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Oklahoma Book Award Winners
Children/Young Adult
1990 • Helen Roney Sattler, Tyrannosaurus Rex
and Its Kin- 1991 • Stan Hoig, A Capital for the Nation
- 1992 • Jess and Bonnie Speer, Hillback to Boggy
- 1993 • Anna Myers, Red Dirt Jessie
- 1994 • Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, Cherokee Summer
- 1995 • Russell G. Davis and Brent Ashabranner, The Choctaw Code
- 1996 • Anna Myers, Graveyard Girl
- 1997 • Barbara Snow Gilbert, Stone Water
- 1998 • S. L. Rottman, Hero
- 1999 • Barbara Snow Gilbert, Broken Chords
- 2000 • Harold Keith, Brief Garland: Ponytails, Basketball, and Nothing But Net
- 2001 • Joyce Carol Thomas,Hush Songs
- 2002 • Molly Levite Griffis,The Rachel Resistance
- 2003 • Darleen Bailey Beard, The Babbs Switch Story
- 2004 • Children—Una Belle Townsend, Grady’s in the Silo • Young Adult—Sharon Darrow, The Painters of Lexieville
- 2005 • Children—Joyce Carol Thomas, The Gospel Cinderella • Young Adult—Molly Levite Griffis, Simon Says
- 2006 • Anna Myers, Assassin
- 2007 • Children—Tim Tingle, Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom • Young Adult—Tim Tharp, Knights of the Hill Country
- 2008 • Children—Devin Scillian, Pappy’s Handkerchief • Young Adult—P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, Marked: A House of Night Novel
- 2009 • Anna Myers, Spy
- 2010 • Children—Tammi Sauer, Chicken Dance • Young Adult—George Edward Stanley, Night Fires
- 2011 • Children—Tammi Sauer, Mostly Monsterly • Young Adult—M.J. Alexander, Portrait of a Generation—The Children of Oklahoma: Sons and Daughters of the Red Earth
- 2012 • Children—Glenda Galvan, Chikasha Stories, Volume One: Shared Spirit • Young Adult—Sonia Gensler, The Revenant
- 2013 • Children—Frank Keating, George: George Washington Our Founding Father • Young Adult—M. Scott Carter, The Immortal Von B.
- 2014 • Children—Tammi Sauer, Nugget & Fang • Young Adult—Tim Tharp, MOJO
- 2015 • Children—Greg Rodgers, Chukfi Rabbit’s Big, Bad Bellyache: A Trickster Tale • Young Adult—Roy Deering, Finders Keepers
Design/Illustration/Photography
- 1990 • David E. Hunt, The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson
- 1991 • Carol Haralson, Cleora's Kitchens
- 1992 • Joe Williams, Woolaroc
- 1993 • Design—Carol Haralson, Will Rogers: Courtship and Correspondence • Illustration—Kandy Radzinski, The Twelve Cats of Christmas
- 1994 • Deloss McGraw, Fish Story
- 1995 • Mike Wimmer, All the Places to Love
- 1996 • Kim Doner, Green Snake Ceremony
- 1997 • Carol Haralson and Harvey Payne, Big Bluestem: A Journey into the Tall Grass
- 1998 • Carol Haralson, Visions and Voices: Native American Painting from the Philbrook Museum of Art
- 1999 • David Fitzgerald, Bison: Monarch of the Plains
- 2000 • Carol Haralson, Glory Days of Summer: The History of Baseball in Oklahoma
- 2001 • Lane Smith, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
- 2002 • Carl Brune, Woven Worlds: Basketry from the Clark Field Collection
- 2003 • Murv Jacob, The Great Ball Game of the Birds and Animals
- 2004 • Design—Scott Horton and Jim Argo, Family Album: A Centennial Pictorial of the Oklahoma Publishing Company • Illustration—Kandy Radzinski, S is for Sooner
- 2005 • Carol Haralson, A History of the Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion
- 2006 • Design—Carol Haralson, Home: Native People in the Southwest • Illustration—Jon Goodell, Mother, Mother, I Want Another
- 2007 • Design—Carl Brune, OKC: Second Time Around • Illustration—Jeanne Rorex Bridges, Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom
- 2008 • Design—Carl Brune, Oklahoma: A Portrait of America • Illustration—Kandy Radzinski, What Cats Want for Christmas
- 2009 • Design—Eric H. Anderson and Karen Hayes-Thumann, Photography—Todd Stewart, Placing Memory: A Photographic Exploration of Japanese American Internment • Illustration—Kandy Radzinski, What Dogs Want for Christmas
- 2010 • Design—Carol Haralson, Willard Stone • Illustration—Kandy Radzinski, Where to Sleep
- 2011 • Design—Carol Haralson, Buiding One Fire
- 2012 • Design—Eric Anderson,The Eugene B. Adkins Collection • Illustration—photography by Sanford Mauldin, design by Skip McKinstry; Ilimpa'chi' (Let's Eat!): A Chickasaw Cookbook
- 2013 • Design—Carol Haralson and Tony Roberts,The James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection • Illustration—Mike Wimmer, George: George Washington Our Founding Father
- 2014 • Design—Jenny Chan and Lisa Yelon with Jack Design, photography by Alan Karchmer and Joe C. Aker, Devon • Illustration—Jeannie Barbour, Chikasha Stories Volume Three: Shared Wisdom
- 2015 • Design—book design by Julie Rushing and jacket design by Anthony Roberts , A Legacy in Arms • Illustration—Hannah E. Harrison, Extraordinary Jane
Fiction
- 1990 • Robert Love Taylor, The Lost Sister
- 1991 • Linda Hogan, Mean Spirit
- 1992 • Robert L. Duncan, The Serpent's Mark
- 1993 • Rilla Askew, Strange Business
- 1994 • Eve Sandstrom, Down Home Heifer Heist
- 1995 • William Bernhardt, Perfect Justice
- 1996 • Billie Letts, Where the Heart Is
- 1997 • Stewart O’Nan, The Names of the Dead
- 1998 • Rilla Askew, The Mercy Seat
- 1999 • Billie Letts, The Honk and Holler Opening Soon
- 2000 • William Bernhardt, Dark Justice
- 2001 • Carolyn Hart, Sugarplum Dead
- 2002 • Douglas Kelley,The Captain’s Wife
- 2003 • Diane Glancy,The Mask Maker: A Novel
- 2004 • M.K. Preston, Song of the Bones
- 2005 • Will Thomas, Some Danger Involved
- 2006 • David Kent, The Black Jack Conspiracy
- 2007 • Sheldon Russell, Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush
- 2008 • Rilla Askew, Harpsong
- 2009 • Carolyn Wall, Sweeping Up
- 2010 • Kirk Bjornsgaard, Confessions of a Former Rock Star
- 2011 • David Gerard, God’s Acres
- 2012 • Constance Squires, Along the Watchtower
- 2013 • Linda McDonald, Crimes of Redemption
- 2014 • Jack Shakely, Che Guevara’s Marijuana and Baseball Savings and Loan
- 2015 • Will Thomas, Fatal Enquiry
Non-Fiction
- 1990 • Leonard Leff, Hitchcock & Selznick
- 1991 • Carl Albert and Danney Goble, Little Giant
- 1992 • David Morgan, Robert England,and George Humphreys, Oklahoma Politics & Policies: Governing the Sooner State
- 1993 • Henry Bellmon and Pat Bellmon, The Life and Times of Henry Bellmon; and Daniel Boorstin, The Creators
- 1994 • J. Brent Clark, 3rd Down and Forever
- 1995 • Dennis McAuliffe Jr., The Deaths of Sybil Bolton
- 1996 • William Paul Winchester, A Very Small Farm
- 1997 • Annick Smith, Big Bluestem: A Journey Into the Tall Grass
- 1998 • John Hope Franklin and John Whittington Franklin, Editors; My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin
- 1999 • Bob Burke, From Oklahoma to Eternity: The Life of Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae
- 2000 • Michael Wallis, The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West
- 2001 • David LaVere, Contrary Neighbors: Southern Plains and Removed Indians in Indian Territory
- 2002 • Lydia L. Wyckoff, Editor, Woven Worlds: Basketry from the Clark Field Collection
- 2003 • Michael A. Mares, A Desert Calling: Life in a Forbidding Landscape
- 2004 • Eric R. Pianka and Laurie J. Vitt, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity
- 2005 • Ed Cray, Ramblin’ Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie
- 2006 • Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time
- 2007 • Charles Robert Goins and Danney Goble, Historical Atlas of Oklahoma, Fourth Edition
- 2008 • Nancy Isenberg, Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
- 2009 • Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith • Full Court Quest: The Girls from Shaw Indian School, Basketball Champions of the World
- 2010 • Randy Ramer, Carole Klein, Kimberly Roblin, Eric Singleton, Anne Morand, Gary Moore, and April Miller, Thomas Gilcrease
- 2011 • S. C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- 2012 • Daniel Blake Smith, An American Betrayal: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears
- 2013 • W.K. Stratton, Floyd Patterson: The Fighting Life of Boxing's Invisible Champion
- 2014 • Mary Jane Warde, When the Wolf Came: The Civil War and the Indian Territory
- 2015 • Cheryl Elizabeth Brown Wattley, A Step Toward Brown v. Board of Education: Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher and Her Fight to End Segregation
Poetry
- 1990 • William Kistler, The Elizabeth Sequence
- 1992 • Carol Hamilton, Once the Dust
- 1993 • Jim Barnes, The Sawdust War
- 1994 • Carter Revard, An Eagle Nation
- 1995 • Joy Harjo, The Woman Who Fell from the Sky
- 1996 • Francine Leffler Ringold-Johnson, The Trouble with Voices
- 1997 • Renata Treitel, translation of Rosita Copioli’s The Blazing Lights of the Sun
- 1998 • Betty Shipley, Somebody Say Amen
- 1999 • Mark Cox, Thirty-Seven Years from the Stone
- 2000 • N. Scott Momaday, In the Bear’s House
- 2001 • Carolyne Wright,Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire
- 2002 • Ivy Dempsey, The Scent of Water: New and Selected Poems
- 2003 • Joy Harjo, How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems
- 2004 • Laura Apol, Crossing the Ladder of Sun
- 2005 • Francine Leffler Ringold, Still Dancing
- 2006 • LeAnne Howe, Evidence of Red
- 2007 • Carl Sennhenn, Travels Through Enchanted Woods
- 2008 • Sandra Soli, What Trees Know
- 2009 • Nathen Brown, Two Tables Over
- 2010 • Jeanetta Calhoun Mish, Work is Love Made Visible: Poetry and Family Photographs
- 2011 • Benjamin Myers, Elegy for Trains
- 2012 • Joe Dale Tate Nevaquaya, Leaving Holes & Selected New Writings
- 2013 • Carl Sennhenn, Nocturnes and Sometimes, Even I
- 2014 • Yvonne Carpenter, Nancy Goodwin, Catherine McCraw, Clynell Reinschmiedt, and Carol Waters; Red Dirt Roads
- 2015 • Jessica Isaacs, Deep August
Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1990 • Daniel Boorstin—Librarian of Congress Emeritus—native of Tulsa
- 1991 • Tony Hillerman—award winning mystery writer—native of Sacred Heart
- 1992 • Savoie Lottinville—Director of the University of Oklahoma Press for 30 years
- 1993 • Harold Keith—Newbery Award winning children's author—Norman
- 1994 • N. Scott Momaday—Pulitzer Prize winning Kiowa author—native of Lawton
- 1995 • R.A. Lafferty—Hugo Award winning author—Tulsa
- 1996 • John Hope Franklin—historian—native of Rentiesville
- 1997 • S.E. Hinton—author of young adult novels—Tulsa
- 1998 • Jack Bickham—novelist, teacher and journalist—Norman
- 1999 • Michael Wallis—historian and biographer—Tulsa
- 2000 • Bill Wallace—writer of novels for young people—Chickasha
- 2001 • Joyce Carol Thomas—children and adult fiction author, and playwright—native of Ponca City
- 2002 • World Literature Today—The University of Oklahoma, Norman
- 2003 • Joy Harjo—poet and member of the Muscogee Nation—native of Tulsa
- 2004 • Carolyn Hart—award-winning mystery writer—Oklahoma City
- 2005 • C.J. Cherryh—Hugo Award winning author—Oklahoma City
- 2006 • Bob Burke—award-winning historian—Oklahoma City
- 2007 • Clifton Taulbert—award-winning author—Tulsa
- 2008 • David Dary—award-winning author—Norman
- 2009 • Robert J. Conley—Cherokee author—native of Cushing
- 2010 • David G. Fitzgerald—award-winning photographer—Oklahoma City
- 2011 • Rilla Askew—novelest—Oklahoma City
- 2012 • Anna Myers—author of young adult novels—Chandler
- 2013 • Billie Letts—novelest—Tulsa
- 2014 • Alvin O. Turner—historian and poet—Norman
- 2015 • Rennard Strickland—educator, historian, poet, and storyteller—Muskogee
Ralph Ellison Award
- 1995 • Ralph Ellison—National Book Award winner—Oklahoma City
- 1997 • Angie Debo—“First Lady of Oklahoma History”—Marshall
- 1999 • Melvin Tolson—poet, journalist, and dramatist—Langston
- 2000 • Jim Thompson—novelist and screenwriter—Anadarko
- 2002 • John Berryman—poet, biographer, and editor—McAlester
- 2004 • Lynn Riggs—playwright and screenwriter—Claremore
- 2005 • Woody Guthrie—author, illustrator, and songwriter—Okemah
- 2006 • John Joseph Mathews—Osage novelist and historian—Pawhuska
- 2007 • Muriel Wright—acclaimed Oklahoma historian—Oklahoma City
- 2008 • Danney Glenn Goble—acclaimed Oklahoma historian—Oklahoma City
- 2010 • Stan Hoig—author, journalist, and historian—Edmond
- 2013 • Alex Posey—poet, journalist, and essayist—Eufaula
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