[OPLINLIST] Ohioana Book Awards announced - and - Ohioana Day events

[Janet Ingraham Dwyer]

Please excuse multiple postings.

 

 

The Ohioana Library Association announces the 16 recipients of the 2010
Ohioana Awards. According to Linda Hengst, executive director of the
Ohioana Library, "Ohio has fostered amazing talent!  Among this year's
award recipients are former Poet Laureate of the United States Rita Dove
and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jorma Kaukonen. Each of this
year's award winners has made significant contributions to the literary,
artistic, and musical life of Ohio and our nation, and we are proud to
be able to recognize such talented individuals."  

 

Timothy and James Keny, lifelong Columbus residents and champions and
promoters of Ohio artists, are the recipients of the 2010 Ohioana Career
Award, given to an Ohio native for a lifetime of service to the arts and
humanities. 

 

Lucas County Poet Laureate Joel Lipman will receive the 2010 Pegasus
Award, which honors a native or non-native Ohioan for outstanding
cultural achievements. 

 

The recipients of the Ohioana Book Awards, Ohioana Citations and Named
Awards are listed below. A detailed profile of each award recipient and
photographs are available upon request to ohioana at ohioana.org.

 

Ohioana Book Awards -  annually awarded for fiction, nonfiction, poetry,
juvenile books, and books about Ohio or Ohioans.

*	Fiction: Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon, Cleveland Heights
resident and Oberlin College professor
*	Nonfiction: When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of
American Women from 1960 to the present by Gail Collins, Cincinnati
native and first woman appointed editor of the New York Times editorial
page. 
*	Poetry: Sonata Mulattica: Poems by Rita Dove, Akron, OH native
and former Poet Laureate of the United States. 
*	Juvenile book:  Cuckoo's Haiku by Michael J. Rosen, Columbus
native and former literary director of Thurber House.
*	About Ohio/Ohioan:   Wild Ohio by James McCormac, Columbus
resident and employee of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and
Gary Meszaros, photographer and Cleveland native and resident.

 

Ohioana Citations-awarded for distinguished service in specific fields
or areas of the arts and humanities.

*	Children's author to Brian Cleary, native and resident of
Cleveland
*	Artist and Illustrator to Loren Long, Cincinnati resident
*	Art and Education to Patty Mitchell, Athens resident
*	Music to Jorma Kaukonen, Pomeroy resident 

 

Named Awards 

*	Ohioana James P. Barry Award for Editorial Excellence to New
Ohio Review, Jill Allyn Rosser, editor, Athens, OH - Ohio University
*	Ohioana Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant - (awarded to encourage a
young unpublished writer) to Daniel Pribble, Oxford, OH native
*	Ohioana Children's Literature Award - (Alice Louise Wood
Memorial) to Sharon Draper, Cleveland native and Cincinnati resident,
for the body of her work and contributions to Children's Literature 

 

There are two opportunities for the public to meet the Award recipients.
On Friday evening, October 15th, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., the public is
invited to an informal gathering and reception for the award recipients.
The event, "Uncorrected Proofs" will include readings and a panel
discussion with the book award winners lead by Linda Feagler, senior
editor of Ohio Magazine. It will be held at the Ohioana Library and
State Library of Ohio, 274 E. First Ave., Columbus, OH.  Light hors
d'oeuvres and refreshments will be available. Admission is $25 per
person and reservations are required.

 

The Ohioana Awards will be presented at the Ohioana Day celebration on
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, in the Statehouse Atrium on Capitol Square. The
luncheon and awards ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m., preceded by the
Association's 81st annual meeting at 10 a.m. and a book fair at 10:30
a.m. The Statehouse Museum Shop will have copies of the works of award
winners as well as other Ohio selections available for sale. The
luncheon is open to the public; however, reservations are required. The
cost of the luncheon is $50 per person. 

 

The 2010 Ohioana Awards are presented with the support of the Ohio Arts
Council, funding programs and organizations with state tax dollars to
encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural
enrichment for all Ohioans.  Additional support has been provided by The
Myers Y. Cooper Company and the law firms of Vorys, Sater, Seymour &
Pease and Margaret Wong & Associates.  Ohio Magazine is the official
print media sponsor, with additional support provided by WOSU Public
Media.

 

For more information about the Ohioana Awards or to make reservations
for the Friday reception or the Saturday luncheon, please contact the
Ohioana Library, 274 East First Ave., Suite 300, Columbus, OH  43201,
call 614-466-3831, or email ohioana at ohioana.org.

 

The Ohioana Library Association's mission is to recognize and encourage
the creative accomplishments of Ohioans; preserve and expand a permanent
collection of books, sheet music, manuscripts, and other materials by
Ohioans and about Ohio; and disseminate information about the work of
Ohio writers, musicians and other artists to researchers, schools and
the general public.

 

The Ohioana Library is supported by memberships, grants, contributions,
and a subsidy from the State of Ohio.

 

 

Janet Ingraham Dwyer 
Library Consultant 
State Library of Ohio 
jdwyer at library.ohio.gov 

614.644.6910 
http://library.ohio.gov

http://library.ohio.gov/youthservices 

The State Library of Ohio provides services and resources to assist
state government and libraries in providing the best service to all.

 

 

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