2021 OREGON BOOK AWARDS

 

Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 OREGON BOOK AWARDS

Find the award winners in the LINCC catalog.

During a special episode of The Archive Project on OPB Radio, the winners of the 2021 Oregon Book Awards, selected by panels of out-of-state judges, were announced.

KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION   Vanessa Veselka of Portland The Great Offshore Grounds (Alfred A. Knopf) Judges: Michael Byers, Joseph Cassara, Hilary Leichter Book  |   eBook  |  eAudiobook

STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY Anna Elkins of Rogue River Hope of Stones (Press 53) Judges: Tyree Daye, Erika Meitner, Kathryn Nuernberger

ANGUS BOWMER AWARD FOR DRAMA Conor Eifler of Portland You Cannot Undo This Action  Judges:  Michelle Carter, Diana Grisanti, KJ Sanchez

SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION  Sierra Crane Murdoch of Hood River Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country (Random House) Judges: May-lee Chai, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Heather Sellers Book  |  eBook  |  eAudiobook

FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION  Nicholas Buccola of Portland The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America (Princeton University Press) Judges: Jordanna Bailkin, Farid Matuk, Adam Sowards

Book   LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE  Kathryn Ormsbee of Eugene  The Sullivan Sisters (Simon & Schuster) Judges: David Macinnis Gill, Cynthia Hand, Sheba Karim Book

ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Jenn Reese of Portland A Game of Fox and Squirrels (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, Macmillan) Judges: Nikki McClure, Eliot Schrefer, Wendy Wahman

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SPECIAL AWARDS

Three additional special awards recognize significant contributions to Oregon’s literary culture. These individuals and organizations were nominated by community members and selected by the Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships Advisory Council. WALT MOREY YOUNG READERS LITERARY LEGACY AWARD PlayWrite, Inc. of Portland THE STEWART H. HOLBROOK LITERARY LEGACY AWARD Elizabeth Lyon of Eugene C.E.S. WOOD DISTINGUISHED WRITER AWARD Molly Gloss of Portland