Wednesday, February 8, 2012
25th Annual Oregon Book Awards
25th Annual Oregon Book Awards
Monday, April 23rd at 7:30 p.m. at the Gerding Theater at the Armory in Portland (128 NW Eleventh Ave).
Join Literary Arts' annual celebration of the state's most accomplished published writers in the genres of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, young readers, and graphic literature.
Timothy Egan will host the ceremony. Timothy Egan is the author of several books, including "The Worst Hard Time," a history of the Dust Bowl, for which he won the National Book Award, and most recently, "The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America", which details the Great Fire of 1910 that burned about 3 million acres and helped shape the U.S. Forest Service.
Egan is also an online opinion columnist for The New York Times. In 2001, he won the Pulitzer Prize as part of a team of New York Times reporters who wrote the series How Race Is Lived in America. He has done special projects on the West and the decline of rural America, and he has followed the entire length of the Lewis and Clark Trail. He lives in Seattle.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART GRAPHIC LITERATURE AWARD
Judge:Matt Madden
Graham Annable of Portland The Book of Grickle (Dark Horse Comics)
Aidan Koch of Portland The Whale (Gaze Books)
Sarah Oleksyk of Portland Ivy (Oni Press)
Greg Rucka of Portland Stumptown (Oni Press)
Joe Sacco of Portland Footnotes in Gaza (Metropolitan Books)
KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION
Judge: Phillip Lopate
Dan DeWeese of Portland You Don’t Love This Man (Harper Perennial)
Patrick DeWitt of Portland The Sisters Brothers (Ecco)
Brian Doyle of Portland Mink River (Oregon State University Press)
Matthew Stadler of Portland Chloe Jarren’s La Cucaracha (Publication Studio)
Vanessa Veselka of Portland Zazen (Red Lemonade)
STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY
Judge: Carl Phillips
Carl Adamshick of Portland Curses and Wishes (Louisiana State University Press)
Geri Doran of Eugene Sanderlings (Tupelo Press)
Emily Kendal Frey of Portland The Grief Performance (Cleveland State University Press)
Daniel Skach-Mills of Portland The Hut Beneath the Pine (Daniel Skach-Mills)
Ursula K. Le Guin of Portland and Roger Dorband of Astoria Out Here (Raven Studio)
FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION
Judge: Jane Brox
Glenn Anthony May of Eugene Sonny Montes and Mexican American Activism in Oregon (Oregon State University Press)
Kenneth J. Ruoff of Portland Imperial Japan At Its Zenith: The Wartime Celebration of the Empire’s 2600th Anniversary (Cornell University Press)
Roger J. Porter of Portland Bureau of Missing Persons: Writing the Secret Lives of Fathers (Cornell University Press)
SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION
Judge: Madeleine Blais
George Estreich of Corvallis The Shape of the Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, and the Stories We Inherit (Southern Methodist University Press)
Jennifer Lauck of Portland Found (Seal Press)
Sarahlee Lawrence of Portland River House (Tin House Books)
Marjorie Sandor of Corvallis The Late Interiors (Arcade Publishing)
Lidia Yuknavitch of Portland The Chronology of Water (Hawthorne Books)
ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Judge: Linda Sue Park
Nancy Coffelt of Portland Catch That Baby! (Simon & Schuster)
Judy Cox of Ontario Nora and the Texas Terror (Holiday House)
Eric A. Kimmel of Portland Medio Pollito (Marshall Cavendish)
Cynthia Rylant of Portland Brownie and Pearl Take a Dip (Simon & Schuster)
Graham Salisbury of Lake Oswego Calvin Coconut: Hero of Hawaii (Wendy Lamb Books)
LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Judge: Linda Sue Park
Heather Vogel Frederick of Portland Pies and Prejudice (Simon & Schuster)
April Henry of Portland Girl, Stolen (Henry Holt)
Lisa Schroeder of Beaverton The Day Before(Simon Pulse)
Jen Violi of Portland Putting Makeup on Dead People (Hyperion)
Emily Whitman of Portland Wildwing (Greenwillow Books)
OREGON LITERARY FELLOWSHIPS
Literary Arts is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2012 Oregon Literary Fellowships to writers and to publishers. The judges named eight writers and three publishers to receive grants of $2500.
Poetry
Rodger Moody of Eugene, The C.Hamilton Bailey Fellowship
Fiction
Larry Bingham of Portland, The Walt Morey Fellowship
Mark Allen Cunningham of Portland, The Leslie Bradshaw Fellowship
Zondie Zinke of Eugene
Literary Nonfiction
Apricot Irving of Portland, The Friends of the Lake Oswego Library William Stafford Fellowship
Drama
Brian Kettlerof Portland
Andrea Stolwitz of Portland, The Women Writers Fellowship
Young Readers Literature
Sabina I. Rascol of Portland, The Edna L. Holmes Fellowship in Young Readers Literature
PUBLISHERS
Basalt of La Grande
Burnside Review of Portland
Silverfish Review of Eugene
Monday, April 23rd at 7:30 p.m. at the Gerding Theater at the Armory in Portland (128 NW Eleventh Ave).
Join Literary Arts' annual celebration of the state's most accomplished published writers in the genres of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, young readers, and graphic literature.
Timothy Egan will host the ceremony. Timothy Egan is the author of several books, including "The Worst Hard Time," a history of the Dust Bowl, for which he won the National Book Award, and most recently, "The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America", which details the Great Fire of 1910 that burned about 3 million acres and helped shape the U.S. Forest Service.
Egan is also an online opinion columnist for The New York Times. In 2001, he won the Pulitzer Prize as part of a team of New York Times reporters who wrote the series How Race Is Lived in America. He has done special projects on the West and the decline of rural America, and he has followed the entire length of the Lewis and Clark Trail. He lives in Seattle.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART GRAPHIC LITERATURE AWARD
Judge:Matt Madden
Graham Annable of Portland The Book of Grickle (Dark Horse Comics)
Aidan Koch of Portland The Whale (Gaze Books)
Sarah Oleksyk of Portland Ivy (Oni Press)
Greg Rucka of Portland Stumptown (Oni Press)
Joe Sacco of Portland Footnotes in Gaza (Metropolitan Books)
KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION
Judge: Phillip Lopate
Dan DeWeese of Portland You Don’t Love This Man (Harper Perennial)
Patrick DeWitt of Portland The Sisters Brothers (Ecco)
Brian Doyle of Portland Mink River (Oregon State University Press)
Matthew Stadler of Portland Chloe Jarren’s La Cucaracha (Publication Studio)
Vanessa Veselka of Portland Zazen (Red Lemonade)
STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY
Judge: Carl Phillips
Carl Adamshick of Portland Curses and Wishes (Louisiana State University Press)
Geri Doran of Eugene Sanderlings (Tupelo Press)
Emily Kendal Frey of Portland The Grief Performance (Cleveland State University Press)
Daniel Skach-Mills of Portland The Hut Beneath the Pine (Daniel Skach-Mills)
Ursula K. Le Guin of Portland and Roger Dorband of Astoria Out Here (Raven Studio)
FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION
Judge: Jane Brox
Glenn Anthony May of Eugene Sonny Montes and Mexican American Activism in Oregon (Oregon State University Press)
Kenneth J. Ruoff of Portland Imperial Japan At Its Zenith: The Wartime Celebration of the Empire’s 2600th Anniversary (Cornell University Press)
Roger J. Porter of Portland Bureau of Missing Persons: Writing the Secret Lives of Fathers (Cornell University Press)
SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION
Judge: Madeleine Blais
George Estreich of Corvallis The Shape of the Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, and the Stories We Inherit (Southern Methodist University Press)
Jennifer Lauck of Portland Found (Seal Press)
Sarahlee Lawrence of Portland River House (Tin House Books)
Marjorie Sandor of Corvallis The Late Interiors (Arcade Publishing)
Lidia Yuknavitch of Portland The Chronology of Water (Hawthorne Books)
ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Judge: Linda Sue Park
Nancy Coffelt of Portland Catch That Baby! (Simon & Schuster)
Judy Cox of Ontario Nora and the Texas Terror (Holiday House)
Eric A. Kimmel of Portland Medio Pollito (Marshall Cavendish)
Cynthia Rylant of Portland Brownie and Pearl Take a Dip (Simon & Schuster)
Graham Salisbury of Lake Oswego Calvin Coconut: Hero of Hawaii (Wendy Lamb Books)
LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Judge: Linda Sue Park
Heather Vogel Frederick of Portland Pies and Prejudice (Simon & Schuster)
April Henry of Portland Girl, Stolen (Henry Holt)
Lisa Schroeder of Beaverton The Day Before(Simon Pulse)
Jen Violi of Portland Putting Makeup on Dead People (Hyperion)
Emily Whitman of Portland Wildwing (Greenwillow Books)
OREGON LITERARY FELLOWSHIPS
Literary Arts is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2012 Oregon Literary Fellowships to writers and to publishers. The judges named eight writers and three publishers to receive grants of $2500.
Poetry
Rodger Moody of Eugene, The C.Hamilton Bailey Fellowship
Fiction
Larry Bingham of Portland, The Walt Morey Fellowship
Mark Allen Cunningham of Portland, The Leslie Bradshaw Fellowship
Zondie Zinke of Eugene
Literary Nonfiction
Apricot Irving of Portland, The Friends of the Lake Oswego Library William Stafford Fellowship
Drama
Brian Kettlerof Portland
Andrea Stolwitz of Portland, The Women Writers Fellowship
Young Readers Literature
Sabina I. Rascol of Portland, The Edna L. Holmes Fellowship in Young Readers Literature
PUBLISHERS
Basalt of La Grande
Burnside Review of Portland
Silverfish Review of Eugene
Sunday, February 5, 2012
3 to 1
Those of us, who don’t live under a rock, know that the publishing industry is in a volatile state. With retail stores filing bankruptcy, decreased profits and royalties, and increased costs to consumers, one has to wonder if they will make it in the industry. To find the door, you have to have a great story, but to get in the door, you have to show professionalism and let the publisher know they can market you and your book.
Everything we say or do represents our personal brand. Your personal brand is how you differentiate and stand out from others. The cliché that first impressions are made in the first few seconds holds true, not just in the publishing industry, but everywhere. Your personal brand is synonymous with your reputation and with the explosion of the internet this is ever more important to remember. Since people respond to professionalism, attire, attitude, and facial expressions, then if you want to sale your book then you have to sell yourself.
When I was fourteen, I learned that presentation was the staple to getting treated with some type of legitimacy. Albeit young, I quickly realized that my hair was the most important aspect of my presentation. Even now, with my stained jeans and flannel, a perfectly groomed mane is at the foundation of first impressions. I sported my uncut head of hair, somewhere between Eddie Vedder and Kurt Cobain, long enough to be cool, but short enough not to be mistaken for a female from behind. During the start of my summer break from school, my hair started to become heavy, not with voluminous body, but dense, enough to make my neck ache from the extra stress.
The change felt like it happened overnight. Friends stopped by, but left quickly, saying they had to get somewhere important. My sister made faces when I would walk into a room she was in. Subtle changes in people’s behavior were deafening at that age. I started to wear more deodorant and changed my clothes more often. No matter what I did, the reaction to me remained the same and I suddenly became an outcast. Five days into the transformation my girlfriend stopped calling and sent a letter. It said: “I am moving to Texas.” Our parents were close friends, but this was the first time I had heard of this.
By day seven, it was clear I was in exile, tossed aside like a feral alley cat. My hair felt like it doubled in weight, and had a terrible oily shimmer. My parents began to constantly question if I was taking a shower. I somehow felt close to the oil soaked pelicans in the Prince William Sound.
In two weeks, I transformed from the cool kid, to the dirty kid. The elderly lady behind the counter in my small town squinted at me and acted like I was going to steal something. Even my family abraded me like I wasn’t good enough.
“Nicklas,” my mother yelled, “what is wrong with your hair? Are you showering?”
"Of course I am showering.”
Despite the loss of my friends and first girlfriend, my mother made me point out what shampoo I was using like I was a child.
“There, that yellow one,” I said. “The new one.”
“Nicklas.” My mom snatched the bottle and held it close to my face. “This is baby oil! Your sister uses it to shave her legs.”
It took nearly four days for my hair to return to normal and gradually my friends came back and I got a new girlfriend, but the baby oil had taught me that presentation was crucial to being taken seriously, which brings me back to branding in the publishing world. If you’re trying to break in, the brand you’re selling is yourself; it’s The Professional. Publishers want to know that you take the business of writing just as seriously as they do and the best way you can do that is treat any interaction with a publisher like you’re applying for a job. When you’re writing your cover letter, don’t use informal language like the editor is an old college buddy, but treat the cover letter like it’s accompanying your resume. Also, follow submission guidelines. Not following them is the equivalent of being 20 minutes late to a job interview and expecting to still be interviewed. Speaking of job interviews, if you get the opportunity to pitch a publisher in person, dress like you’re going to one (no faded jeans, no holes in your shirt, no looking like you just rolled out of bed). These things “do” matter.
As I found out first hand, impressions are everything.
Nicklas Roetto is the Production Editor at Gold Man Review. To read more about Nick, go to http://www.goldmanpublishing.com/nickroetto.html
Everything we say or do represents our personal brand. Your personal brand is how you differentiate and stand out from others. The cliché that first impressions are made in the first few seconds holds true, not just in the publishing industry, but everywhere. Your personal brand is synonymous with your reputation and with the explosion of the internet this is ever more important to remember. Since people respond to professionalism, attire, attitude, and facial expressions, then if you want to sale your book then you have to sell yourself.
When I was fourteen, I learned that presentation was the staple to getting treated with some type of legitimacy. Albeit young, I quickly realized that my hair was the most important aspect of my presentation. Even now, with my stained jeans and flannel, a perfectly groomed mane is at the foundation of first impressions. I sported my uncut head of hair, somewhere between Eddie Vedder and Kurt Cobain, long enough to be cool, but short enough not to be mistaken for a female from behind. During the start of my summer break from school, my hair started to become heavy, not with voluminous body, but dense, enough to make my neck ache from the extra stress.
The change felt like it happened overnight. Friends stopped by, but left quickly, saying they had to get somewhere important. My sister made faces when I would walk into a room she was in. Subtle changes in people’s behavior were deafening at that age. I started to wear more deodorant and changed my clothes more often. No matter what I did, the reaction to me remained the same and I suddenly became an outcast. Five days into the transformation my girlfriend stopped calling and sent a letter. It said: “I am moving to Texas.” Our parents were close friends, but this was the first time I had heard of this.
By day seven, it was clear I was in exile, tossed aside like a feral alley cat. My hair felt like it doubled in weight, and had a terrible oily shimmer. My parents began to constantly question if I was taking a shower. I somehow felt close to the oil soaked pelicans in the Prince William Sound.
In two weeks, I transformed from the cool kid, to the dirty kid. The elderly lady behind the counter in my small town squinted at me and acted like I was going to steal something. Even my family abraded me like I wasn’t good enough.
“Nicklas,” my mother yelled, “what is wrong with your hair? Are you showering?”
"Of course I am showering.”
Despite the loss of my friends and first girlfriend, my mother made me point out what shampoo I was using like I was a child.
“There, that yellow one,” I said. “The new one.”
“Nicklas.” My mom snatched the bottle and held it close to my face. “This is baby oil! Your sister uses it to shave her legs.”
It took nearly four days for my hair to return to normal and gradually my friends came back and I got a new girlfriend, but the baby oil had taught me that presentation was crucial to being taken seriously, which brings me back to branding in the publishing world. If you’re trying to break in, the brand you’re selling is yourself; it’s The Professional. Publishers want to know that you take the business of writing just as seriously as they do and the best way you can do that is treat any interaction with a publisher like you’re applying for a job. When you’re writing your cover letter, don’t use informal language like the editor is an old college buddy, but treat the cover letter like it’s accompanying your resume. Also, follow submission guidelines. Not following them is the equivalent of being 20 minutes late to a job interview and expecting to still be interviewed. Speaking of job interviews, if you get the opportunity to pitch a publisher in person, dress like you’re going to one (no faded jeans, no holes in your shirt, no looking like you just rolled out of bed). These things “do” matter.
As I found out first hand, impressions are everything.
Nicklas Roetto is the Production Editor at Gold Man Review. To read more about Nick, go to http://www.goldmanpublishing.com/nickroetto.html
Sunday, January 29, 2012
THE Gold Man
We at Gold Man Review are not idolators. Yes, I know he is gold, and yes, he does have a rough but smooth beard that is untouchable yet alluring at the same time; and yes, he does remind me that I have to pick up some paper towels on the way home from work. But no, this does not make us idolators. Even though it would be an awesome trophy to keep in the backyard, so that I could put a fez on his golden locks when the cherry blossoms begin to flutter on a breeze. And on windy days I could strap an elastic string under his rugged jaw and tilt a propeller hat just right above his golden ears. But then again, that golden shimmer off his stomach in the morning could be a rude awakening...
No, we're not idolators, and, it would obviously be too much of a hassle to keep him as a trophy. So, instead, he is a golden beacon: an emblem for exploration, intelligence, and determination. He's our mascot. Why not? All that glitters is gold; and sometimes, as I look around, I can still see the afterimages from when his shining luster caught my gaze that one bright morning. And that's when I decided to not roll over and fall back asleep, but to awake and weave a dream in honor of that man.
Cheers!
No, we're not idolators, and, it would obviously be too much of a hassle to keep him as a trophy. So, instead, he is a golden beacon: an emblem for exploration, intelligence, and determination. He's our mascot. Why not? All that glitters is gold; and sometimes, as I look around, I can still see the afterimages from when his shining luster caught my gaze that one bright morning. And that's when I decided to not roll over and fall back asleep, but to awake and weave a dream in honor of that man.
Cheers!
Friday, January 27, 2012
The Moth is coming to Portland
Tue Feb 7
Portland, OR The Moth On The Road » Walk The Line: Stories of Balancing Acts.
Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway
1037 SW Broadway
Literary Arts presents The Moth Mainstage in Portland
Featuring stories by Lisa Lampanelli, Steve Osborne, hosted by Rudy Rush.
6:30pm Doors / 7:30pm Stories begin
www.themoth.org
Featuring stories by Lisa Lampanelli, Steve Osborne, hosted by Rudy Rush.
6:30pm Doors / 7:30pm Stories begin
www.themoth.org
Monday, January 16, 2012
Where to Submit????
Gold Man Review is officially open for submissions and the submissions are steadily rolling in (thank you!).
If you'd like to submit your work to Gold Man, please review the submission guidelines at www.goldmanpublishing.com and submit to http://goldmanpublishing.submishmash.com/submit.
If you'd like to submit your work to Gold Man, please review the submission guidelines at www.goldmanpublishing.com and submit to http://goldmanpublishing.submishmash.com/submit.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Literary Events at Willamette University
The Hallie Ford Literary Series at Willamette University is open to the public, in the Hatfield library on campus, so check out some of the following speakers:
Hallie Ford Literary Series, Spring 2012
Thursday, February 2: Susan Briante, Poet
Susan Briante was born in Newark, N.J., after the riots. She is the author of two poetry collections, most recently UTOPIA MINUS. She also publishes essays on industrial ruins, abandoned buildings and cultural memory. The poems in her first book, Pioneers in the Study of Motion (Ashanta Press, Boise State University, March 2007) reference field notes as well as love letters as they trace her experiences living in Mexico City from 1992-1998 and reading the Latin American avant-garde. About Utopia Minus, the poet Jean Valentine writes, “What a wildly intelligent, learned poet Briante is, in this biography-autobiography of the American body and soul around 2010, witnessed (and lived) with such bite, understanding, and sorrow.”
Monday, March 5: Anthony Doerr, Fiction Writer
Winner of The Story Prize, the country’s most prestigious award for a collection of short fiction, Anthony Doerr is the author of four books, including the memoir Four Seasons in Rome, the novel About Grace, and the story collection The Shell Collector. His most recent book, Memory Wall, a second volume of stories, was named a best book of the year by the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Amazon.com. Doerr’s short fiction has won three O. Henry Prizes and has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories, The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories, and The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Fiction. He has won the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize, the Rome Prize, the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an NEA Fellowship, the National Magazine Award for Fiction, two Pushcart Prizes, the Pacific Northwest Book Award, two Ohioana Book Awards, and the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. He teaches in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.
Wednesday, April 4: Oregon Book Awards Author Tour
In partnership with Literary Arts, Inc., of Portland, the Hallie Ford Chair and English Department will host a reading by three finalists for this year’s Oregon Book Award. The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually for the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers working in various genres, including fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, and young adult literature. Finalists will be announced in January.
Plus, a special event:
Monday, April 30 / Tuesday, May 1: New Literary Works Festival
This two-evening program will celebrate the written word with a combination of dramatic readings of student plays and readings of poetry and prose by students in the Senior Seminar in Creative Writing.
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