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2022 Oregon Book Awards
Mon, Apr 25, 2022 from 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PDT
128 Northwest 11th Avenue
Portland,
OR
97209
Hosted by: Kesha Ajose-Fisher
$12–$65
Join us for an evening honoring our state’s most accomplished writers in the genres of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, young readers, and graphic literature.
We are excited to present an in-person awards ceremony for the first time in two years! Click here for COVID-19 safety protocols, including proof of vaccination policy.
The ceremony will be hosted by 2020 Ken Kesey Award for Fiction winner Kesha Ajose-Fisher.
Click here to view this year’s finalists!
This program is supported in part by:
In order to thrive, this program needs your support! To become a sponsor today, please contact Lydah DeBin at lydah@literary-arts.org or 503-989-7110.
Kesha Ajose-Fisher
Kesha Ajose-Fisher was born in Chicago and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. She now lives in Oregon with her family. Kesha’s debut collection of fictional stories, No God Like the Mother, focuses on the lives and realities of women who have been tasked with holding up the sky, all while the world whispers “you’re doing it wrong”. No God Like the Mother won the 2020 Oregon Book Award for Fiction and The Phoenix Literary Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award for Short Fiction. It was re-released in 2023 by Forest Avenue Press. Her writing has been published in several online and print collections, and in such publications as Multicultural Familia Magazine, the Alchemy Literary Magazine, and twice in Beyond Black & White Magazine. Kesha is committed to fighting for social justice, and her dedication to this cause can be seen in everything she does. She works in social services, is a vocal advocate for immigrants and refugees, and she champions equality and education while opposing the poverty that plagues humanity.
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