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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">2014 Oregon Book Awards Finalists and Fellowship Recipients Announced</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Luis Urrea </span></strong>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. <br>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">2014 OREGON BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Ursula K. Le Guin of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Unreal and The Real: Collected Stories: Volume 1 and 2</span></b></em> (Small Beer Press)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Whitney Otto of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Eight Girls Taking Pictures</span></b></em> (Scribner)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Amanda Coplin of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Orchardist</span></b></em> (Harper Perennial)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Roger Hobbs of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Ghostman</span></b></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span></em>(Knopf)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Jennifer Boyden of Milton-Freewater,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Declarable Future</span></b></em> (University of Wisconsin Press)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Matthew Dickman of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mayakovskyıs Revolver</span></b></em> (Norton)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Andrea Hollander of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Landscape with Female Figure: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2012</span></b></em> (Autumn House Press)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Ralph Salisbury of Eugene,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Like the Sun in Storm</span></b></em> (The Habits of Rainy Nights Press)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Mary Szybist of Portland,<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Incarnadine</span></b></em> (Graywolf)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">C. B. Bernard of Portland,<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<b>Chasing Alaska</b></span></em> (Lyons Press)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">William J. Bernstein of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Masters of the Word</span></b></em> (Grove Press)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Paul Collins of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Duel with the Devil</span></b></em> (Crown Publishers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">R. Gregory Nokes of West Linn,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Breaking Chains</span></b></em> (OSU Press) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Martin N. Raitiere of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Complicity of Friends</span></b></em> (Bucknell University Press)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Jay Ponteri of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Wedlocked</span></b></em> (Hawthorne Books)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Scott Nadelson of Salem,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Next Scott Nadelson</span></b></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span></em>(Hawthorne Books)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Elena Passarello of Corvallis,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Let Me Clear My Throat</span></b></em> (Sarabande Books)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Kim Stafford of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do</span></b></em> (Trinity University Press)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Sandra Stone of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Inmost House</span></b></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span></em>(Prospect Cove Press)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Scott William Carter of Salem,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Wooden Bones</span></b></em> (Simon & Schuster)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Deborah Hopkinson of West Linn,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Knit Your Bit</span></b></em> (G.P. Putnam)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Barbara Kerley of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The World Is Waiting for You</span></b></em> (National Geographic)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Graham Salisbury of Lake Oswego,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Calvin Coconut: Extra Famous</span></b></em> (Wendy Lamb Books)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Allen Say of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Favorite Daughter</span></b></em> (Arthur A. Levine)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Kari Luna of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Theory of Everything</span></b></em> (Philomel Books)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Kelly Moore, Larkin Reed and Tucker Reed of Jacksonville,<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<b>Amber House</b></span></em> (Arthur A. Levine)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Rosanne Parry of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Written in Stone</span></b></em> (Random House)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART GRAPHIC LITERATURE AWARD</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Barry Deutsch of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hereville: How Mirtka Met a Meteorite</span></b></em> (Amulet Books)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Steve Duin and Shannon Wheeler of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Oil and Water</span></b></em> (Fantagraphics Books)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Natalie Nourigat of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Between Gears</span></b></em> (Image Comics)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Joe Sacco of Portland,<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<b>Journalism</b></span></em> (Metropolitan Books)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Craig Thompson of Portland,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Habibi</span></b></em> (Pantheon)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">SPECIAL AWARDS</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">: 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The C.E.S. Wood Distinguished Writer Award</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Vern Rutsala of Portland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award
</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Vince and Patty Wixon of Ashland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Ellen Fader of Portland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The Oregon Book Awards are sponsored by the Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon Cultural Trust.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">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.<br>
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For more information about the programs of Literary Arts please contact us at 503.227.2583 or visit literary-arts.org.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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