[Libs-Or] 2014 Oregon Book Awards Finalists Announced

Tue Jan 7 10:54:36 PST 2014

Congratulations to all - as a Youth Services Librarian, I am especially
pleased that Ellen Fader has  been recognized for all she has done to
promote children's literature and literacy in Oregon.  Yay, Ellen!

Karen Fischer, 
Youth Services Manager
Salem Public Library
503-588-6039
kfischer at cityofsalem.net

>>> "Katie Anderson" <katie.anderson at state.or.us> 1/6/2014 8:22 AM >>>

2014 Oregon Book Awards Finalists and Fellowship Recipients Announced

Literary Arts is pleased to announce the finalists for the 27th annual
Oregon Book Awards. The winners will be announced at the 27th Oregon
Book Awards ceremony on March 17, 2014.  Luis Urrea will host the
ceremony, which honors the state's finest accomplishments by Oregon
writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, graphic literature,
literary nonfiction, and young readers literature.    

2014 OREGON BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS

KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION
Ursula K. Le Guin of Portland, The Unreal and The Real: Collected
Stories: Volume 1 and 2 (Small Beer Press)
Whitney Otto of Portland, Eight Girls Taking Pictures (Scribner)
Amanda Coplin of Portland, The Orchardist (Harper Perennial)
Roger Hobbs of Portland, Ghostman (Knopf)

STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY
Jennifer Boyden of Milton-Freewater, The Declarable Future (University
of Wisconsin Press)
Matthew Dickman of Portland, Mayakovsky¹s Revolver (Norton)
Andrea Hollander of Portland, Landscape with Female Figure: New and
Selected Poems, 1982-2012 (Autumn House Press)
Ralph Salisbury of Eugene, Like the Sun in Storm (The Habits of Rainy
Nights Press)
Mary Szybist of Portland, Incarnadine (Graywolf)

FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION
C. B. Bernard of Portland, Chasing Alaska (Lyons Press)
William J. Bernstein of Portland, Masters of the Word (Grove Press)
Paul Collins of Portland, Duel with the Devil (Crown Publishers)
R. Gregory Nokes of West Linn, Breaking Chains (OSU Press)    
Martin N. Raitiere of Portland, The Complicity of Friends (Bucknell
University Press)

SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION
Jay Ponteri of Portland, Wedlocked (Hawthorne Books)
Scott Nadelson of Salem, The Next Scott Nadelson (Hawthorne Books)
Elena Passarello of Corvallis, Let Me Clear My Throat (Sarabande
Books)
Kim Stafford of Portland, 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do (Trinity
University Press)  
Sandra Stone of Portland, The Inmost House (Prospect Cove Press)

ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Scott William Carter of Salem, Wooden Bones (Simon & Schuster) 
Deborah Hopkinson of West Linn, Knit Your Bit (G.P. Putnam)
Barbara Kerley of Portland, The World Is Waiting for You (National
Geographic)
Graham Salisbury of Lake Oswego, Calvin Coconut: Extra Famous (Wendy
Lamb Books)
Allen Say of Portland, The Favorite Daughter (Arthur A. Levine)

LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Kari Luna of Portland, The Theory of Everything (Philomel Books) 
Kelly Moore, Larkin Reed and Tucker Reed of Jacksonville, Amber House
(Arthur A. Levine)
Rosanne Parry of Portland, Written in Stone  (Random House)

PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART GRAPHIC LITERATURE AWARD 
Barry Deutsch of Portland, Hereville: How Mirtka Met a Meteorite
(Amulet Books)
Steve Duin and Shannon Wheeler of Portland, Oil and Water
(Fantagraphics Books)
Natalie Nourigat of Portland, Between Gears (Image Comics) 
Joe Sacco of Portland, Journalism (Metropolitan Books)
Craig Thompson of Portland, Habibi (Pantheon)

SPECIAL AWARDS: In addition to recognizing the finest achievements of
Oregon authors in several genres, Literary Arts recognizes individual
contributions with the C.E.S. Wood Award, the Stewart H. Holbrook
Literary Legacy Award, and the Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy
Award.     

The C.E.S. Wood Distinguished Writer Award
Vern Rutsala of Portland

The Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award 
Vince and Patty Wixon of Ashland

The Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award
Ellen Fader of Portland

27TH OREGON BOOK AWARDS CEREMONY
DATE: MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014
TIME: 7:30 PM
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The Oregon Book Awards are sponsored by the Oregon Arts Commission and
Oregon Cultural Trust.

Oregonians are passionate about books. And ideas, and great writing.
Literary Arts shares this passion. Our mission is to engage readers,
support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature.
The programs of Literary Arts include: Writers in the Schools, Oregon
Book Awards & Fellowships, Portland Arts & Lectures, and Delve: Readers'
Seminars.

For more information about the programs of Literary Arts please contact
us at 503.227.2583 or visit literary-arts.org.

Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528
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