release date: 09/28/2020
The Washington Center for the Book announced the winners 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.
Winners of the 2020 WSBA awards were announced Friday, Sept. 25, 2020.
2020 WSBA WINNERS: BOOKS FOR ADULTS CATEGORIES
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
General Nonfiction
Biography/Memoir
Poetry
2020 WSBA WINNERS: BOOKS FOR YOUTH CATEGORIES
Picture Book
Books for Young Readers
Books for Young Adult Readers
ABOUT THE AWARDS
The WSBA is a program of the Washington Center for the Book, a partnership of The Seattle Public Library and the Washington State Library (a division of the Office of the Secretary of State). The awards are administered by Linda Johns of The Seattle Public Library and Sara Peté of the Washington State Library. This year's awards program is supported by a grant from the Amazon Literary Partnership. Each category’s winner will receive a $500 honorarium.
These awards honor outstanding books published by Washington authors in 2019. An award is given based on the strength of the publication's literary merit, lasting importance and overall quality to an author who is a current resident of Washington state and has maintained residence here for at least three years or previously lived in Washington state for at least five years. For the 2020 WSBA, judges read and evaluated 242 books.
Submissions for the 2021 awards cycle are not being accepted at this time. For more information, see the Washington Center for the Book's website.
JUDGES
Judges for adults titles:
Judges for youth titles: