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Congratulations to the 2023 Oregon Book Award Winners

Literary Arts is thrilled to announce this year’s Oregon Book Awards winners. Thirty-four Oregonians across seven genre categories were chosen as finalists by panels of out-of-state judges, from a total of 193 submitted titles.

Winners were announced live at the 2023 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony, hosted by Luke Burbank, at Portland Center Stage at The Armory on Monday, April 3, 2023.

KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION  

Sindya Bhanoo of Corvallis
Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories
(Catapult)

Judges: Zinzi Clemmons, Jonathan Dee, Shruti Swamy

STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY 

Eric Tran of Portland
Mouth, Sugar, and Smoke
(Diode Editions)

Judges: Chen Chen, Lisa Olstein, Matthew Olzmann

ANGUS L. BOWMER AWARD FOR DRAMA

Sara Jean Accuardi of Portland
The Storyteller

Judges: France-Luce Benson, Colette Freedman, Amina Henry

FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION 

Lauren Kessler of Eugene
Free: Two Years, Six Lives, and the Long Journey Home
(Sourcebooks)

Judges: Richard Panek, Kim Todd, Neal Thompson

SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION 

Casey Parks of Portland
Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery 
(Alfred A. Knopf)

Judges: Sloane Crosley, Christa Parravani, Mychal Denzel Smith

LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE LITERATURE 

Waka T. Brown of West Linn
Dream, Annie, Dream
(HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books)

Judges: Mary Cronk Farrell, T. P. Jagger, Alex Sanchez

ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Dane Liu of Portland
Friends Are Friends, Forever
(Henry Holt and Company)

Judges: Erik Brooks, Carole Lindstrom, Cathryn Mercier


You can find the winners’ (and all of the Oregon Book Awards finalists‘) books at Broadway Books!


SPECIAL AWARDS

In addition to recognizing the finest achievements of Oregon authors in several genres, Literary Arts recognizes individual contributions with special awards.

THE WALT MOREY YOUNG READERS LITERARY LEGACY AWARD
Dawn Babb Prochovnic of Portland


THE STEWART H. HOLBROOK LITERARY LEGACY AWARD
Gary Miranda of Redmond

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