Ohioana Book Award2023

Given by Ohioana Library

32 Works / 33 Items 6,520 Books 334 Reviews ½ 4.0
First given in 1942, the Ohioana Book Awards are the second oldest, and among the most prestigious, state literary prizes in the nation. Nearly every major writer from Ohio in the past 80 years show more has been honored, from James Thurber to Toni Morrison.

Each year, juried awards are given to books in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, About Ohio/an Ohioan, Middle Grade/Young Adult Literature, and Juvenile Literature. Fans have the opportunity to make their voices heard by selecting the Readers’ Choice Book Award from among all thirty finalists in an online poll. Finally, we present a special prize for emerging writers, the Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant. show less
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All, Winner (397), Finalist (446), Honorable Mention (19)
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Years:
All, 2023 (33), 2022 (26), 2021 (30), 2020 (30), 2019 (30), 2018 (31), 2017 (32), 2016 (31), 2015 (28), 2014 (27), 2013 (26), 2012 (28), 2011 (27), 2010 (24), 2009 (26), 2008 (28), 2007 (7), 2006 (5), 2005 (6), 2004 (6), 2003 (5), 2002 (4), 2001 (5), 2000 (5), 1999 (5), 1998 (6), 1997 (5), 1996 (5), 1995 (5), 1994 (5), 1993 (5), 1992 (5), 1991 (5), 1990 (5), 1989 (5), 1988 (4), 1987 (4), 1986 (4), 1985 (3), 1984 (3), 1983 (3), 1982 (4), 1981 (4), 1980 (4), 1979 (4), 1978 (4), 1977 (5), 1976 (6), 1975 (4), 1974 (5), 1973 (5), 1972 (5), 1971 (5), 1970 (5), 1969 (4), 1968 (4), 1967 (3), 1966 (4), 1965 (2), 1964 (4), 1963 (4), 1962 (3), 1961 (4), 1960 (6), 1959 (5), 1958 (4), 1957 (4), 1956 (3), 1955 (3), 1954 (4), 1953 (4), 1952 (4), 1951 (3), 1950 (10), 1949 (12), 1948 (5), 1947 (8), 1946 (11), 1945 (8), 1944 (5), 1943 (5), 1942 (3)

Winner 7

WorkCategoryYear
The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women's Lives by Kelcey ErvickAbout Ohio or an Ohioan2023
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste NgFiction2023
The More You Give by Marcy CampbellJuvenile Literature2023
A Rover's Story by Jasmine WargaMiddle Grade & Young Adult Literature2023
Inciting Joy: Essays by Ross GayNonfiction2023
Alive at the End of the World by Saeed JonesPoetry2023
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John ScalziReaders' Choice2023

Finalist 32

WorkCategoryYear
The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women's Lives by Kelcey ErvickAbout Ohio or an Ohioan2023
In the Heart of It All: An Unvarnished Account of My Life in Public Service by Richard F. CelesteAbout Ohio or an Ohioan2023
Pursuing John Brown: On the Trail of a Radical Abolitionist (Ohio History and Culture) by Joyce DyerAbout Ohio or an Ohioan2023
Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird by Gene Andrew JarrettAbout Ohio or an Ohioan2023
Lost & Found: A Memoir by Kathryn SchulzAbout Ohio or an Ohioan2023
Roll Red Roll: Rape, Power, and Football in the American Heartland by Nancy SchwartzmanAbout Ohio or an Ohioan2023
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste NgFiction2023
Eleutheria by Allegra HydeFiction2023
Noor by Nnedi OkoraforFiction2023
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John ScalziFiction2023
Honor by Thrity UmrigarFiction2023
The More You Give by Marcy CampbellJuvenile Literature2023
This Book Is Not for You! by Shannon HaleJuvenile Literature2023
Courage Hats by Kate HoeflerJuvenile Literature2023
Luli and the Language of Tea by Andrea WangJuvenile Literature2023
The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline WoodsonJuvenile Literature2023
A Rover's Story by Jasmine WargaMiddle Grade & Young Adult Literature2023
The Chosen One: A First-Generation Ivy League Odyssey by Echo BrownMiddle Grade & Young Adult Literature2023
The School for Whatnots by Margaret Peterson HaddixMiddle Grade & Young Adult Literature2023
Man o' War by Cory McCarthyMiddle Grade & Young Adult Literature2023
Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life by Marilyn NelsonMiddle Grade & Young Adult Literature2023
Nothing Is Little by Carmella Van VleetMiddle Grade & Young Adult Literature2023
Inciting Joy: Essays by Ross GayNonfiction2023
Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, and the Great Environmental Awakening by Douglas BrinkleyNonfiction2023
Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America’s Overdose Crisis by Beth MacyNonfiction2023
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice MillardNonfiction2023
Learning America: One Woman's Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children by Luma MuflehNonfiction2023
Alive at the End of the World by Saeed JonesPoetry2023
Bad Hobby by Kathy FaganPoetry2023
Urbanshee (Button Poetry) by Siaara FreemanPoetry2023
Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow. by Noor HindiPoetry2023
Swan Wife by Sara Moore WagnerPoetry2023

Descriptions

First given in 1942, the Ohioana Book Awards are the second oldest, and among the most prestigious, state literary prizes in the nation. Nearly every major writer from Ohio in the past 80 years has been honored, from James Thurber to Toni Morrison.

Each year, juried awards are given to books in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, About Ohio/an Ohioan, Middle Grade/Young Adult Literature, and Juvenile Literature. Fans have the opportunity to make their voices heard by selecting the Readers’ Choice Book Award from among all thirty finalists in an online poll. Finally, we present a special prize for emerging writers, the Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant.

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URL: http://www.ohioana.org/programs/ohioana-book-awards/
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