[kids-lib] Oregon Book Award Winners at Author Fair April 24th

Thu Apr 11 07:13:10 PDT 2024

Hi folks,

I want to highlight that two of the 2024 Oregon Book Award winners, Waka T. Brown and Nora Ericson, will be at the Author Fair on Wednesday, April 24th, from 1:30-4:30 at the OLA Conference<https://oregonlibconference.org/2024/home/programs/> at the Salem Convention Center. If you're not attending the full conference but would like to attend this FREE event, PLEASE REGISTER<https://ola.memberclicks.net/ola-conf-registration-2024-2#!/> - it is free to attend but you still need to submit a registration. Along with our awesome picture book, middle grade, and YA authors, we have a lot more authors for grown-ups this year with some excellent poets, creative non-fiction writers, and novelists. Additionally, the Presenter & Performer Fair taking place at the same time includes some fantastic folks from the Culture Keepers<https://mnch.uoregon.edu/learn/oregon-culture-keepers-roster> and the Presenter Directory<https://www.csdola.org/oregon-library-presenters-directory.html>. If you are doing any kind of programming at your library, the fairs are very worth attending to get ideas and make connections!

Hope to see some of you there!

Best,
Greta

Greta Bergquist, MLIS, MAT (she/her/hers)
Youth Services Consultant
State Library of Oregon
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Subject: [Libs-Or] FW: Congratulations to our 2024 Oregon Book Award Winners

It's a week of many celebrations! As we continue to honor School Library Month, and recognize National Library Week, here's another list of winners from Literary Arts:

Thanks,

Wendy

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Literary Arts is thrilled to announce this year's Oregon Book Award winners! Thirty-seven Oregonians across seven genre categories were chosen as finalists by panels of out-of-state judges, from a total of 190 submitted titles.

Winners were announced live at the 2024 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony, hosted by Kwame Alexander, at Portland Center Stage at The Armory on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Since 1987 our Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships program<https://literary-arts.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36c174c12de7c3b658f49b8ea&id=f70e4b07db&e=b3be777d22> has awarded more than $1.5 million to over 1,000 authors.

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KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION

Patrick deWitt of Portland, The Librarianist<https://literary-arts.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36c174c12de7c3b658f49b8ea&id=5d1cad15e1&e=b3be777d22> (Ecco/HarperCollins)

Judges: Allison Escoto, Morgan Talty, Jacinda Townsend

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STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY

Daniela Naomi Molnar of Portland, CHORUS<https://literary-arts.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36c174c12de7c3b658f49b8ea&id=d6136bf081&e=b3be777d22> (Omnidawn)

Judges: Abigail Chabitnoy, Eleni Sikelianos, Mark Wunderlich

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FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION

Josephine Woolington of Portland, Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest<https://literary-arts.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36c174c12de7c3b658f49b8ea&id=7ef3a59399&e=b3be777d22> (Ooligan Press)

Judges: Timothy Denevi, Chris Mathers Jackson, Steve Olson

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SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION

Erica Berry of Portland, Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear<https://literary-arts.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36c174c12de7c3b658f49b8ea&id=0bd03655bb&e=b3be777d22> (Flatiron Books/Macmillan Publishers)

Judges: Rachel Louise Martin, Molly McCully Brown, Jared Yates Sexton

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LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE LITERATURE

Waka T. Brown of West Linn, The Very Unfortunate Wish of Melony Yoshimura<https://literary-arts.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36c174c12de7c3b658f49b8ea&id=5f69518fd1&e=b3be777d22> (Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins)

Judges: Ellen Hagan, Jennifer Longo, Kathryn Reiss

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ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Nora Ericson of Portland, Too Early<https://literary-arts.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36c174c12de7c3b658f49b8ea&id=ce5ad49f4c&e=b3be777d22> (Abrams Books for Young Readers)

Judges: Kari Allen, Lindsey Craig,
Gary Golio

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AWARD FOR GRAPHIC LITERATURE

Kerilynn Wilson of Oregon City, The Faint of Heart<https://literary-arts.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36c174c12de7c3b658f49b8ea&id=0953f4876a&e=b3be777d22> (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins)

Judges: Michael Gianfrancesco, Roberta Gregory, Marjorie Liu

You can find the winners' (and all of the <https://literary-arts.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36c174c12de7c3b658f49b8ea&id=fe829cf654&e=b3be777d22> Oregon Book Awards finalists<https://literary-arts.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36c174c12de7c3b658f49b8ea&id=c5406863e0&e=b3be777d22>') books at our page on Bookshop.org<https://literary-arts.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36c174c12de7c3b658f49b8ea&id=85456704d6&e=b3be777d22>!

SPECIAL AWARDS

In addition to recognizing the finest achievements of Oregon authors in several genres, Literary Arts recognizes individual contributions with special awards.

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THE STEWART H. HOLBROOK
LITERARY LEGACY AWARD

Ellen Waterston<https://literary-arts.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36c174c12de7c3b658f49b8ea&id=455717aad5&e=b3be777d22> of Bend

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