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2012 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards Winners: (front, from left): Kim Tingley and Guest Speaker Kate Walbert; (back, from left): Julia Elliott, Inara Verzemnieks, Christina Nichol, Lauren Goodwin Slaughter, Rachel Swearingen.   (Photo: Star Black courtesy Rona Jaffe Foundation)

Rona Jaffe Foundation Celebrates 2012 Writers’ Awards Winners

On Thursday night, the Rona Jaffe Foundation celebrated the 18th annual Writers’ Awards at which six emergent women writers of poetry, fiction and nonfiction possessing “exceptional talent,” were recognized and granted $30,000 each. This year’s lucky winners are Julia Elliott, Christina Nichol, Lauren Goodwin Slaughter, Rachel Swearingen, Kim Tingley and Inara Verzemnieks. Read More