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Jan 5
5 min

The Rona Jaffe Foundation and MacDowell Celebrate Partnership with Event on Feb. 8, 7 p.m.

I Was Becoming: A Reading and Conversation with Elif Batuman, Chelsea Bieker, Julie Orringer, and Monica Sok. RSVP HERE.

Oct 6, 2020
1 min

2020 Debuts~Nicolette Polek (’19) and Asako Serizawa (’16)

Nicolette Polek’s (’19) debut story collection, Imaginary Museums, was published by Soft Skull Press earlier this year. “In this collecti...

Sep 25, 2020
1 min

The 2020 Writers’ Awards Winners Celebrated Their Work at NYU Virtual Event on September 17

In a virtual event with nearly 200 audience members attending online, the winners gave a joyous and powerful reading from their work.

Sep 15, 2020
1 min

2020 Writers’ Awards Winners to Give Virtual Reading in NYU’s Creative Writing Series 9/17 at 7 p.m.

The 2020 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards winners will participate in a virtual reading in NYU’s Reading Series Thursday, 9/17

Sep 15, 2020
6 min

Meet the 2020 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards Winners!

We are pleased to announce the 2020 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards, given to six outstanding emerging women writers.

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Sep 14, 2020
2 min

News from Past Recipients: Recent Literary Debuts & Achievements

Many of our past recipients have shared news of recent releases and literary achievements over the past year. Selena Anderson’s (’19) sto...

Aug 21, 2020
1 min

2020 Writers’ Awards Will Be Announced September 15 & Join Us for the Awards Reading September 17!

The 2020 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards will be announced on September 15.

Apr 30, 2020
2 min

2020 Spring Debuts from Rona Jaffe Award Winners Ama Codjoe, Chelsea Bieker, and Fowzia Karimi

Please join us in congratulating these past award winners on their debut publications this spring. We encourage you to explore their webs...

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Apr 30, 2020
2 min

Janice N. Harrington (’09) and Helen Phillips (’11) receive 2020 Guggenheim Fellowships

Janice N. Harrington (left) (credit: Brian Stauffer) and Helen Phillips (right) (credit: David Barry) Janice N. Harrington's (RJF ’09) wr...

Sep 23, 2019
1 min

RJF Award Winners Past & Present Read in New York City During Our 25th Anniversary Celebration Week

On Friday, September 13, the 2019 RJF Writers’ Awards winners read in New York University’s Creative Writing Program Reading Series. (Lis...

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