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Please join us December 30, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. CT, for the virtual JSPF Annual Meeting. (Zoom link below.) We’re trying something new this year - author readings! If you’re a published female author who would like give to give a short (5 minutes, including introduction) reading, please: *Send an email to: janesstoriespf@gmail.com.*Use the subject … Continue reading JSPF Annual Meeting and Call for Author Readings
JSPF Vice President Teri Lavelle interviews author Tiffany Clarke Harrison, winner of the 2024 Clara Johnson Award.
Tiffany Clarke Harrison is the winner of the 2024 Clara Johnson Award for Women’s Literature for her groundbreaking novel Blue Hour. Harrison’s novel investigates the intertwined human experiences of a harrowing journey of infertility and its treatment, familial trauma, racial identity, an encounter with institutional racial violence, and the endurance of a loving and devoted … Continue reading 2024 Clara Johnson Award Winner: Tiffany Clarke Harrison
As we prepare Jane’s Stories Press Foundation (JSPF) for the future, we discovered that more than one organization is using our name. To avoid confusion and ensure you’re in touch with the correct organization, please follow Jane’s Stories Press Foundation here on WordPress (click the link at the bottom of this page), and join Jane’s … Continue reading Important Notice!
UPDATE: Submissions are closed for the 2024 award. Thank you to those who submitted books for consideration. The winner will be announced this fall. Jane's Stories Press Foundation announces that nominations are open for the 2024 Clara Johnson Award for Women’s Literature. This award will be bestowed to a book published in 2023 which bears … Continue reading 2024 Clara Johnson Awards Nominations
Taylor Harris is winner of the 2023 Clara Johnson Award for Women’s Literature for her compelling memoir, This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown. Harris’s stunning memoir is a story about motherhood, the American medical establishment, the American education system, special education, race, and gender in America. Throughout the … Continue reading 2023 Clara Johnson Award Winner: Taylor Harris
https://videopress.com/v/Wd94DVAz?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Click to watch JSPF's President Susan Winstead and Vice President Teri Lavelle talk with author Diane Wilson about her amazing, award-winning book, The Seed Keeper. The book is available at brick-and-mortar and online bookstores, and directly from the publisher at milkweed.org.
Jane’s Stories Press Foundation is very excited to announce Diane Wilson as the winner ofthe 2022 Clara Johnson Award for Women’s Literature for her seminal novel: The Seed Keeper.Wilson’s novel is groundbreaking in its ability to weave a braid about one Native American woman’s journey to understand herself, and her family’s legacy through the preservation … Continue reading 2022 Clara Johnson Award Winner: Diane Wilson
The Clara Johnson Award for Women's Literature has been awarded annually since 2018. Here are the previous winners. Sue William Silverman is the author of How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences and the 2021 winner. See Sue's interview on the Jane's Stories Press Foundation YouTube channel. Dina Nayeri is the author of The Ungrateful … Continue reading Celebrate Past Clara Johnson Award Winners
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