianne LauxDorianne Laux 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 University of Oregon...
- 2005: Leaving by Laton Carter
- 2004: Men Holding Eggs by Henry Hughes
- 2003: The Play of Dark and Light by Rita Ott Ramstad
- 2002: In The Margins Of The World by Willa Schneberg
- 2001: The Evening Light by Floyd SklootFloyd SklootFloyd Skloot is an American poet, novelist, and memoirist who has often written about the search for meaning through personal loss and the struggle for coherence in a fragmented world...
- 2000: Passion by Judith Montgomery
- 1999: Ruining the Picture by Pimone Triplett
- 1998: Cocktails with Brueghel at the Museum Café by Sandra StoneSandra StoneSandra Stone is an American poet and writer of both literary fiction and nonfiction.-Life:Sandra Stone is a writer, visual, and conceptual artist working in various genres. She has received more than 35 commissions from architectural teams to create art for both public interiors and the landscape...
- 1997: Drawing the Line by Lawson Fusao InadaLawson Fusao InadaLawson Fusao Inada is an American poet and was the fifth poet laureate of the U.S. state of Oregon.-Early life:Inada is a third-generation Japanese American...
- 1996: Journeyman's Wages by Clemens Starck
- 1995: Poem Rising Out of the Earth and Standing Up in Someone by James Grabill
- 1994: Lauds by Tom Crawford
- 1993: A Book of Other Days by Lisa M. Steinman
- 1992: Selected Poems by Vern RutsalaVern RutsalaVern Rutsala is an American poet, born in McCall, Idaho, in 1934. He was educated at Reed College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop . He taught English and creative writing at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon for more than forty years, before retiring in 2004...
- 1991: Psyche Drives the Coast by Sharon Doubiago
- 1990: Toluca Street by Maxine ScatesMaxine Scates-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 Selected Poems of Ann Stanford she later co-edited with another former student of Stanford's,...
- 1990: Dreamer (book) by Primus St. John
- 1989: The Admiration's by Lex Runciman
- 1988: Singing the Mozart Requiem by Ingrid Wendt
- 1987: Seal Rock by John Haislip
Angus L. BowmerAngus L. BowmerAngus L. Bowmer 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 Shakespearean roles in 43 separate stagings.-Biography:Angus Livingston Bowmer was born...
Award for Drama
- 2011: The Lost Boy by Susan Mach
- 2009: (no award given)
- 2008: Lost Wavelengths by Steve PattersonSteve PattersonSteve Patterson may refer to:* Steve Patterson , American basketball player and coach* Steve Patterson , American sports executive with teams in several different leagues...
- 2007: (no award given)
- 2006: Arthur's Dreams by Richard Moeschl
- 2005: (no award given)
- 2004: Vitriol and Violets by Shelly Lipkin, Louanne Moldovan and Sherry Lamoreaux
- 2003: (no award given)
- 2002: (no award given)
- 2001: Lost and Found by Dori Appel
- 2000: Wonderbroads by Melinda Pittman
- 1999: The Lunatic Within by Dori Appel
- 1998: Freud's Girls by Dori Appel
- 1997: Drawing Down Clio by Doug BaldwinDoug Baldwin (writer)Doug Baldwin is a playwright, actor and copywriter living in Portland, Oregon. He began his stage career as an actor, with appearances in many New York theatres, including Playwrights Horizons and Manhattan Punch Line, where he acted in a well-reviewed production of Room Service...
- 1996: Picasso in the Backseat by D. Roberts
- 1995: (no award given)
- 1994: A Pirate's Lullaby by Jessica Litwak
- 1993: (no award given)
- 1992: The Disappearance and Death of Amelia Earhart by E.J. WestlakeE.J. WestlakeE.J. Westlake is a playwright and performance studies scholar. She won an Oregon Book Award in 1991.-Early life:E.J. Westlake was born Jane Elizabeth Westlake in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of Curtis Edison Westlake, a factory worker at Delco Products, and Joy Louise Hauser, a political activist...
- 1991: (no award given)
- 1990: Five Minute Wars by Sharon Whitney
- 1989: Holding Patterns by Dan Duling
- 1988: The Second Coming of Joan of Arc by Carolyn GageCarolyn GageCarolyn Gage is an American playwright, actor and theatrical director. She is also an activist on lesbian and feminist issues. Gage was a Guest Lecturer at Bates College in 1998-99...
Award for Young Readers Literature
- 2002: Empress of the WorldEmpress of the WorldEmpress 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...
by Sara RyanSara RyanSara Ryan is an American writer and librarian living in 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 published in 2001 and is an ALA Best Book for Young Adults... - 2001: True Believer by Virginia Euwer WolffVirginia Euwer WolffVirginia Euwer Wolff is a prize-winning American author of children's literature, born in Portland, Oregon 25 Aug 1937. She attended an all-girls' school called St. Helen's Hall , before attending Smith College. She married Arthur Richard Wolff in 1959...
- 2000: The Gate in the Wall by Ellen Howard
- 1999: A Voice from the Border by Pamela Smith Hill
- 1998: Shark Bait by Graham SalisburyGraham SalisburyGraham Salisbury is an American author. He has written many books including Under the Blood Red Sun, his most famous novel. He lives with his family in Lake Oswego, Oregon....
- 1997: The MoorchildThe MoorchildThe Moorchild is a 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:...
by Eloise McGrawEloise McGrawEloise Jarvis McGraw was an author of children's books and young adult novels. She was awarded the Newbery Honor three times in three different decades, for her novels Moccasin Trail , The Golden Goblet , and The Moorchild... - 1996: Journey of the Red Wolf by Roland SmithRoland SmithRoland Smith is an American author of young adult fiction as well as nonfiction books for children.-Early life and education:...
- 1995: Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham SalisburyGraham SalisburyGraham Salisbury is an American author. He has written many books including Under the Blood Red Sun, his most famous novel. He lives with his family in Lake Oswego, Oregon....
- 1994: Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer WolffVirginia Euwer WolffVirginia Euwer Wolff is a prize-winning American author of children's literature, born in Portland, Oregon 25 Aug 1937. She attended an all-girls' school called St. Helen's Hall , before attending Smith College. She married Arthur Richard Wolff in 1959...
- 1993: Blue Skin of the Sea by Graham SalisburyGraham SalisburyGraham Salisbury is an American author. He has written many books including Under the Blood Red Sun, his most famous novel. He lives with his family in Lake Oswego, Oregon....
- 1992: The Striped Ships by Eloise McGrawEloise McGrawEloise Jarvis McGraw was an author of children's books and young adult novels. She was awarded the Newbery Honor three times in three different decades, for her novels Moccasin Trail , The Golden Goblet , and The Moorchild...
- 1991: Four Dollars and Fifty Cents by Eric KimmelEric KimmelEric A. Kimmel is an American Jewish author of more than 50 children's books. His works include Caldecott Honor Book and Newbury Honor Book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins , and Sydney Taylor Book Award winners The Chanukkah Guest and Gershon's Monster.Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York and...
- 1990: Dragon's Milk by Susan Fletcher
Eloise Jarvis McGrawEloise McGrawEloise Jarvis McGraw was an author of children's books and young adult novels. She was awarded the Newbery Honor three times in three different decades, for her novels Moccasin Trail , The Golden Goblet , and The Moorchild...
Award for Children’s Literature
- 2011: Calvin Coconut: The Zippy Fix by Graham SalisburyGraham SalisburyGraham Salisbury is an American author. He has written many books including Under the Blood Red Sun, his most famous novel. He lives with his family in Lake Oswego, Oregon....
- 2009: Keep On! The Story of Matthew Henson, Co-discoverer of the North Pole by Deborah HopkinsonDeborah HopkinsonDeborah Hopkinson was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. She is the author of approximately 30 children's books, including Hear My Sorrow, the final book in the Dear America series...
- 2008: A Day With No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch
- 2007: Not in Room 204 by Shannon Riggs
- 2006: Tour America by Diane Siebert
- 2005: Cave Paintings to Picasso by Henry Sayre
- 2004: Luba by Michelle McCann
- 2003: Three Samurai Cats by Eric KimmelEric KimmelEric A. Kimmel is an American Jewish author of more than 50 children's books. His works include Caldecott Honor Book and Newbury Honor Book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins , and Sydney Taylor Book Award winners The Chanukkah Guest and Gershon's Monster.Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York and...
Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature
- 2011: The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys by Scott William CarterScott William CarterScott William Carter is an American science fiction, fantasy, adolescent, and juvenile writer.-Biography:Carter was born in Minnesota and raised in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Before becoming a professional writer, Carter owned a book store, worked as a ski instructor, and computer trainer...
- 2009: I.Q. Book One: Independence Hall by Roland SmithRoland SmithRoland Smith is an American author of young adult fiction as well as nonfiction books for children.-Early life and education:...
- 2008: The Rules for Hearts by Sara RyanSara RyanSara Ryan is an American writer and librarian living in 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 published in 2001 and is an ALA Best Book for Young Adults...
/ A Taste for Rabbit by Linda Zuckerman (tie) - 2007: Alphabet of DreamsAlphabet of DreamsAlphabet of Dreams is a novel by an American novelist Susan Fletcher. First published on 22 August 2006.-Plot introduction:Alphabet of Dreams is about a young boy named Babak, who has a power to dream the future. Mitra his brave older sister, is sworn to protect him...
by Susan Fletcher - 2006: Eyes of the EmperorEyes of the EmperorEyes of the Emperor is a historical novel written by Graham Salisbury, and is currently published by Laurel-Leaf, which is an imprint of Random House Children's Books, in the United States in paperback. The first edition was published in 2005...
by Graham SalisburyGraham SalisburyGraham Salisbury is an American author. He has written many books including Under the Blood Red Sun, his most famous novel. He lives with his family in Lake Oswego, Oregon.... - 2005: A Heart for Any Fate by Linda CrewLinda CrewLinda Crew has written several books for children and young adults. She graduated the University of Oregon with a BA in journalism, and lives in Oregon with her husband and three children.- Bibliography :* Brides of Eden: A True Story Imagined...
- 2004: Deep by Susanna Vance
- 2003: The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed by Heather Vogel Frederick
- 2002: Empress of the WorldEmpress of the WorldEmpress 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...
by Sara RyanSara RyanSara Ryan is an American writer and librarian living in 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 published in 2001 and is an ALA Best Book for Young Adults...
Special Award Winners
- 1995: Wilma Erwin
- 1994: Ralph FriedmanRalph FriedmanRalph Friedman 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 many other books, magazines, and newspapers...
- 1992: Paul Pintarich
- 1991: Don James
- 1990: Mary BarnardMary BarnardMary Ethel Barnard was an American poet, biographer and Greek-to-English translator. She is known for her clear interpretation of the works of Sappho, a translation which has never gone out of print....
- 1989: George Venn
- 1988: William EversonWilliam EversonWilliam Everson , also known as Brother Antoninus, was an American poet of the San Francisco Renaissance and was also a literary critic and small press printer.-Beginnings:Everson was born in Sacramento, California...
Charles Erskine Scott WoodCharles Erskine Scott WoodCharles Erskine Scott Wood was an author, civil libertarian, soldier, and attorney. He is best known as the author of the 1927 satirical bestseller, Heavenly Discourse.-Early life:...
Distinguished Writer Award
- 2008: Barry LopezBarry LopezBarry Holstun Lopez is an American author, essayist, and fiction writer whose work is known for its environmental and social concerns.-Biography:...
- 2006: Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le GuinUrsula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories, notably in fantasy and science fiction...
- 2003: George Hitchcock
- 1999: Ken KeseyKen KeseyKenneth Elton "Ken" Kesey was an American author, best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , and as a counter-cultural figure who considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. "I was too young to be a beatnik, and too old to be a...
- 1998: Priscilla Knuth
- 1996: Eloise McGrawEloise McGrawEloise Jarvis McGraw was an author of children's books and young adult novels. She was awarded the Newbery Honor three times in three different decades, for her novels Moccasin Trail , The Golden Goblet , and The Moorchild...
- 1995: Damon KnightDamon KnightDamon Francis Knight was an American science fiction author, editor, critic and fan. His forte was short stories and he is widely acknowledged as having been a master of the genre.-Biography:...
- 1994: Early Pomeroy
- 1993: Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.Alvin M. Josephy Jr. was an American historian who specialized in Native American issues.Josephy's mother was a daughter of Samuel Knopf and a sister of Alfred A. Knopf....
- 1992: Terence O'DonnellTerence O'DonnellTerence O'Donnell 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...
- 1991: Walt MoreyWalt MoreyWalter "Walt" Morey , was an award-winning author 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...
- 1990: Janet Stevenson
- 1989: Vi Gale
- 1988: Dorothy Johansen
- 1987: George Belknap
Stewart H. HolbrookStewart HolbrookStewart Hall Holbrook was an American lumberjack, writer, and popular historian. His writings focused on what he called the "Far Corner": Washington, Oregon, and Idaho...
Literary Legacy Award
- 2011: John Laursen
- 2009: Matt Love
- 2008: Marlene Howard
- 2007: Kim StaffordKim StaffordKim Robert Stafford is an American poet and essayist who lives in Portland, Oregon.-Career:The son of poet William Stafford, Kim Stafford received a B.A. in 1971, an M.A. in English in 1973 and a Ph.D. in medieval literature in 1979 from the University of Oregon. Since 1979, he has taught writing...
- 2006: Paulann Petersen
- 2005: Barbara LaMorticella
- 2004: David Milholland
- 2003: David Hedges
- 2002: Carla Perry
- 2001: Erik Muller
- 2000: Rich Wandschneider
- 1999: Peter SearsPeter SearsPeter Sears is an American poet based in Oregon.-Literary career:Sears was born in New York, and grew up in the East Coast. He graduated from Yale University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He won the 1999 Peregrine Smith Poetry Competition and the 2000 Western States Poetry Prize for his book of...
- 1998: Dennis & Linny Stovall
- 1997: Ruth Gundle & Judith Barrington
- 1996: Brian Booth
- 1995: Tom Ferte
- 1994: George Venn
- 1993: Penny Avila
- 1992: Clyde Rice
- 1991: Walt CurtisWalt CurtisWalt Curtis is a poet, novelist and painter from Portland, Oregon. He is mainly known for his autobiographical work, Mala Noche , which became the basis for Gus Van Sant's 1985 film of the same name....
- 1990: Sandra Williams
- 1989: Katharine McCanna
- 1988: Calyx, A Journal of Art & LiteratureCalyx, A Journal of Art & LiteratureCalyx: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women is an American literary magazine. Calyx was the collective vision of four women in Corvallis, Oregon that attempts to discover emerging writers—including work by women of color, lesbian and bisexual women, young and old women. Established in 1976,...
- 1987: Northwest Review
Walt MoreyWalt MoreyWalter "Walt" Morey , was an award-winning author 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...
Young Readers Literary Legacy Award
- 2011: The Children's Book Bank
- 2009: The Dove Lewis Animal Assisted Therapy Program: Read to the Dogs Program
- 2008: Young Writers Association
- 2007: Mark Mizell
- 2006: John Monteverde
- 2005: Carol Brown
- 2004: Patricia R. Gallagher
- 2003: Jerry Isom
- 2002: Ready to Learn
- 2001: Oregon advisory boards of First BookFirst BookFirst Book is a non-profit organization based out of Washington D.C. that works towards getting new "age appropriate" books into the hands of children from low-income families.-History:...
- 2000: Cathy Schneider
- 1999: Claudia Jones
- 1998: Barbara J. McKillip