Literary Arts is pleased to announce the finalists for the 25th Annual Oregon Book Awards. Winners will be announced at the ceremony on Monday, April 23rd at 7:30 p.m. at the Gerding Theater at the Armory in Portland (128 NW Eleventh Ave). Timothy Egan will host the ceremony, which honors the state's finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction and young readers literature. This year, for the first time, Literary Arts will also honor graphic literature. Tickets to the ceremony are available at Brown Paper Tickets.com.
*Readers' Choice Award*: The Oregonian and Literary Arts invites you to cast your vote for your favorite book. The finalist with the most votes will be awarded the Readers' Choice Award at the Oregon Book Awards ceremony on Monday, April 23rd, 2012! Vote at: http://www.oregonlive.com/books
PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART GRAPHIC LITERATURE AWARD
Judge:Matt Madden
Graham Annable of Portland
The Book of Grickle (Dark Horse Comics)
Aidan Koch of Portland
The Whale (Gaze Books)
Sarah Oleksyk of Portland
Ivy (Oni Press)
Greg Rucka of Portland
Stumptown (Oni Press)
Joe Sacco of Portland
Footnotes in Gaza (Metropolitan Books)
KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION
Judge: Phillip Lopate
Dan DeWeese of Portland
You Don't Love This Man (Harper Perennial)
Patrick DeWitt of Portland
The Sisters Brothers (Ecco)
Brian Doyle of Portland
Mink River (Oregon State University Press)
Matthew Stadler of Portland
Chloe Jarren’s La Cucaracha (Publication Studio)
Vanessa Veselka of Portland
Zazen (Red Lemonade)
STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY
Judge: Carl Phillips
Carl Adamshick of Portland
Curses and Wishes (Louisiana State University Press)
Geri Doran of Eugene
Sanderlings (Tupelo Press)
Emily Kendal Freyof Portland
The Grief Performance (Cleveland State University Press)
Daniel Skach-Mills of Portland
The Hut Beneath the Pine (Daniel Skach-Mills)
Ursula K. Le Guin of Portland and Roger Dorband of Astoria
Out Here (Raven Studio)
FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION
Judge: Jane Brox
Glenn Anthony May of Eugene
Sonny Montes and Mexican American Activism in Oregon (Oregon State University Press)
Kenneth J. Ruoff of Portland
Imperial Japan At Its Zenith: The Wartime Celebration of the Empire’s 2600th Anniversary (Cornell University Press)
Roger J. Porter of Portland
Bureau of Missing Persons: Writing the Secret Lives of Fathers (Cornell University Press)
SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION
Judge: Madeleine Blais
George Estreich of Corvallis
The Shape of the Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, and the Stories We Inherit (Southern Methodist University Press)
Jennifer Lauck of Portland
Found (Seal Press)
Sarahlee Lawrence of Portland
River House (Tin House Books)
Marjorie Sandor of Corvallis
The Late Interiors (Arcade Publishing)
Lidia Yuknavitch of Portland
The Chronology of Water (Hawthorne Books)
ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Judge: Linda Sue Park
Nancy Coffelt of Portland
Catch That Baby! (Simon & Schuster)
Judy Cox of Ontario
Nora and the Texas Terror (Holiday House)
Eric A. Kimmel of Portland
Medio Pollito (Marshall Cavendish)
Cynthia Rylant of Portland
Brownie and Pearl Take a Dip (Simon & Schuster)
Graham Salisbury of Lake Oswego
Calvin Coconut: Hero of Hawaii (Wendy Lamb Books)
LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Judge: Linda Sue Park
Heather Vogel Frederick of Portland
Pies and Prejudice (Simon & Schuster)
April Henry of Portland
Girl, Stolen (Henry Holt)
Lisa Schroeder of Beaverton
The Day Before(Simon Pulse)
Jen Violi of Portland
Putting Makeup on Dead People (Hyperion)
Emily Whitman of Portland
Wildwing (Greenwillow Books)