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Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award was an award given annually to beginning women writers. Established in 1995 by American author Rona Jaffe, the Foundation offers grants to writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.[1][2] The award was discontinued in March 2021; the foundation cited the high cost of administering the award as the main factor.[3]
Recipients of the award were selected through nominations only. Past recipients include Aryn Kyle, Emily Rapp, and ZZ Packer.[4]
Winners edit
| Year | Winner | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Hannah Bae | Nonfiction |
| 2020 | Mari Christmas | Fiction |
| 2020 | Yalitza Ferreras | Fiction |
| 2020 | Temim Fruchter | Fiction |
| 2020 | Elisa Gonzalez | Poetry |
| 2020 | Charleen McClure | Poetry |
| 2019 | Selena Anderson[5] | Fiction |
| 2019 | Magogodi oaMphela Makhene[5] | Fiction |
| 2019 | Sarah Passino[5] | Poetry |
| 2019 | Nicolette Polek[5] | Fiction |
| 2019 | Elizabeth Schambelan[5] | Nonfiction |
| 2019 | Debbie Urbanski[5] | Fiction/Nonfiction |
| 2018 | Chelsea Bieker | Fiction/Nonfiction |
| 2018 | Lisa Chen | Nonfiction |
| 2018 | Lydia Conklin | Fiction |
| 2018 | Gabriela Garcia | Fiction |
| 2018 | Karen Outen | Fiction/Nonfiction |
| 2018 | Alison C. Rollins | Poetry |
| 2017 | Ama Codjoe | Poetry |
| 2017 | Ebony Flowers | Fiction/Nonfiction |
| 2017 | Tiana Nobile | Poetry |
| 2017 | Dominica Phetteplace | Fiction |
| 2017 | Shawna Kay Rodenberg | Nonfiction |
| 2017 | Aamina Ahmad | Fiction |
| 2016 | Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas | Nonfiction |
| 2016 | Danielle Geller | Nonfiction |
| 2016 | Jamey Hatley | Fiction |
| 2016 | Ladee Hubbard | Fiction |
| 2016 | Airea D. Matthews | Poetry |
| 2016 | Asako Serizawa | Fiction |
| 2015 | Meehan Crist | Nonfiction |
| 2015 | Vanessa Hua | Fiction |
| 2015 | Ashley M. Jones | Poetry |
| 2015 | Britteney Black Rose Kapri | Poetry |
| 2015 | Amanda Rea | Fiction |
| 2015 | Natalie Haney Tilghman | Fiction |
| 2014 | Olivia Clare | Fiction |
| 2014 | Karen Hays | Nonfiction |
| 2014 | Danielle Jones-Pruett | Poetry |
| 2014 | T. L. Khleif | Fiction |
| 2014 | Mara Naselli | Nonfiction |
| 2014 | Solmaz Sharif | Poetry [6] |
| 2013 | Tiffany Briere | Fiction; Nonfiction |
| 2013 | Ashlee Crews | Fiction |
| 2013 | Kristin Dombek | Nonfiction |
| 2013 | Margaree Little | Poetry |
| 2013 | Kirstin Valdez Quade | Fiction |
| 2013 | Jill Sisson Quinn | Nonfiction |
| 2012 | Julia Elliott | Fiction |
| 2012 | Christina Nichol | Fiction |
| 2012 | Lauren Goodwin Slaughter | Poetry |
| 2012 | Rachel Swearingen | Fiction |
| 2012 | Kim Tingley | Nonfiction |
| 2012 | Inara Verzemnieks | Nonfiction |
| 2011 | Melanie Drane | Poetry |
| 2011 | Apricot Irving | Nonfiction |
| 2011 | Fowzia Karimi | Fiction |
| 2011 | Namwali Serpell | Fiction |
| 2011 | Merritt Tierce | Fiction |
| 2011 | JoAnn Wypijewski | Nonfiction |
| 2010 | Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams | Nonfiction |
| 2010 | Rachel Aviv | Nonfiction |
| 2010 | Sara Elizabeth Johnson | Poetry |
| 2010 | Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich | Nonfiction |
| 2010 | Laura Newbern | Poetry |
| 2010 | Tiphanie Yanique | Fiction |
| 2009 | Krista Bremer | Nonfiction |
| 2009 | Vievee Francis | Poetry |
| 2009 | Janice N. Harrington | Poetry |
| 2009 | Lori Ostlund | Fiction |
| 2009 | Helen Phillips | Fiction |
| 2009 | Heidy Steidlmayer | Poetry |
| 2008 | Jennifer Culkin | Nonfiction |
| 2008 | Joanne Dominique Dwyer | Poetry |
| 2008 | Amy Leach | Nonfiction |
| 2008 | Jolie Lewis | Fiction |
| 2008 | Hasanthika Sirisena | Fiction |
| 2008 | Therese Stanton | Fiction |
| 2007 | Elif Batuman | Nonfiction; Fiction |
| 2007 | Sarah Braunstein | Fiction |
| 2007 | Robin Ekiss | Poetry |
| 2007 | Alma García | Fiction |
| 2007 | Jennifer Grotz | Poetry |
| 2007 | Holly Goddard Jones | Fiction |
| 2006 | Rivka Galchen | Fiction |
| 2006 | Ellen Litman | Fiction |
| 2006 | Melissa Range | Poetry |
| 2006 | Emily Rapp | Fiction; Nonfiction |
| 2006 | Rita Mae Reese | Fiction; Poetry |
| 2006 | Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts | Nonfiction |
| 2005 | Nan Cohen | Poetry |
| 2005 | Averill Curdy | Poetry |
| 2005 | Rebecca Curtis | Fiction |
| 2005 | Frances Hwang | Fiction |
| 2005 | Aryn Kyle | Fiction |
| 2005 | Asali Solomon | Fiction |
| 2004 | Carin Clevidence | Nonfiction |
| 2004 | Ann Harleman | Fiction |
| 2004 | Dana Levin | Poetry |
| 2004 | Michele Morano | Nonfiction |
| 2004 | Tracy K. Smith | Poetry |
| 2004 | Sharan Strange | Poetry |
| 2003 | Kathleen Graber | Poetry |
| 2003 | Joanna Klink | Poetry |
| 2003 | Allison McKittrick | Fiction |
| 2003 | Katharine Noel | Fiction |
| 2003 | Olette Trouvé | Fiction |
| 2003 | Julia Whitty | Nonfiction; Fiction |
| 2002 | Eula Biss | Nonfiction; Poetry |
| 2002 | Adrian Blevins | Poetry |
| 2002 | Gabrielle Calvocoressi | Poetry |
| 2002 | Ladette Randolph | Nonfiction; Fiction |
| 2002 | L.B. Thompson | Poetry |
| 2002 | Kellie Wells | Fiction |
| 2001 | Glen Chamberlain | Nonfiction; Fiction |
| 2001 | Constance Merritt | Poetry |
| 2001 | Catie Rosemurgy | Poetry |
| 2001 | Jennie Erin Smith | Fiction |
| 2001 | Mary Sullivan | Fiction |
| 2001 | Karen Whalley | Poetry |
| 2000 | Trudy Dittmar | Nonfiction |
| 2000 | Amy Havel | Fiction |
| 2000 | Joanie V. Mackowski | Poetry |
| 2000 | Leslie Ryan | Nonfiction |
| 2000 | Julia Slavin | Fiction |
| 2000 | Lisa Russ Spaar | Poetry |
| 1999 | Samina Ali | Fiction |
| 1999 | Stephanie Grant | Fiction |
| 1999 | Ann Claremont Le Zotte | Poetry |
| 1999 | Kathleen Lee | Fiction |
| 1999 | Malena Mörling | Poetry |
| 1999 | Shao Wei | Nonfiction; Poetry |
| 1999 | Michelle Tea | Fiction |
| 1998 | Marilyn Abildskov | Nonfiction |
| 1998 | Jody Bolz | Poetry |
| 1998 | Lan Samantha Chang | Fiction |
| 1998 | Megan Foss | Nonfiction |
| 1998 | Stephanie Gunn | Fiction |
| 1998 | Ellen Hinsey | Poetry |
| 1998 | Marjorie Sandor | Fiction |
| 1998 | Larissa Szporluk | Poetry |
| 1997 | Bay Anapol | Fiction |
| 1997 | Karen E. Bender | Fiction |
| 1997 | Honorée F. Jeffers | Poetry |
| 1997 | Rebecca Lee | Fiction |
| 1997 | ZZ Packer | Fiction |
| 1997 | Marisa de los Santos | Poetry |
| 1997 | Ellen Doré Watson | Poetry |
| 1997 | Anne Winters | Poetry |
| 1996 | Marina Budhos | Fiction |
| 1996 | Olena Kalytiak Davis | Poetry |
| 1996 | Tory Dent | Nonfiction; Poetry |
| 1996 | Laura Mullen | Poetry |
| 1996 | Eileen Pollack | Nonfiction; Fiction |
| 1996 | Mary Szybist | Poetry |
| 1996 | Lois-Ann Yamanaka | Fiction |
| 1996 | Angela Yuan | Poetry |
| 1995 | Erin Belieu | Poetry |
| 1995 | Judy Budnitz | Fiction |
| 1995 | Tina De Rosa | Nonfiction; Fiction |
| 1995 | Chaney Holland | Fiction |
| 1995 | Julie Kalendek | Poetry |
| 1995 | Karen Kelley | Poetry |
| 1995 | Susan Swartwout | Poetry [7] |
References edit
- ^ "The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards 2016". www.ronajaffefoundation.org. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "6 emerging women writers receive $30,000 Rona Jaffe Awards". The Washington Post. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Rona Jaffe award for emerging writers is discontinued". Associated Press. 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
- ^ Media, American Public. "Fifties Music by Leslie Monsour—The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor". writersalmanac.publicradio.org. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "We Are Writing Against Our Own Erasure". Electric Literature. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards 2016". www.ronajaffefoundation.org. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards". www.ronajaffefoundation.org. Retrieved 29 May 2017.