Literary Arts announced the winners of the 2013 Oregon Book Awards this week. There must be something in the water: all the winners of the 26th annual awards live and write in Portland.
Congratulations to all the winners!
ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Allen Say of Portland
Drawing From Memory (Scholastic Press)
LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Ruth Tenzer Feldman of Portland
Blue Thread (Ooligan Press)
FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION
Kent Hartman of Portland
The Wrecking Crew (St. Martin’s Press)
SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION
Storm Large of Portland
Crazy Enough (Free Press)
ANGUS L. BOWMER AWARD FOR DRAMA
Andrea Stolowitz of Portland
Antarktikos
STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY
Zachary Schomburg of Portland
Fjords Vol 1 (Black Ocean)
KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION
Ismet Prcic of Portland
Shards (Grove/Atlantic)
READERS CHOICE AWARD
Cheryl Strayed of Portland
Wild (Knopf)
STEWART H. HOLBROOK LITERARY LEGACY AWARD
Larry Colton of Portland
WALT MOREY YOUNG READERS LITERARY LEGACY AWARD
Oregon Battle of the Books
Literary Arts is organizing a victory tour with award-winning authors, with stops planned in Klamath Falls and Hood River. Visit your local indie bookstore to buy your copies of the award-winners and see what all the excitement is about.