During a special broadcast on OPB Radio on Monday, June 22, 2020, the winners of the 33rd Annual Oregon Book Awards, selected by panels of out-of-state judges, were announced.
Cathy Camper of Portland
Lowriders Blast from the Past (Chronicle Books)
Judges: Pablo Cartaya, Amy Pattee, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Deborah Hopkinson of West Linn
How I Became A Spy: A Mystery of WWII London (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Judges: Susan Campbell Bartoletti, David Gill, Traci L. Jones
David Wolman and Julian Smith of Portland
Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World’s Greatest Rodeo,
and a Hidden History of the American West (William Morrow)
Judges: Amy Bhatt, Thor Hanson, Sophfronia Scott
Beth Alvarado of Bend
Anxious Attachments (Autumn House Press)
Judges: Lacey M. Johnson, Nishta J. Mehra, Rob Spillman
Greg Means and MK Reed of Portland
Penny Nichols (Top Shelf)
Judges: Adrienne Celt, Jason Lutes, MariNaomi
Ashley Toliver of Portland
Spectra (Coffee House Press)
Judges: Megan Fernandes, Nick Flynn, Marcus Wicker
Kesha Ajọsẹ Fisher of Portland
No God Like the Mother (Inkwater Press)
Judges: Natasha Deón, Brandon Hobson, Rick Moody
SPECIAL AWARDS
Three additional special awards recognize significant contributions to Oregon’s literary culture. These individuals and organizations were nominated by community members and selected by the Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships Advisory Council.
WALT MOREY YOUNG READERS LITERARY LEGACY AWARD
Reading Results of Portland
THE STEWART H. HOLBROOK LITERARY LEGACY AWARD
Write Around Portland of Portland
CHARLES ERSKINE SCOTT WOOD DISTINGUISHED WRITER AWARD
Lawson Fusao Inada of Ashland
