This is fabulous news and such a great start for this new and important award. Kudos to the committee for all their hard work in making this happen for AJL.
Lisa Silverman Library Director, Burton Sperber Jewish Community Library [https://reg139.imperisoft.com/Pages/System/Image.aspx?id2=78] Address: 15600 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, California 90077 Phone: (310) 440-1264 Email: lisa.silver...@aju.edu<mailto:lisa.silver...@aju.edu> Website: http://library.aju.edu<http://library.aju.edu/> American Jewish University - celebrating 70 years of inspiring innovation in education, community life and cultural experiences. From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+lisa.silverman=aju....@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Yermiyahu Ahron Taub Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 10:33 AM To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Cc: Joseph Galron-Goldschlaeger <galro...@osu.edu>; ajl...@umd.edu Subject: [ha-Safran] 2018 AJL Jewish Fiction Award Winners Dear Safranim, The Association of Jewish Libraries Jewish Fiction Award Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Jewish Fiction Award: Award Winner: The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Honor Awards: Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan by Ruth Gilligan (Tin House Books) and A Boy in Winter by Rachel Seiffert (Pantheon Books/Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) A full press release is attached. The Committee received over 50 works of fiction with significant Jewish thematic content, written in English and available in the United States in 2017. The Committee congratulates the winners and thanks all those who submitted entries for consideration. The wide array of books published this year is a testament to the vibrant state of contemporary Jewish fiction. Submissions for the 2019 AJL Fiction Award are now being accepted. Please see the attached submission guidelines statement for the award criteria and submission instructions. Many thanks to Committee colleagues (Rachel Kamin, Clare Kinberg, and Rosalind Reisner) for all of their hard work and dedication and to Dan Wyman for his generous support of the award. Please see this link for an article by Erika Dreifus on the award in Tablet. Special thanks to Erika and interviewee Rachel Kamin. http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/254651/mazal-tov-to-a-new-jewish-book-award Best wishes, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub Chairperson, AJL Jewish Fiction Award Committee
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