The 2013 Ohioana Reception & Awards Presentation took place in the Ohio Statehouse Museum Gallery on October 11, 2013. Seven individuals were honored for significant contributions to literary & artistic life in Ohio. The awards ceremony was followed by a roundtable discussion with the recipients, led by Stacey Higgins from Ohio Magazine.

Remarks:

Rudine Sims Bishop, President, Ohioana Board of Trustees

Boyce Lancaster, Master of Ceremonies

David Weaver, Executive Director, Ohioana Library

Award Winners:

Fiction: The Coldest Night by Robert Olmstead

Nonfiction: The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds by Julie Zickefoose

Juvenile: His Name was Raoul Wallenberg: Courage, Rescue and Mystery During World War II by Louise W. Borden

Poetry: White Papers by Martha Collins

About Ohio or an Ohioan: American's Other Audubon by Joy M. Kiser

Special Category - Fiction Set in Ohio or About an Ohioan: The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier

Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant, for a writer thirty years of age or younger who has not yet published a book: Bernard Matambo