Here are the 35 finalists for the 2021 Oregon Book Awards - OregonLive

The Portland nonprofit Literary Arts has announced the finalists for this year’s Oregon Book Awards, which recognize top accomplishments by Oregon writers in various categories and genres.

Here are the 2021 finalists, as determined by out-of-state judges.

KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION

• Chelsea Bieker of Portland, “Godshot” (Catapult Press)
• Genevieve Hudson of Portland, “Boys of Alabama” (Liveright Publishing, W.W. Norton)
• Mark Savage of Portland, “Fictional Film Club” (Deep Overstock)
• Vanessa Veselka of Portland, “The Great Offshore Grounds” (Alfred A. Knopf)
• Lidia Yuknavitch of Milwaukie, “Verge” (Riverhead Books, Penguin Random House PPG)

STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY

• Anna Elkins of Jacksonville, “Hope of Stones” (Press 53)
• Eman Hassan of Portland, “Raghead” (New Issues Poetry and Prose)
• Floyd Skloot of Portland, “Far West: Poems” (LSU Press)
• Ed Skoog of Portland, “Travelers Leaving for the City” (Copper Canyon)
• Joe Wilkins of McMinnville, “Thieve” (Lynx House Press)

FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION

SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION

ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

• Jenn Reese of Portland, “A Game of Fox and Squirrels” (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, Macmillan)
• Elizabeth Rusch of Portland, “Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet” (Charlesbridge)
• Deborah Hopkinson of West Linn, “Butterflies Belong Here: A Story of One Idea, Thirty Kids, and a World of Butterflies” (Chronicle Books)
• Susan Hill Long of Portland, “Josie Bloom and the Emergency of Life” (Paula Wiseman Books, Simon & Schuster)
• Jody J. Little of Portland, “Worse Than Weird” (Harper Collins Children’s Books)

LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE

• Nancy Richardson Fischer of Hood River, “The Speed of Falling Objects” (Inkyard Press)
• Deborah Hopkinson of West Linn, “We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport” (Scholastic Focus)
• Kathryn Ormsbee of Eugene, “The Sullivan Sisters” (Simon & Schuster)
• Erin Riha of Portland, “But for the Mountains” (REUTS Publications)
• Elizabeth Rusch of Portland, “You Call THIS Democracy?: How to Fix Our Government and Deliver Power to the People” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

ANGUS BOWMER AWARD FOR DRAMA

• Sara Jean Accuardi of Portland, “The Delays”
• Conor Eifler of Portland, “You Cannot Undo This Action”
• E.M. Lewis of Monitor, “How the Light Gets In”
• Anya Pearson of Portland, “The Measure of Innocence”
• Andrea Stolowitz of Portland, “Recent Unsettling Events”

The drama category alternates annually with the graphic novel category.

Literary Arts will also bestow three special awards this year:

• 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 Award: Molly Gloss of Portland

Literary Arts is planning several virtual events with Oregon Book Awards finalists, times to be announced:

• Wednesday, April 14: Poetry finalists reading.
• Saturday, April 17: Fiction finalists reading with Springfield Library Celebrates Authors.
• Saturday, April 24: Children’s literature finalists, presented by Portland’s Green Beans Books as part of Independent Bookstore Day.
• Wednesday, April 28: Drama finalists panel discussion, moderated by Chip Miller, associate artistic director at Portland Center Stage, streamed live at at YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch.

Winners will be announced on Oregon Public Broadcasting at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 2. Each winner receives a $1,000 cash award.

awang@oregonian.com; Twitter: @ORAmyW

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