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Oregon Literary Fellowships

Oregon Literary Fellowships are intended to help Oregon writers initiate, develop, or complete literary projects. Fellowships are also awarded to support Oregon’s independent publishers, small presses, and literary magazines.

The deadline to apply for a 2020 Oregon Literary Fellowship was August 2, 2019. Guidelines and application form are available here. The 2020 Oregon Literary Fellowships will be announced at the end of January, 2020.

Since 1987, Literary Arts has honored over 600 Oregon writers and publishers, and distributed more than $900,000 in fellowships and award monies through the Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships program.

2019 Oregon Literary Fellowships for Writers

NONFICTION
Chelsea Biondolillo of Portland, Leslie Bradshaw Fellowship
Sterling Cunio of Salem
Karen Luper of Portland, Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship
Justin Taylor of Portland 

POETRY
Jennifer Perrine of Milwaukie, Oregon Poetry Community Fellowship (this fellowship is made possible by a former Oregon Literary Fellowship recipient)
Christopher Rose of Hillsboro, Writer of Color Fellowship
Pamela K. Santos of Portland, C. Hamilton Bailey Fellowship

FICTION
Ana-Maurine Lara of Eugene, Laurell Swails and Donald Monroe Memorial Fellowship
Natalie Hirt of Lake Oswego, Women Writers Fellowship
Emme Lund of Portland, Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship
Chris Stuck of Portland, Laurell Swails and Donald Monroe Memorial Fellowship

YOUNG READERS
Amy Baskin of Portland, Edna L. Homes Fellowship in Young Readers

DRAMA
Stacy Brewster of Portland, Walt Morey Fellowship

2019 Oregon Literary Fellowships for Publishers
Atelier 26 Books of Portland
Opossum of Corvallis

The Judges for the 2019 Oregon Literary Fellowships

Fellowships to writers of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry were judged by a panel consisting of Tarfia Fazullah, author of two poery collections, including Registers of Illuminated Villages: Poems; Christine H. Lee author of Tell Me Everything You Don’t Remember; Maya Sonenberg author of three books, including After the Death of Shostakovich Père. The judge for young readers literature was Zan Romanoff, author of Grace and the Fever and The Wals Around Us, and the judge for drama was Peter Gil-Sheridan, Fiona McCrae, Publisher and Director of Graywolf Press was the judge in publishing.


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Everybody Reads 2020: Tommy Orange

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“Choose Creativity as a Lifestyle Despite the Horror:” Dorothea Lasky Reads From Animal

“Choose Creativity as a Lifestyle Despite the Horror:” Dorothea Lasky Reads From Animal

December 4, 2019

by Michael Porwoll, 2019-2020 @LA Events Intern “There was a comfort in this shared reality,” Dorothea Lasky read to an at-capacity audience at Literary Arts for Lit Crawl 2019. “This shared imagination.”             Animal, Lasky’s new book of lyric lectures…

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Music Doesn’t Exist in a Vacuum: Shelby Walton-Clark Brings “The Music and the Movement” to Literary Arts

Music Doesn’t Exist in a Vacuum: Shelby Walton-Clark Brings “The Music and the Movement” to Literary Arts

November 26, 2019

by Michael Porwoll, 2019-2020 @ LA Events Intern              American music is inseparable from American history. And music, especially that which proves most socially impactful, is often inseparable from the painful experience of suffering (and triumphing) our nation at its…

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2019 #PDXBookFest Quick Reference Guide: Poetry

October 30, 2019

The Portland Book Festival is a glorious, jam-packed day where you’re invited to choose your own adventure. But we know all the choices can be a little overwhelming. To help you plan your Festival day, we’ve curated a few handy…

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Malcolm Gladwell: Talking to Strangers

Malcolm Gladwell: Talking to Strangers

December 11, 2019

Bestselling author, New Yorker staffer, and renowned podcast producer, Malcolm Gladwell, discusses his latest book, Talking to Strangers.

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