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Congratulations to the Literary Arts 2016 Oregon Book Award Winners!

ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE 

Barbara Kerley of  Portland

“With a Friend by Your Side” (National Geographic Society) 

LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE 

Brian Doyle of Lake Oswego

“Martin Marten” (St. Martin’s Press)  

FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION 

David Biespiel of Portland

“A Long High Whistle” (Antilever Press) 

SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION 

Kate Carroll de Gutes of Portland

“Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear” (Ovenbird Books)

AWARD FOR GRAPHIC LITERATURE

Ariel Cohn and Aron Nels Steinke of  Portland

“The Zoo Box” (First Second Books) 

STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY 

Carl Adamshick of Portland

“Saint Friend” (McSweeney’s)

KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION 

Lidia Yuknavitch of Portland

“The Small Backs of Children” (HarperCollins) 

READERS CHOICE AWARD

Lidia Yuknavitch of Portland 

“The Small Backs of Children” (HarperCollins)

SPECIAL AWARDS:

STEWART H. HOLBROOK LITERARY LEGACY AWARD

Doug Spangle of Portland

WALT MOREY YOUNG READERS LITERARY LEGACY AWARD

Curtis Kiefer of Philomath  

ABOUT OREGON BOOK AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
The Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships are awarded by Portland-based non-profit Literary Arts, celebrating Oregon’s writers and independent publishers. 

This article appears in Apr 7-13, 2016.

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2016 Oregon Book Award Winners

by Sherron Lumley, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 12, 2016

<h1>2016 Oregon Book Award Winners</h1> <p class="byline">by Sherron Lumley, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 12, 2016</p> <p><p class="p1"> Congratulations to the Literary Arts 2016 Oregon Book Award Winners!</p> <p>ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE&nbsp; </p> <p class="p3"> <span>Barbara Kerley of&nbsp; Portland</span> </p> <p class="p3"> <span>"With a Friend by Your Side"</span>&nbsp;(National Geographic Society)&nbsp; </p> <p class="p3"> LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE&nbsp; </p> <p class="p3"> <span>Brian Doyle of Lake Oswego</span> </p> <p class="p3"> <span>"Martin Marten"</span>&nbsp;(St. Martin's Press) &nbsp; </p> <p class="p4"> <span class="s1"></span> </p> <p class="p2"> FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION&nbsp; </p> <p class="p3"> <span>David Biespiel of Portland</span> </p> <p class="p3"> <span>"A Long High Whistle"</span>&nbsp;(Antilever Press)&nbsp; </p> <p class="p3"> SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION&nbsp; </p> <p class="p3"> <span>Kate Carroll de Gutes of Portland</span> </p> <p class="p3"> <span>"Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear"</span>&nbsp;(Ovenbird Books) </p> <p class="p2"> AWARD FOR GRAPHIC LITERATURE </p> <p class="p3"> <span>Ariel Cohn and Aron Nels Steinke of&nbsp; Portland</span> </p> <p class="p3"> <span>"The Zoo Box"</span>&nbsp;(First Second Books)&nbsp; </p> <p class="p2"> STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY&nbsp; </p> <p class="p3"> <span>Carl Adamshick of Portland</span> </p> <p class="p3"> <span>"Saint Friend"</span>&nbsp;(McSweeney's) </p> <p class="p4"> <span class="s1"></span> </p> <p class="p2"> KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION&nbsp; </p> <p class="p3"> <span>Lidia Yuknavitch of Portland</span> </p> <p class="p3"> <span>"The Small Backs of Children"</span>&nbsp;(HarperCollins)&nbsp; </p> <p class="p4"> <span class="s1"></span> </p> <p class="p2"> READERS CHOICE AWARD </p> <p class="p3"> <span>Lidia Yuknavitch of Portland</span>&nbsp; </p> <p class="p3"> <span>"The Small Backs of Children"</span>&nbsp;(HarperCollins) </p> <p class="p4"> <span class="s1"></span> </p> <p class="p4"> <span class="s1"></span> </p> <p class="p3"> SPECIAL AWARDS: </p> <p class="p4"> <span class="s1"></span> </p> <p class="p3"> STEWART H. HOLBROOK LITERARY LEGACY AWARD </p> <p class="p3"> <span>Doug Spangle of Portland</span> </p> <p class="p4"> WALT MOREY YOUNG READERS LITERARY LEGACY AWARD<br /> <span></span> </p> <p class="p3"> <span>Curtis Kiefer of Philomath</span>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p> <a href="http://www.literary-arts.org/what-we-do/oba-home/" target="_blank">ABOUT OREGON BOOK AWARDS &amp; FELLOWSHIPS</a><br /> The Oregon Book Awards &amp; Fellowships are awarded by Portland-based non-profit Literary Arts, celebrating Oregon's writers and independent publishers.&nbsp;</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/2016-oregon-book-award-winners-2620832/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=37540&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/2016-oregon-book-award-winners-2620832/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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