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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Mar 27, 2024
Spotlight on Alexa Winik, Programs for Writers Coordinator
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Mar 15, 2024
Meet Ellen Waterston, 2024 Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award Winner
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Feb 16, 2024
Spring Events 2024
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Jan 29, 2024
Announcing the 2024 Oregon Literary Fellowships
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Jan 23, 2024
Announcing the 2024 Oregon Book Awards Finalists
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Jun 28, 2023
Applying for an Oregon Literary Fellowship: Frequently Asked Questions
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May 15, 2023
Internship Opening: Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships
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Apr 6, 2023
2023 Oregon Book Awards in the News
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
Learn more about our fellowships, including submission deadlines, the judging process, and answers to your frequently asked questions.
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
