Oregon Literary Fellowships application deadline is June 27, 2008

Oregon Literary Fellowships provide financial support to writers and independent publishers in Oregon.

• Submission deadline is June 27, 2008
• Minimum award amount is $2,500
• Recipients will be announced in January 2009

Applications and guidelines are available on the Literary Arts web site, or by contacting Susan Denning at susan@literary-arts.org or 503-227-2583.

ForeWord Magazine Announces Book of the Year Award Winners

In a Friday ceremony at the BookExpo America in New York City, ForeWord Magazine announced the winners of the Book of the Year Award, including two Editor's Choice Award winners. To read their full press release or view the winners and finalists, please click here.

Congratulations OBA winners!

Congratulations to this year's Oregon Book Award winners!

George Aguilar, Sr., in Creative Nonfiction for When the River Ran Wild! Indian Traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs Reservation

Andrew Bernstein in General Nonfiction for Modern Passings: Death Rites, Politics, and Social Change in Imperial Japan

Dorianne Laux in Poetry for Facts About the Moon

Richard Moeschl in Drama for Arthur’s Dreams

Gina Ochsner in Short Fiction for People I Wanted to Be

Graham Salisbury in Young Adult Literature for Eyes of the Emperor

Diane Siebert in Children’s Literature for Tour America

Justin Tussing in the Novel for The Best People in the World

Congratulate also to the recipients of three special awards: Ursula K. Le Guin, C.E.S. Wood Distinguished Writer Award; Paulann Petersen, Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award; and John Monteverde, Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award.

You're welcome to read the judges' comments and discover the works of all 32 Oregon Book Awards finalists. Literary Arts will present readings by these accomplished writers in communities across the state beginning in January.

Find all this at the Literary Arts Web site.