Oregon Book Awards 2005

The Oregon Book Awards were handed out last Friday at a ceremony here in Portland. Local boy (and fellow southwest dweller) Marc Acito took home the Ken Kesey prize for the novel for How I Paid For College while Barry Lopez received the H.L. David Award for short fiction for Resistance. You can read Jeff Baker’s report at The Oregonian for more details.

Related:
Register Guard: Sibling authors share Oregon Book Award joy.
Official Oregon Book Awards site.
Marc Acito’s book recommendation for Moorishgirl.