Oregon Book Awards at Crossroads - October 18th
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, in partnership with
Literary Arts of Oregon, Betty's Books, and Baker County Library District
Welcome
2025 Oregon Book Award Finalists
Saturday, October 18th, 7:00 PM-8:00 PM
Downstairs Studio
2020 Auburn Ave, Baker City, OR
Free
Light Refreshments
Betty's Books will have books for sale!
Welcome!
BECKY ELLIS
LITTLE AVALANCHES
Becky Ellis, daughter of a World War II combat sergeant and veteran of a war fought at home, is the author of Little Avalanches. She believes in the transformational power of storytelling and facilitates writing workshops in underheard communities with Write Around Portland. A longtime Oregonian, she has raised three daughters in Portland.
RACHEL KING
BRATWURST HAVEN
Rachel King is the author of Bratwurst Haven: Stories, the novel People along the Sand , and two poetry chapbooks. Her short stories have appeared in One Story, North American Review, Northwest Review, Green Mountains Review, and elsewhere.
STEVEN MOORE
The Distance from Slaughter County: Lessons From Flyover Country
Steven Moore is a 2024 Oregon Book Award finalist in creative nonfiction for The Distance From Slaughter County: Lessons From Flyover Country. He is also the author of The Longer We Were There: A Memoir of a Part-Time Soldier, which received the AWP Award for Creative Nonfiction. He is originally from southeast Iowa.
Charlie J. Stephens
A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest
Charlie J. Stephens was born and raised in Salem, Oregon. Their debut novel, A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest, (2024) was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award and was awarded the Leslie Feinberg Award in Trans and Gender-Variant Literature and the Foreword Indies Bronze Award in LGBTQ+ Adult Fiction. Their new collection of short stories, Annihilation for Beginners, will be published by Buckman in early 2026. More at www.charliejstephenswriting.com
