Ohioana Book AwardFinalist2015

Given by Ohioana Library

28 Works 32,608 Books 1,834 Reviews 4.2
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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All, 2023 (32), 2022 (26), 2021 (29), 2020 (29), 2019 (29), 2018 (30), 2017 (30), 2016 (30), 2015 (28), 2014 (26), 2013 (25), 2012 (28), 2011 (27), 2010 (24), 2009 (26), 2008 (27)

Finalist 28

WorkCategoryYear
James A. Rhodes, Ohio Colossus by Tom DiemerAbout Ohio or an Ohioan2015
Beyond Trochenbrod: The Betty Gold Story by betty goldAbout Ohio or an Ohioan2015
The Chalmers Race: Ty Cobb, Napoleon Lajoie, and the Controversial 1910 Batting Title That Became a National Obsession by Rick HuhnAbout Ohio or an Ohioan2015
Gene Everlasting: A Contrary Farmer's Thoughts on Living Forever by Gene LogsdonAbout Ohio or an Ohioan2015
American Queen: The Rise and Fall of Kate Chase Sprague--Civil War "Belle of the North" and Gilded Age Woman of Scandal by John OllerAbout Ohio or an Ohioan2015
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrFiction2015
Mrs. Lincoln's Rival by Jennifer ChiaveriniFiction2015
Bright Shards of Someplace Else: Stories (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction Ser.) by Monica McFawnFiction2015
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste NgFiction2015
The Story Hour by Thrity UmrigarFiction2015
Harlem Hellfighters by J. Patrick LewisJuvenile Literature2015
The Farmer's Away! Baa! Neigh! by Anne Vittur KennedyJuvenile Literature2015
Otis and the Scarecrow by Loren LongJuvenile Literature2015
The Forever Flowers by Michael J. RosenJuvenile Literature2015
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration by Jacqueline WoodsonJuvenile Literature2015
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonMiddle Grade & Young Adult Literature2015
Park Scientists: Gila Monsters, Geysers, and Grizzly Bears in America's Own Backyard by Mary Kay CarsonMiddle Grade & Young Adult Literature2015
The Boy on the Porch by Sharon CreechMiddle Grade & Young Adult Literature2015
Winterfrost by Michelle HoutsMiddle Grade & Young Adult Literature2015
Voices from the March on Washington by J. Patrick LewisMiddle Grade & Young Adult Literature2015
The Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced Our Security by Ann HagedornNonfiction2015
Shepherd: A Memoir by Richard GilbertNonfiction2015
Hope Sings, So Beautiful: Graced Encounters Across the Color Line by Christopher PramukNonfiction2015
After We Kill You, We Will Welcome You Back as Honored Guests: Unembedded in Afghanistan by Ted RallNonfiction2015
We called him Rabbi Abraham: Lincoln and American Jewry, a documentary history by Gary Phillip ZolaNonfiction2015
Floating Heart by Stuart FriebertPoetry2015
Hearsay by Christopher AnkneyPoetry2015
Imperial (Pitt Poetry Series) by George BilgerePoetry2015

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.

(English, Award granter)
URL: http://www.ohioana.org/programs/ohioana-book-awards/
http://www.ohioana.org/programs/ohioana-book-awards/ (English, Member-written)

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