BTW News Briefs

Griffin Poetry Prize Deadline Approaching

The deadline for the Griffin Poetry Prize is approaching. Publishers may submit any number of titles, each published (or scheduled for publication) before the annual deadline of December 31st. Submissions postmarked after December 31 of each year will not be eligible. The Griffin Poetry Prize is awarded annually for the two best books of poetry published in English the previous year anywhere in the world. For more on the award, click here.

2003 Oregon Book Awards Winners Announced

The 17th annual Oregon Book Awards ceremony, held on Thursday, November 13, recognized writers of excellence in poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, and young readers literature; as well as those who support literature. Poet Carolyn Kizer hosted the event, which was attended by approximately 340 people at the Scottish Rite Center in Portland.

Among the winners: The Ken Kesey Award for the Novel was presented to Cai Emmons of Eugene for her book His Mother’s Son (Harcourt). The H.L. Davis Award for Short Fiction was presented to Tracy Daugherty of Corvallis for his book It Takes a Worried Man (Southern Methodist University Press) The Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction was presented to Barbara S. Mahoney of Wilsonville for her book Dispatches and Dictators (Oregon State University Press). For a full list of winners, click here.