Oregon Book Awards

Pearl District

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When

Monday, Apr. 20, 2026

7:30 p.m.–9 p.m.

Where

Portland Center Stage at The Armory

128 Northwest 11th Avenue
Portland, OR, 97209

Join an evening honoring our state’s most accomplished writers in the categories of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, young readers, and graphic literature. Literary Arts’ Oregon Book Awards program honors the state’s finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, graphic literature, drama, literary nonfiction, and literature for young readers.

Finalists will be announced on February 9.

This year’s ceremony will be hosted by Kimberly King Parsons.