August 29, 2017
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Awards
Join us for one of Ohioana’s most elegant evenings: the 76th Ohioana Awards on October 6.
We’ll gather in the Statehouse Atrium on Friday, October 6, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and honor our writers and Ohioana’s grand tradition of recognizing some deserving and creative people.
Tickets are $50 and available for purchase. The cost includes wine and hors d’oeuvres. The Awards Ceremony is always a good time for everyone, and we hope you’ll join us!
This year’s event includes winners in seven categories:
Fiction
Marisa Silver, Little Nothing, Blue Rider Press.
Nonfiction
Douglas Brinkley, Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America, Harper.
About Ohio or an Ohioan
J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, Harper.
Juvenile Literature
C.F. Payne (illustrator) and Sue Macy (author), Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber, Paula Wiseman Books.
Middle Grade/Young Adult Literature
Sally Derby, Jump Back Paul, Candlewick.
Poetry
Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Haint: Poems, Gival Press.
Reader’s Choice
Tiffany McDaniel, The Summer That Melted Everything, St. Martin’s Press.