Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships
Supporting, promoting, and celebrating writers and publishers who produce remarkable work across Oregon.
Literary Arts’ Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships program provides financial support and recognition to published and emerging writers across our state. The program also creates connections with Oregon’s readers and writers through free community programming as part of the Oregon Book Awards Author Tour.
Latest News
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Jul 16, 2025
Meet Zoë Ballering, 2025 Oregon Literary Fellow
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Jul 15, 2025
Meet Iván Cantú-Villarreal, 2025 Oregon Literary Fellow
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Jun 30, 2025
Willy Vlautin Visits Coos Bay with the Oregon Book Awards Author Tour
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Jun 18, 2025
Meet Vix Gutierrez, 2025 Oregon Literary Fellow
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Jun 9, 2025
Internship Opening: Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships Intern
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Apr 28, 2025
Announcing the 2025 Oregon Book Award Winners
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Apr 8, 2025
On the Road with the Oregon Book Awards Author Tour
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Jan 29, 2025
Announcing the 2025 Oregon Literary Fellowships
Oregon Book Awards
Submit your published books to our yearly competition, nominate someone for a special award, and attend our annual ceremony every spring in Portland.
Oregon Literary Fellowships
2025 Oregon Literary Fellowship recipients will be announced in January, 2025.
Writing Classes
Generate new work, revise your manuscript, or commit to a more rigorous writing schedule. Our classes in nonfiction, fiction, poetry, mixed genres, and a variety of other topics are taught by experienced authors who are eager to share their expertise
Brian Booth Writers’ Fund
The Brian Booth Writers’ Fund is an endowment of Literary Arts and is managed by the Oregon Community Foundation. The Fund provides an ongoing, annual source of support for the Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships, which in turn provide financial support and public recognition to some of Oregon’s most talented writers. Make your investment in the creative future of Oregon today.
”Writing is a solitary activity, but its ultimate goal is always communication and community. Literary Arts has worked tirelessly to build and maintain Oregon’s literary community, to help us all feel less alone, to help us communicate across valleys, mountains rivers, and deserts, up the coast and through the woods.”
Tracy Daugherty, Oregon Book Award Winner
“Oregon Book Awards and Literary Fellowships have brought solace, encouragement, and modest material sustenance to scores of us, and to the famous and the virtually unknown as well. In very real if incalculable ways, they have directly contributed to the lively and ever-evolving literary culture we enjoy today.”
John Daniel, three-time Oregon Book Award winner
“In these crazy times, the Oregon Book Awards Ceremony is a reminder that contemporary literature is vital to culture, a way to help us expand and deepen our worldviews.”
Lysley Tenorio, 2017 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony Host
