George Aguilar, Sr., in Creative Nonfiction for When the River Ran Wild! Indian Traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs Reservation

Andrew Bernstein in General Nonfiction for Modern Passings: Death Rites, Politics, and Social Change in Imperial Japan

Dorianne Laux in Poetry for Facts About the Moon

Richard Moeschl in Drama for Arthur�s Dreams

Gina Ochsner in Short Fiction for People I Wanted to Be

Graham Salisbury in Young Adult Literature for Eyes of the Emperor

Diane Siebert in Children�s Literature for Tour America

Justin Tussing in the Novel for The Best People in the World

We also congratulate the recipients of three special awards: Ursula K. Le Guin, C.E.S. Wood Distinguished Writer Award; Paulann Petersen, Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award; and John Monteverde, Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award.

We welcome you to read the judges' comments and discover the works of all 32 Oregon Book Awards finalists. Literary Arts will present readings by these accomplished writers in communities across the state beginning in January.