Awards & Programs - Oregon Spirit Book Award
2011 Shortlist Announced
The Oregon Spirit Book Award committee has chosen a short list of books being considered for the 2011 book awards. Winners will be announced in June, and authors will receive their awards at the OCTE Fall Conference on October 6, 2012, at Wilsonville High School.
Children’s: Bandits by Johanna Wright, The Big Wish by Carolyn Conahan, Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox by Susan Blackaby, and Charlotte Jane Battles Bedtime by Myra Wolfe.
Middle Reader: Between Two Ends by David Ward, Second Fiddle by Rosanne Parry, Storm Runners by Roland Smith, Vanishing Acts by Phillip Margolin and Ami Margolin Rome, and Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book I, by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis.
Young Adult: Amplified by Tara Kelly, Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, Putting Makeup on Dead People by Jen Violi, and Recovery Road by Blake Nelson.
Non-fiction: For the Love of Music: The Remarkable Story of Maria Anna Mozart by Elizabeth Rusch, Drawing from Memory by Allen Say, Magic Trash by Jane Shapiro, and The Voyage of Turtle Rex by Kurt Cyrus.
This year, the committee considered 67 books in the categories of Children’s, Middle Reader, Young Adult, Graphic Novels, and Non-fiction. The awards are given to Oregon authors who make “a distinguished contribution to children’s literature or young adult literature that engage and encourage readers’ imagination, discovery, and understanding, reflecting the spirit and values held by Oregonians.”
Winners will be announced June 1, 2012 here on the OCTE website and on our Facebook page. |
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2010 Winners at the Fall 2011 OCTE Conference |
About OSBA
Winners 2010
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Children's:
Joha Makes a Wish: A Middle Eastern Tale by Eric A. Kimmel
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish |
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Middle Reader:
Calvin Coconut: Dog Heaven by Graham Salisbury
Publisher: Yearling (Random House) |
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Young Adult:
Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. |
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Special Category - Nonfiction:
The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According To Susy) by Barbara Kerley
Publisher: Scholastic Press |
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Honor Books 2010:
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Children's:
Aggie the Brave by Lori Ries
Publisher: Charlesbridge |
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Middle Reader: After All, You’re Callie Boone by Winnie Mack
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends |
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Middle Reader: Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch
Publisher: Amulet Books |
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Young Adult:
The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys by Scott William Carter
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
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Young Adult: The Candidates (Delcroix Academy, Book 1) by Inara Scott
Publisher: Hyperion Book |
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About the Oregon Spirit Book Award
The Oregon Spirit Book Award is awarded yearly to the author of a distinguished contribution to children’s literature or young adult literature that engages and encourages readers’ imagination, discovery, and understanding, reflecting the spirit and values held by Oregonians. Priority to texts that present:
- Respectful portrayals of diverse populations
- Tolerance of various individual and cultural perspectives
- Peaceful, innovative, and equitable solutions of conflicts
- Respect for ecosystems and environmental sustainability
Eligibility:
- Books published in the U.S. in a calendar year, January to December are eligible for the award the following year. (Self-published books will not be considered.)
- Oregon author.
- All formats of books are eligible: picture books, chapter books, graphic novels, and electronic books.
- Both fiction and nonfiction in any genre.
- English is one of the languages.
- There may be up to three awards each year, maximum of one winner from each of three categories as follows:
Children’s (PK-grade 3)
Middle Reader (grades 4-7)
Young Adult (grades 8-12)
In addition, up to two honor books may be named in each category.
If submissions warrant, special category winners may be designated in other genres such as nonfiction or graphic novels.
Note that there may be some overlap in age/grade categories.
Nominations:
People are invited to nominate books by sending titles and books by May 1 to:
OCTE
Oregon Spirit Book Award
c/o Karen Johnson, OSBA chair
19930 SW 59th Terrace
Tualatin, OR 97062
We currently have six members on the review committee.
Previous winners
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
2009 Winners -
Children's: Erika-san
by Allen Say (Author and Illustrator)
Published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Child
Juvenile: Heart of a Shepherd
by Rosanne Parry
Published by Yearling
Young Adult: Academy 7
by Anne Osterlund
Published by Speak
2009 Honor Books -
Children's: Even Higher!: A Roshanah Story by Eric Kimmel
(Published by Holiday House)
Juvenile: Archipelago by David Ward
(Published by Red Deer Press)
Young Adult: - This Full House by Virginia Euwer Wolff
(Published by HarperTeen)
Young Adult: - Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
(Published by Arthur A. Levine Books)
2008 Winners -
Children's: The Rain Stomper
by Addie Boswell (Author), Eric Velasquez (Illustrator)
Published by Marshall Cavendish Children's Books
Juvenile: Listening for Crickets
by David Gifaldi
Published by Henry Holt and Company
Young Adult: A Tugging String: A Novel About Growing Up During the Civil Rights Era
by David Greenberg
Published by Dutton Juvenile
2008 Honor Books -
Children's: Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus
Young Adult: - The Good Girl by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann
2007 Winners -
Children's: The Great Texas Hamster Drive by Eric Kimmel
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Young Adult: Elephant Run by Roland Smith
2006 Winner - Alphabet of Dreams by Susan Fletcher
2005 Winner - Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen by Michelle R. McCann
