Literary Arts announced the seven winners of its 2021 Oregon Book Awards during a Sunday night broadcast on OPB Radio.
The winners were chosen from among 173 submitted books, according to Andrew Proctor, executive director of Literary Arts, a Portland nonprofit.
The broadcast, hosted by previous Oregon Book Award winners Omar El Akkad and Elena Passarello, began with a tribute to longtime Oregon author Barry Lopez. A National Book Award finalist and Oregon Book Award winner, he hosted the awards ceremony in 2006 and was a recipient of Literary Arts’ C.E.S. Wood Distinguished Writer Award. Lopez died in December.
Here are the winners.
Ken Kesey Award for Fiction
“The Great Offshore Grounds,” by Vanessa Veselka: In this novel, three siblings set off on separate cross-country journeys, each driven by their own interpretation of the mythology their mother has built up around their family. (Read more about Vanessa Veselka.)
Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry
“Hope of Stones,” by Anna Elkins: This poetry collection was inspired by a 16th-century Spanish nun and an 18th-century French architect who each had a vision for creation.
Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction
“The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America,” by Nicholas Buccola: This book centers on what Buccola has called “an intellectual prizefight for the ages,” a high-profile 1965 debate between Baldwin and Buckley that the author uses as a prism through which to view the civil rights and conservative movements.
Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction
“Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country,” by Sierra Crane Murdoch: A formerly incarcerated woman, now back home on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, pursues the case of a missing oil worker - and her own redemption.
Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children’s Literature
“A Game of Fox and Squirrels,” by Jenn Reese: Two young sisters caught up in domestic abuse and sent to live with relatives are featured in this middle grade novel about family, home and magic.
Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature
“The Sullivan Sisters,” by Kathryn Ormsbee: Three estranged teenage sisters are enduring the holiday season when they learn about a surprise inheritance -- and a chilling family mystery.
Angus Bowmer Award for Drama
“You Cannot Undo This Action,” by Conor Eiffler: In this play, a social media post sets the stage for a hate crime, with devastating consequences for local high school students. SouthWest StageWorks and Teen West premiered the play in 2020 at what is now Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School in Southwest Portland.
The drama award is presented every other year, alternating with the award for graphic novels.
Literary Arts also announced three special awards:
Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award: PlayWrite Inc. of Portland
The Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award: Elizabeth Lyon of Eugene
C.E.S. Wood Distinguished Writer Award: Molly Gloss of Portland
For a list of 2021 Oregon Book Award finalists, go to Literary Arts’ website, literary-arts.org.
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