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Celebrating Our Award Winners - 2021 Late Fall & Winter Releases
(l-r): Olivia Clare Friedman (photo: Aaron Mayes), Stephanie Grant, Hasanthika Sirisena, Amy Leach Olivia Clare Friedman’s (’14) debut...
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Feb 23, 20222 min read
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New Work from RJFWA Winners Lan Samantha Chang (’98) & Solmaz Sharif (’14)
(l-r: Lan Samantha Chang (photo: Ife Oluwa Nihinlola) and Solmaz Sharif (photo: Emma Larson) Lan Samantha Chang’s (’98) fourth novel The...
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Feb 23, 20221 min read
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News from Award Winners: New Works & Achievements
Many of our award winners have shared news of recent releases and literary achievements. For the most recent news, please visit our blog...
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Jan 10, 20225 min read
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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)...
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Oct 13, 20212 min read
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Celebrating Our Award Winners-2021 Fall Releases & Recent Literary Achievements
(l-r): Ashley M. Jones, Asali Solomon, Lisa Russ Spaar, and Tiphanie Yanique Ashley M. Jones (’15) Reparations Now! (Hub City Press,...
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Oct 13, 20212 min read
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2021 Debuts from RJFWA winners Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (’97) and Shawna Kay Rodenberg (’17)
(l-r): Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (photo: Sydney A. Foster) and Shawna Kay Rodenberg Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (’97) The Love Songs of W.E.B....
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Oct 13, 20211 min read
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Spring 2021 Debuts from RJFWA winners
We are pleased to announce that Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards winners Gabriela Garcia (’18), Tiana Nobile (’17), and Kirstin...
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May 25, 20212 min read
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Winter 2020-RJFWA Winners - New Work and Honors
We are pleased to note that Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards Winners Erin Belieu (’95), Danielle Geller (’16), Ladee Hubbard (’16),...
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Feb 27, 20212 min read
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The Rona Jaffe Foundation and MacDowell Celebrate Partnership with Event on Feb. 8.
I Was Becoming: A Reading and Conversation with Elif Batuman, Chelsea Bieker, Julie Orringer, and Monica Sok.
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Jan 5, 20215 min read
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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...
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Oct 6, 20201 min read
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