Former NAS Presenter Elizabeth Rusch Awarded the Oregon Book Award for A Day with No Crayons (Rising Moon Press)

Congratulations, Elizabeth!

Here’s the complete list of winners:

AWARD FOR DRAMA
Judge: Sherry Kramer

Steve Patterson of Portland, Lost Wavelengths

KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION
Judge: A.M. Homes

Ehud Havazelet of Corvallis, Bearing the Body (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY
Judge: Cornelius Eady

Penelope Scambly Schott of Portland, A Is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth (Turning Point)

FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION
Judge: Deborah Blum

Steven W. Bender of Portland, One Night in America: Robert Kennedy, Cesar Chavez, and the Dream of Dignity (Paradigm Publishers)

SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION
Judge: Barbara Sjoholm

Lauren Kessler of Eugene, Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer’s (Viking Adult)

ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Judge: Jacqueline Woodson

Elizabeth Rusch of Portland, A Day With No Crayons (Rising Moon)

LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Judge: Jacqueline Woodson
The judge declared a tie in this category.

Sara Ryan of Portland, The Rules for Hearts (Viking Juvenile)

Linda Zuckerman of Portland, A Taste for Rabbit (Arthur A. Levine Books)

SPECIAL AWARDS

CHARLES ERSKINE SCOTT WOOD DISTINGUISHED WRITER AWARD
Barry Lopezof Finn Rock

THE STEWART H. HOLBROOK LITERARY LEGACY AWARD
Marlene Howard of Portland

THE WALT MOREY YOUNG READERS LITERARY LEGACY AWARD
Young Writers Associationof Eugene

Interested in Writing for Kids?

Come see Elizabeth Rusch speak on Sunday, November 18th June 8th at the Wilsonville Public Library!

The topic is: Listen to the Children: How I learned to write for children by listening to them and how you can, too. Through her experience moving from writing for adults to writing for children, Rusch shows how to get meaningful feedback from children on your board books, picture books, and novels. Learn how to read aloud to toddlers and read their body language, how to nudge elementary-aged kids to do a meaningful mark-up, and how to start a fruitful dialogue with older kids about your work.