The Portland nonprofit Literary Arts announced Monday night the seven winners of the 2020 Oregon Book Awards, chosen from among more than 200 submissions.
The awards are typically handed out in a live ceremony that draws Portland’s literary community to applaud short speeches by each of the winners, but because of the coronavirus pandemic, Literary Arts shifted to a radio broadcast hosted by two previous Oregon Book Award winners, Omar El-Akkad (”American War”) and Elena Passarello (”Animals Strike Curious Poses”). The two reminisced fondly about what it was like to win before turning to announcing this year’s award recipients. Oregon poet laureate Anis Mojgani announced the poetry and special awards.
The winners, who read excerpts from or discussed their books on the broadcast and who received $1,000:
KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION
Kesha Ajọsẹ Fisher of Portland, “No God Like the Mother”: Fisher’s perspective as a Nigerian American woman informs this collection of nine stories whose characters often struggle to keep a firm grasp on identity and relationships.
STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY
Ashley Toliver of Portland, “Spectra”: This three-part collection runs a finger along the dual-edged swords – creation on one side, destruction on the other – wielded by both our relationships and our bodies.
FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION
David Wolman and Julian Smith of Portland, “Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World’s Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West”: Those who attended the 1908 Frontier Days extravaganza in Cheyenne, Wyoming, saw a rodeo unlike any other, as three paniolos from the Hawaiian islands challenged the very notion of a cowboy. Wolman and Smith explain with gusto how this singular moment came to be.
SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION
Beth Alvarado of Bend, “Anxious Attachments”: This essay collection is practically a master class in the genre, as Alvarado tackles themes such as addiction, grief and environmental racism with steady prose and compassion.
ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Cathy Camper of Portland, “Lowriders Blast from the Past”: In this appealing graphic novel presented in English and Spanish, three young friends bond over their love of cars and over the bullies who target them.
LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Deborah Hopkinson of West Linn, “How I Became A Spy: A Mystery of WWII”: Bertie is just a kid, so he can only contribute to the war effort in London as a bike messenger – until he stumbles across a notebook that appears to contain coded messages that could help the Allies.
AWARD FOR GRAPHIC LITERATURE
Greg Means and M.K. Reed of Portland, “Penny Nichols”: This tongue-in-cheek tale about a very amateur effort to make a slasher flick is a hilarious ode to creativity, the can-do spirit and friendship.
SPECIAL AWARDS
Literary Arts also announced this year’s winners of three special awards.
Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award: Reading Results, of Portland, which works to support childhood literacy.
The Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award: Write Around Portland, of Portland, which uses writing as a tool for working toward equity.
C.E.S. Wood Award: Lawson Inada of Ashland, Oregon’s fifth poet laureate from 2006 to 2010, who read a poem on the broadcast.
You can hear all the authors who were finalists reading from their work at Literary Arts’ website.
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