First given in 1942, the Ohioana Book Awards are the second oldest, and among the most prestigious, state literary prizes in the nation. Nearly every major writer from Ohio in the past 80 years has been honored, from James Thurber to Toni Morrison.

Honorees include:
Fiction: Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land
Nonfiction: Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes In Praise of Black Peformance
About Ohio or an Ohioan: Brian Alexander, The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town
Poetry: Felicia Zamora, I Always Carry My Bones
Middle Grade/Young Adult Literature: Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
Juvenile Literature: Andrea Wang, Watercress
Readers' Choice: Manuel Iris, The Parting Present / Lo que se irá
Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant Award: Louise Ling Edwards

Additional Speakers Include:
David Weaver, Executive Director, Ohioana Library Association
Dan Shellenbarger, The Ohio Channel