Our Recent Residents
2022 Residents
Playwriting:
Zahida Rahemtulla
Amanda Andrei
Sarah Mantell
Jessica Fechtor
Elizabeth Coppinger
Poetry:
Austen Rose
Ashley Somwaru
Caroline Mar
Monica Rico
Erica Hughes
Susan Nguyen
Emily Perez
Janine Joseph
Fiction:
Rachel Attias
Megan Giddings
Monique Laban
Damilola Oyedele
Sarah Balakrishnan
Eva Freeman
Piper Lane
Alison Meyers-Ohki
Jean Ho
Nonfiction:
Cynthia Greenlee
Lola Milholland
Caitlin Breedlove
Sunita Puri
Elizabeth Owuor
Nina Coomes
Alexandra Manglis
Titi Nguyen
*Deborah Taffa
TV Writing/Screenwriting:
Yun Suh
Maren Curtis
Dani Milton
2021 Residents
Songwriters:
Olivia Gerber
Judy Rose
Leanne Dunic
Haley Heynderickx
Documentary Filmmakers:
Amy Benson
Screenwriters:
Nina McKay
Lolly Ward
Phyllis Bancroft
Jackie Perez
Debra Jarvis
Playwrights:
Maggie Lee
Storme Webber
Audra Lord
Susan Lieu
Marie Bolla
Megan O’Patry
Miriam Tobin
Mackenzie Evan Smith
* Indicates our Rona Jaffe Foundation Fellows
2023 Residents
Nonfiction/Memoir:
Gabby Cohen
Chenxing Han
Keeonna Harris
Judy Bolton-Fasman
Elizabeth Owuor
Leila Nadir
Angelique Stevens
Rima Rantisi
Stephanie Krzywonos
Fiction:
Sophie Wereley
Colwill Brown
Charlene Allen
Catherine Carberry
*Lisa Lee
Abbey Mei Otis
Laura Maria Censabella
Wandeka Gayle
Gloria Munoz
Kenzie Allen
May-Lee Yang
Tiffany Melanson
Jennifer Buentello
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Madhu Kaza
Ciara Alfaro
Carlina Duan
Isha Karki
Joumana Altallal
Tian Zheng
Jori Lewis
Emi Macuaga
Ebony Haight
Jerilynn Aquino
Alisha Espinosa
Robin Farmer
Melarissa (Mela) Sjarief
Adjenai Worrell
Monique Ferrell
Leila Mottley
Playwriting:
Gursimrat Kaur
Saymoukda D Vongsay
Nkenna Akunna
Jessica Fechtor
Hope Price-Lindsay
Seayoung Yim
Olga El
Poetry:
Ashaki Jackson
Jade Yeung
Itiola Jones
Yvette Siegert
Kanika Agrawal
Julia McDaniel
Angela Penaredondo
TV Writing/Screenwriting:
Ayn Carrillo-Gailey
Anika Kan Grevstad
Courtney Young
Kate Tsang
Francine Daniels
Songwriting:
Nikki Bonsol
Sruti Sarathy