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

(l-r): Ashley M. Jones, Asali Solomon, Lisa Russ Spaar, and Tiphanie Yanique Ashley M. Jones (’15) Reparations Now! (Hub City Press,...

(l-r): Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (photo: Sydney A. Foster) and Shawna Kay Rodenberg Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (’97) The Love Songs of W.E.B....

We are pleased to announce that Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards winners Gabriela Garcia (’18), Tiana Nobile (’17), and Kirstin...

We are pleased to note that Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards Winners Erin Belieu (’95), Danielle Geller (’16), Ladee Hubbard (’16),...

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

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

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

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

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