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Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction
Frances Fuller Victor (1826-1902) spent 35 years traveling throughout Oregon, interviewing pioneers and writing the history of the Northwest. Her works include The River of the West, Early Indian Wars of Oregon and All Over Oregon and Washington.
Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction
Sarah Winnemucca (1844-1891) left her native Nevada when the federal government relocated the Paiute to a reservation in Malheur, Oregon. The daughter of a Paiute tribal leader, she became an official interpreter to the U.S. military and an outspoken supporter of Native American rights in Washington, D.C. Her influential book, Life Among the Paiutes: Their Wrongs and Claims, remains a significant historical and political account.
Award Winners and Finalists-Literary Nonfiction
Note: Winners indicated in boldface type.
2005
General Nonfiction
Gillian Klucas of Portland, Leadville (Island Press)
James C. Mohr of Eugene, Plague and Fire (Oxford University Press)
William G. Robbins of Corvallis, Landscapes of Conflict (University of Washington Press)
Bob Welch of Eugene, American Nightingale (Atria Books)
Creative Nonfiction
Diana Abu-Jaber of Portland, The Language of Baklava (Pantheon Books)
Maura Conlon-McIvor of Portland, FBI girl (Warner Books)
Charles D’Ambrosio of Portland, Orphans (Clear Cut Press)
Brian Doyle of Lake Oswego, Spirited Men (Cowley Publications)
Kathleen Dean Moore of Corvallis, The Pine Island Paradox (Milkweed Editions)
2004
General Nonfiction
Ellen Morris Bishop of Enterprise, In Search of Ancient Oregon
Lauren Kessler of Eugene, Clever Girl
Elinor Langer of Portland, A Hundred Little Hitlers
Jewel Lansing of Portland, Portland
Jeffrey St. Clair of Oregon City, Been Brown So Long It Looked Like Green to Me
Creative Nonfiction
Brian Doyle of Portland, Leaping
Ariel Gore of Portland, Atlas of the Human Heart
Bette Lynch Husted of Pendleton, Above the Clearwater
Karen Karbo of Portland, The Stuff of Life
2003
General Nonfiction
Rick Harmon of Portland, Crater Lake National Park
Barbara S. Mahoney of Wilsonville, Dispatches and Dictators
Kim Stafford of Portland, The Muses Among Us
Creative Nonfiction
Carol Ann Bassett of Eugene, A Gathering of Stones
Chris Chester of Portland, Providence of a Sparrow
Gabrielle Glaser of Portland, The Nose
Floyd Skloot of Amity, In The Shadow Of Memory
Kim Stafford of Portland, Early Morning
(two winners)
2002
K.P. Burke of Salem, Proof through the Night
Paul Collins of Portland, Banvard’s Folly
Alfred Habegger of Enterprise, My Wars Are Laid Away in Books
Karen Karbo of Portland, Generation Ex
Jennifer Lauck of Portland, Still Waters
2001
Larry Colton of Portland, Counting Coup
Chanrithy Him of Eugene, When Broken Glass Floats
Lauren Kessler of Eugene, The Happy Bottom Riding Club
Jennifer Lauck of Portland, Blackbird
2000
Judith Barrington of Portland, Lifesaving
Andrew X. Pham of Portland, Catfish and Mandala
Marjorie Sandor of Corvallis, The Night Gardener
1999
William Ashworth of Ashland, The Left Hand of Eden
Diana Coogle of Applegate, Fire from the Dragon’s Tongue
Barbara Drake of Yamhill, Peace at Heart
Barry Lopez of Finn Rock, About This Life
Jeff Taylor of Independence, Tools of the Earth
1998
Lars Nordström of Beavercreek, Making It Home
Richard Peck of Portland, A Morbid Fascination
William G. Robbins of Corvallis, Landscapes of Promise
Quintard Taylor of Eugene, In Search of the Racial Frontier
1997
John Daniel of Elmira, Looking After
Floyd Skloot of Amity, The Night-Side
1996
Susan Butruille, Women’s Voices from the Western Frontier
Thomas Hager, Force of Nature
Robert Leo Heilman, Overstory Zero
Garrett Hongo, Volcano
Kathleen Dean Moore, Riverwalking
1995
Robin Cody, Voyage of a Summer Sun
James Grabill, Through the Green Fire
Marcy Houle, The Prairie Keepers
Alvin M. Josephy, 500 Nations
Quintard Taylor, The Forging of a Black Community
1994
Chris Anderson, Edge Effects
Lauren Kessler, Stubborn Twig
Rick Steber, Oregon Trail
Theodore Stern, Chiefs and Chief Traders
Linda Tamura, The Hood River Issei
1993
Larry Colton, Goat Brothers
John Daniel, The Trail Home
David A. Johnson, Founding the Far West
Jonathan Nicholas, On the Oregon Trail
1992
Richard M. Brown, No Duty to Retreat
Richard Kraus, Brushes with Power
Terence OíDonnell, Arrow in the Earth
Sallie Tisdale, Stepping Westward
1991
Peter Byrne, Tula Hatti
Robert Grudin, The Grace of Great Things
Marcy Cottrell Houle, Wings for My Flight
Mary Ann Humphrey, My Country, My Right to Serve (two winners)
Kim Stafford, Entering the Grove (commendation)
1990
Robin Carey, Baja Journey
William Merritt, Where the Rivers Ran Backward
1989
Shannon Applegate, Skookum
Luther S. Cressman, A Golden Journey
Ursula Le Guin, Dancing on the Edge of the World
William L. Sullivan, Listening for Coyote
1988
Jack Estes, A Field of Innocence
Barry Lopez, Crossing Open Ground
Edward Malin, Totem Poles
Sam McKinney, Reach of Tide, Ring of History
Cynthia Stowell, Faces of a Reservation
1987
Ken Kesey, Demon Box
Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams
Kim Stafford, Having Everything Right Back to Oregon Book Awards
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