Oregon Book Awards, 2024

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.
Congratulations to the winners!

KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION
Patrick deWitt of Portland, The Librarianist

STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY
Daniela Naomi Molnar of Portland, CHORUS

AWARD FOR GRAPHIC LITERATURE
Kerilynn Wilson of Oregon City, The Faint of Heart

FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION
Josephine Woolington of Portland, Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest

SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION
Erica Berry of Portland, Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear

LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE LITERATURE
Waka T. Brown of West Linn, The Very Unfortunate Wish of Melony Yoshimura

ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Nora Ericson of Portland, Too Early

THE STEWART H. HOLBROOK LITERARY LEGACY AWARD
Ellen Waterston of Bend

Source: Literary-arts.org

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