
Click on the images below for an enlarged view of the book cover and judge’s review. Biography/Memoir Creative Nonfiction Fiction General Nonfiction Poetry Picture Books Books for Young Readers Young Adult
Click on the images below for an enlarged view of the book cover and judge’s review. Biography/Memoir Creative Nonfiction Fiction General Nonfiction Poetry Picture Books Books for Young Readers Young Adult
The Washington Center for the Book (an affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book administered by Washington State Library) and The Seattle Public Library have selected 39 finalists in eight categories for the 2022 Washington State Book Awards (WSBA) for outstanding books published by Washington authors in 2021. This is the 56th year of the program, formerly…
We are delighted to announce the eight winners and 35 finalists for the 2021 Washington State Book Awards (for books published in 2021)! Find the full list of 43 books from Washington authors and illustrators here. And here is a sneak peek at the winners: The eight award winners are: Jess Walter for “The Cold Millions” (Fiction); E.J. Koh for…
We are thrilled to announce that we are partnering with the Washington Library Association for a series of events with our 2020 Washington State Book Award winners! All events events are free to attend but registration is required. Our fifth event will be with 2020 WSBA Young Readers Winner Clare Hodgson Meeker!
We are thrilled to announce that we are partnering with the Washington Library Association for a series of events with our 2020 Washington State Book Award winners! All events events are free to attend but registration is required. Our fourth event will be with 2020 WSBA General Nonfiction Winner Eric Scigliano!
We are thrilled to announce that we are partnering with the Washington Library Association for a series of events with our 2020 Washington State Book Award winners! All events events are free to attend but registration is required. Our third event will be with 2020 WSBA Biography Winner Aaron Bobrow-Strain!
We are thrilled to announce that we are partnering with the Washington Library Association for a series of events with our 2020 Washington State Book Award winners! All events events are free to attend but registration is required. Next up is our event with 2020 WSBA Creative Nonfiction Winner Eric Liu!
We are thrilled to announce that we are partnering with the Washington Library Association to kick off a series of events with our 2020 Washington State Book Award winners! All events events are free to attend but registration is required. First up is our event with 2020 WSBA Fiction Winner Karl Marlantes!
The Washington Center for the Book has selected the 2020 Washington State Book Awards (WSBA) winners for outstanding books published by Washington authors in 2019. This is the 54th year of the program, formerly called the Governor’s Writers Awards. A complete list of 2020 WSBA Finalists can be found here. Picture Books “Flora Forager ABC” by Bridget Beth Collins,…
The Washington Center for the Book has selected 39 finalists in eight categories for the 2020 Washington State Book Awards (WSBA) for outstanding books published by Washington authors in 2019. This is the 54th year of the program, formerly called the Governor’s Writers Awards. Picture Books “Ghost Cat” by Kevan Atteberry, of Bellevue (Neal Porter Books / Holiday House)…