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. The award was discontinued in March 2021; the foundation cited the high cost of administering the award as the main factor.

Recipients of the award were selected through nominations only. Past recipients include Aryn Kyle, Emily Rapp, and ZZ Packer.

Winners

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 Fiction 2019 Magogodi oaMphela Makhene Fiction 2019 Sarah Passino Poetry 2019 Nicolette Polek Fiction 2019 Elizabeth Schambelan Nonfiction 2019 Debbie Urbanski Fiction/Nonfiction 2018 Chelsea Bieker Fiction/Nonfiction 2018 Lisa Chen Nonfiction2018 Lydi Conklin Fiction2018 Gabriela Garcia Fiction 2018 Karen Outen Fiction/Nonfiction 2018 Alison C. Rollins Poetry 2017 Ama Codjoe Poetry 2017 Ebony Flowers Fiction/Nonfiction2017 Tiana Nobile Poetry2017 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 2015Amanda Rea Fiction 2015Natalie Haney TilghmanFiction 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 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

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